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That's right, the NYPD is finally -- finally! -- catching up with the modern mobile age and equipping its officers with smartphones, nearly a decade after the first iPhone came out. The NYPD began rolling out its first handsets for the city's 36,000 police officers in April 2015, and finished equipping the entire force earlier this year. Now, new officers at the New York City Police Academy in College Point, Queens, get phones along with their guns and badges.
As the advent of smarter phones have improved our daily lives, these handsets have likewise made it easier for the city's finest to fight crime. Officers are able to respond to 911 calls faster, solve crimes more efficiently and create stronger ties to their community.
So what are the phones of choice for the men and women entrusted to guard the safety of the 8.4 million residents of New York?
The Lumia 830 and Lumia 640 XL.
You read that right. Life and death situations rely on outdated phones running on Microsoft's Windows Phone software.
One of the world's largest police forces will be using Windows phones.
(Score: 4, Interesting) by Absolutely.Geek on Friday October 14 2016, @06:40AM
I wonder if Microsoft just gave / paid to get these phones into the force?
Don't trust the police or the government - Shihad: My mind's sedate.
(Score: 2, Funny) by Anonymous Coward on Friday October 14 2016, @06:44AM
This brings new meaning to "BLUE Screen Of Death" :)
Maybe its the Microsoft upgrade to Blue Screen of New York (to be included as standard in the Windows 2018 edition).
(Score: 2) by butthurt on Friday October 14 2016, @11:34AM
It was rumoured that Microsoft paid $400 million so the National Football League would use Microsoft Surface computers during games. Sports commentators kept calling the computers "iPads."
http://www.businessinsider.com/microsoft-nfl-surface-ipads-2014-9 [businessinsider.com]
http://www.latimes.com/business/la-fi-microsoft-nfl-surface-ipad-20140913-story.html [latimes.com]
(Score: 4, Interesting) by Phoenix666 on Friday October 14 2016, @11:44AM
No, because the New York politicians and officials can't engineer a kickback when the product or service is free. About a decade ago the federal government tried to give Governor's Island, an island on the other side of New York harbor from Liberty Island (where the Statue of Liberty stands), back to the city of New York for free. The city refused. Not until the federal government agreed to sell it back to the city for millions of dollars did the city say yes. Strange, completely bizarre, until you understand the pit of corruption that is city politics.
Washington DC delenda est.
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Friday October 14 2016, @05:35PM
i'm sure what you're saying is true but it's also true that MS is in bed with new york city. they use windows as their threat fusion center or whatever the fuck they call it. remember the MS program to weasel windows in to cities across the country for "security reasons"? they have a website, can't remember the stupid name. all nyc surveillance system computers are part of this ms program. If ms didn't have much to do with this phone deal then it's just nyc continuing along the same line and/or kissing ass.
(Score: 2) by hendrikboom on Saturday October 15 2016, @01:25AM
Could Microsoft have paid those politicians rather than the city? You are talking about corruption, after all.