The NYPD sent Google, which owns the crowdsourced GPS navigation system, a cease and desist letter warning that posting the locations of officers and DWI checkpoints may be considered “criminal conduct.”
NYPD Wants Waze to Hide Traps
The NYPD is demanding that the Waze navigation app stop warning drivers of the exact locations of officers and checkpoints. Video
The NYPD is demanding that the Waze navigation app stop warning drivers of the exact locations of officers and checkpoints. Video
It’s all started from an Israeli taxi company that would radio each other were police are, and to avoid different routes, they then expanded there network with other jews that wanted this information, then after being well grown thought Israel, they came out with a idea to make a go’s that also shares that info – hence waze was invented – So the government cannot stop you sending information through a private massaging application like sms & whatsapp – this is just a border network there shouldn’t be any different – just taking the Freedom away for us at our… Read more »
costing them lots of money. they’re maddddd. costing the cops lots of money. it’s not criminal conduct at all. it’s just destroying revenue. sorry, but this is absurd. It’s like saying that it would be illegal to pull over and call a friend to tell him/her that there’s a dwi checkpoint. By the way, these dwi checkpoints are actually illegal. It’s a violation of the first amendment to stop a person unless you have probable cause that they committed a crime. They once set one of those up on eastern parkway down by atlantic. The officer asked to see my… Read more »
The NYPD is looking for a way to get back their speedtrap revenue. Thats it. DWI checkpoint is just a ‘legit’ excuse to turn it off.
It makes everyone slow down more. Although I do agree that dwi checkpoints should not be posted.
If anything it makes driving safer
No one wants to get stopped
Such a cease and desist order is unconstitutional, on the grounds that it interferes with out right of freedom of speech.
This is not (yet) a police state where the government is allowed to keep their activities secret from the people they are supposed to serve.