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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsApp leads police to suspect, but victim still gets no help
Be sure and watch the video at the link. This guy has pictures of the man who has his stolen phone and of his apartment. But the cops won't even investigate??
KANSAS CITY, Mo. If your smart phone was stolen, but you knew who had it and you could lead police to the suspect, youd expect some help, right?
Twenty-six-year old Jordan Call says when his wifes cell phone was stolen Wednesday, Kansas City, Mo., police took a report but nothing more. It turns out, Call has a phone app that not only tracks the phone from his home computer, it allows him to remotely snap pictures of the person operating the phone from his computer.
Call used GPS technology to track his phone to the Willow Creek Apartments in South Kansas City. But when four officers showed up at the apartment complex, Call says they told him there was nothing they could do.
Its not very often that you get the crumb trails leading you to where the suspects living, as well as a clean shot of his face and the inside of his apartment, so I felt like I had done most of the work for them. I was kind of disappointed, said Call.
more . . . http://fox4kc.com/2013/05/10/app-leads-police-to-suspect-but-victim-still-gets-no-help/
Twenty-six-year old Jordan Call says when his wifes cell phone was stolen Wednesday, Kansas City, Mo., police took a report but nothing more. It turns out, Call has a phone app that not only tracks the phone from his home computer, it allows him to remotely snap pictures of the person operating the phone from his computer.
Call used GPS technology to track his phone to the Willow Creek Apartments in South Kansas City. But when four officers showed up at the apartment complex, Call says they told him there was nothing they could do.
Its not very often that you get the crumb trails leading you to where the suspects living, as well as a clean shot of his face and the inside of his apartment, so I felt like I had done most of the work for them. I was kind of disappointed, said Call.
more . . . http://fox4kc.com/2013/05/10/app-leads-police-to-suspect-but-victim-still-gets-no-help/
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App leads police to suspect, but victim still gets no help (Original Post)
proud2BlibKansan
May 2013
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jberryhill
(62,444 posts)1. The app should call 911
If the app could be remotely operated to call 911, the police would go right to it.
proud2BlibKansan
(96,793 posts)2. Good idea.
That could keep the cops pretty busy. LOL
musette_sf
(10,200 posts)3. Recently I heard on a local radio talk show
that the mobile phone manufacturers DO NOT WANT law enforcement to help you get your stolen device back.
They want to sell you a replacement, and the carriers want to charge you the loss/theft monthly insurance baksheesh.
Sales growth in the smart phone/device area is flattening out, and theft replacements help keep demand up.
Brigid
(17,621 posts)4. Too bad . . .
The phone didn't get a pic of the thief smoking a joint. The cops would have sent a SWAT team.