My Airtag is in the Police Station, but where?

The AirTag works in conjuction with the Apple Find My Network. In theory, any iPhone (properly configured) with an active Internet connection, would be able to pick up the tag's Bluetooth signal and relay it to the Apple servers. This is where you would see its location on the Find My app on your iPhone.

The location sent is actually from where that iPhone is located, which would be within Bluetooth range of the tag ... around 30-40'. So between this distance, and the accuracy of the iPhone's GPS location is where the location "precision" would fall between.

... and no, there is no way to know what iPhone located it. Even Apple does not get this information when that phone relays the tag's location to the Apple servers for security reasons.

Nicey_UK wrote:

Am I correct in thinking at this point they need to be within 30ft of the airtag to get a connected message?

Yes, that is correct. Also, as Rudegar has pointed out, any iPhone within 30' of it should be able to receive the tags signal ... and, it is that phone, that relays its own location to the Apple servers.

When actually using the iPhone that was paired with the AirTag, when that phone is within 30' is should "see" the tag. Only the newer iPhones have precision finding capability which will assist with locating the missing tag. I don't believe an iPhone 6 has this feature.

only way for airtags to give you a location is to be within bluetooth range of an iphone with bluetooth enabled

and then it send the iphone not the airtags location as the airtag has no idea of it's location

bluetooth has a around 30 meters range