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New Zealand police department will distribute 10,000 iOS devices to officers

by Kelly Hodgkins (Feb 14th, 2013)

Businesses are not the only entities handing out iPhones and iPads to their employees. In New Zealand, police officers are also being outfitted with the iOS device en masse. According to a report in The National Business Review Online, government and police officials have announced a new ...

NYPD launches crime-reporting app for citizens

by Michael Grothaus (Jan 18th, 2013)

The New York Police Department has launched its first official app today. The NYPD app was designed to help facilitate the NYDP's mission to "enhance the quality of life in New York City by working in partnership with the community and in accordance with constitutional rights to enforce the ...

Find My iPhone leads L.A. cops to cache of stolen goods

by Randy Nelson (Nov 12th, 2012)

It's another case closed for Find My iPhone. Hollywood police, along with the owner of a stolen iPhone, used the free app to track down the device and ended up nabbing four robbers in the process. CBS Los Angeles reports that an LAPD helicopter helped officers locate the thieves in a parked ...

NYC police encouraging iPhone buyers to register their serial numbers

by Dave Caolo (Sep 21st, 2012)

Apple's mobile devices have been targeted by thieves since the iPod debuted years ago. As the iPhone 5 goes on sale, New York City police are taking a proactive step towards protecting customers. Today, Gothamist reports that NYC police will be at the 5th Avenue Apple Store asking iPhone 5 ...

David Pogue's iPhone lost, searched for, found, world safe for kittens

by Mike Schramm (Aug 3rd, 2012)

Are you sitting? You'd better be sitting down for this one. Go ahead, we'll wait -- safety first. Sitting now? Ok, here we go: David Pogue lost his iPhone. Don't worry, don't worry! It's ok -- he found it eventually. Pogue, author and personal tech columnist for the New York Times, lost track ...

Settlement may have been reached in missing iPhone 4S case

by Kelly Hodgkins (Apr 8th, 2012)

Remember that missing iPhone 4S that was allegedly lost at the Cava 22 lounge and tracked to a residence in San Francisco? The home was possibly searched illegally by Apple security and the home's owner, Sergio Calderon, threatened to sue. It appears the whole debacle may have been settled ...

Find my iPad saves Christmas

by Mike Schramm (Dec 29th, 2011)

Here's a nice story thanks to Apple's Find my iPad feature. A family in California had their Christmas gifts stolen last week, along with several other items in the home. Seemingly unrelatedly, another man had his iPad stolen soon after, and he called the police to report the theft. He was able ...

NYPD makes many arrests in iPhone/iPad sting operation

by Mike Schramm (Dec 20th, 2011)

The New York Police Department ran an undercover sting operation recently on vendors and businesses accused of selling stolen iPads and iPhones, and came up with a whopping 141 arrests. That's a pretty crazy bust -- apparently undercover officers actually went out to businesses with iPhone 4s ...

Apple security chief John Theriault reportedly retiring

by Steven Sande (Nov 7th, 2011)

Apple's vice president of global security, John Theriault, has left the company. In the wake of the investigation into the whereabouts of a lost iPhone 4S prototype earlier this year in which Apple's security personnel allegedly impersonated San Francisco police officers, many believe that ...

Police adopting iPhone-based facial-recognition device

by Kelly Hodgkins (Jul 13th, 2011)

Police in the U.S. may soon have a new mobile tool to aid in the identification of criminals. It's called MORIS, Mobile Offender Recognition and Information System, and includes both a retinal scanner and camera to scan suspects from as far as five feet away. The system is powered by an ...

Fake iPhones seized from LA warehouse

by Mike Schramm (Feb 7th, 2011)

Police in the port of Los Angeles have seized what they say is over $10 million worth of counterfeit Apple devices from a warehouse. The fake iPods, iPhones and iPod touches were reportedly brought in from Asia recently, and they were supposedly going to be sold around CES this past year, duping ...

Five men rob Apple Store in Greenwich, CT

by David Quilty (Dec 14th, 2010)

Apple Store burglars have struck again, this time in Greenwich, Connecticut. Police say that at least five suspects, seen in the surveillance photo to the right, broke through the front door and helped themselves to a whole bunch of Apple products valued in the tens of thousands of dollars. The ...

Lost iPhone investigation almost done

by Mike Schramm (Sep 22nd, 2010)

We could finally be nearing the end of the lost iPhone saga. Way back in April, police launched a probe into the alleged sale of the lost prototype iPhone 4 that was found in a bar near San Jose earlier this year, and CNET is now reporting that the investigation is almost over. Chief Deputy District ...

Lost iPhone warrant withdrawn, Gizmodo agrees to cooperate in investigation

by Mike Schramm (Jul 16th, 2010)

The search warrant against Gizmodo editor Jason Chen has been withdrawn, the EFF reports today. Chen's house was searched a few months ago after the Gawker blog reportedly purchased the lost iPhone 4 prototype, but the San Mateo District Attorney has decided to drop the warrant and return all ...

Apple visited the iPhone 4G's finder before the police did

by Mike Schramm (Apr 29th, 2010)

With all of the chaos going on around the lost iPhone case, everyone has more or less assumed that Apple is behind the police department's actions in searching Gizmodo Editor Jason Chen's house late last week. Of course, no one believes that the sheriff is working for Apple, but most people seem to ...