App leads police to suspect, but victim still gets no help

[proud2BlibKansan]

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, you’d expect some help, right?

Twenty-six-year old Jordan Call says when his wife’s 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.

“It’s not very often that you get the crumb trails leading you to where the suspect’s 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/

[jberryhill]

1. The app should call 911

If the app could be remotely operated to call 911, the police would go right to it.

[proud2BlibKansan]

2. Good idea.

That could keep the cops pretty busy. LOL

[musette_sf]

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]

4. Too bad . . .

The phone didn't get a pic of the thief smoking a joint. The cops would have sent a SWAT team.