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This is NYPD's Official Crime-Fighting Phone

posted by martyb on Friday October 14 2016, @03:07AM   Printer-friendly
from the $weet-contract dept.

Phoenix666 writes:

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 Life and death situations rely on outdated phones running on Microsoft's Windows Phone software.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.

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  • (Score: 3, Insightful) by ledow on Friday October 14 2016, @10:53AM

    by ledow (5567) on Friday October 14 2016, @10:53AM (#414222) Homepage

    It's not just me thinking "What? Why do they need a smartphone at all?" then?

    They have their own specialised equipment. Designed for exactly their tasks, which are sensitive, critical, life-saving.

    And you're going to give them a SMARTPHONE on a public cell network?

    What idiot - apart from the person who wrote that blurb above - would ever think that's a good idea?

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  • (Score: 1, Interesting) by Anonymous Coward on Friday October 14 2016, @12:05PM

    by Anonymous Coward on Friday October 14 2016, @12:05PM (#414239)

    What idiot - apart from the person who wrote that blurb above - would ever think that's a good idea?

    The idiot who fell for the marketing propaganda provided to him/her from microsoft to make the sale.

    Do not discount the possibility for reams of marketing propaganda directed at the decision maker by microsoft to close the deal, because doing so gives them a chance to 'hold on to' a small slice of the cell phone market

  • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Friday October 14 2016, @12:34PM

    by Anonymous Coward on Friday October 14 2016, @12:34PM (#414249)

    All they really need is that searchlight that projects the Batman™ logo onto the cloud.

    • (Score: 2) by bob_super on Friday October 14 2016, @09:37PM

      by bob_super (1357) on Friday October 14 2016, @09:37PM (#414450)

      The cloud is down for server upgrades.
      No batman nor 911 for you.