NYPD Sends Letter To Google

[Marine Cpl]

Google tells them to fuck off.

NYPD Sends Letter To Google Demanding It Remove Cop Checkpoint Notifications From Google Maps

The NYPD is demanding that Google remove a just-added feature to its omnipresent Maps program that tips off drivers to the locations of speed cameras, Streetsblog has learned.

The NYPD sent its “cease-and-desist” letter to Google over the weekend — after Streetsblog asked officials’ about the Waze feature that allows drivers to inform each other of police roadblocks.

Individuals who post the location of DWI checkpoints may be engaging in criminal conduct since such actions could be intentional attempts to prevent and/or impair the administration of DWI laws and other relevant criminal and traffic laws. The posting of such information for public consumption is irresponsible since it only serves to aid impaired and intoxicated drivers to evade checkpoints and encourage reckless driving.

“Safety is a top priority when developing navigation features at Google. We believe that informing drivers about upcoming speed traps allows them to be more careful and make safer decisions when they’re on the road,” a Google spokesperson told CBS2 in a statement.

 

[Depick]

My respect for google has risen

 

[TheMoneyPit]

Not surprised that NYPD asked them to stop, but a little surprised google had a backbone and defended their position on the feature.

 

[STS556]

There is more than one way home from wherever you are at the moment. There is no law stating which way you have to drive home from any location. Aren't we all allowed to travel freely according to the Constitution?

And about the speed cameras they mention, running Waze along with an Escort radar detector that connects to Escort Live will notify you of almost every speed trap or red light camera out there. You run Waze on the screen and Escort Live in the background.

 

[togmaster]

It's all about safety. Right....$$$$

 

[Celt]

I still despise google, any while i have respect for many LEOs, i have no respect for the tyrants that control police departments that trample on Constitutional rights.

 

[ECU Pirates]

I use that app all the time. F you NYPD.

 

[Podmonkey]

"Fuck off" is the only appropriate response here.

 

[meketrefe]

Yes they are that stupid. Good luck removing public information from the internet. Like if google was the only hosting service on the internet.

 

[av8r]

"demands"

lol

 

[Cooolone]

They already piss on 2nd Amendment Rights, so 1st don't mean shit either...

Pretty sure there is legal precedent (Federal Court) about "flashing lights" to warn oncoming drivers of Police checkpoints and it was found to not violate any laws and was actually an 1st Amendment exercise (free speech). If it's out in public, there is no problem to disseminate the information! Fuck you NYPD! Sorry, but get over your selves... Guess Radar detectors will get the C&D order next? Lmao

 

[Blimey]

I'm sure this falls under "flashing" people to warn of cops and I believe SCOTUS has already said that's legal, in which case NYPD can f off.

 

[innkeeper]

Remember hearing this too. Many years ago

 

[GOPerfect]

Awesome. I think this is as awesome as private citizens forewarning all other drivers of these checkpoints.

I love seeing drivers flash their headlights to warn other drivers of upcoming Radar cars.

I love it.

 

[Shadow2]

I refuse to flash anyone in this county, based on percentages they are progressives who deserve the fines. You want a police state you got it.

 

[Shadow2]

Awe, you have no power here be gone before someone drops a house on you.

 

[Target]

If you're sober enough to remember to check the speedtrap app and sober enough to process the information, you may be sober enough to drive safely.

 

[masterswimmer]

If you're sober enough to remember to check the speedtrap app and sober enough to process the information, you may be sober enough to drive safely.

Sorry, using an argument of false negatives doesn't constitute equal weight.

Checking the app and processing the information has no bearing on reaction time or sound judgement.

 

[Acer-m14]

I remember seeing videos on you tube .. a guy would set up on the side of the road with a big sign .. check point ahead warning drivers ..

 

[seezur]

I haven’t had a drink in years, but I still don’t want to deal with someone shining a flashlight in my face and wasting my time at a check point; I’ve got shit to do and don’t get paid by the state to dick around. I think most people want to avoid cops not because they have “something to hide”, but because many cops only function seems to be to hassle their fellow citizens. For example, there’s a difference between reckless speeding, like when someone is weaving in and out of rush hour traffic doing 30 over versus someone going 20 over on an empty stretch of highway.

Years ago I went on a several week vacation down the Carolinas and I saw/detected maybe 3 cops in NC in two weeks, and I did a lot of driving. Likewise maybe 2 going through Virginia and 1 in PA round trip. But the first 45 minutes back in NY I saw 3 cops giving out speeding tickets.

I use to think this was how all cops were, then I realized that this is unique to NY and other police states. We just have way too many cops with too little to do, and they’re instructed by the higher ups to bring in that money. In NY I avoid cops (especially state troopers) with the same vigilance as gangbangers.

Google isn’t your friend, but this was the right response to NYSP. Nothing wrong with making them work for it.

 

[Acer-m14]

And about the speed cameras they mention, running Waze along with an Escort radar detector that connects to Escort Live will notify you of almost every speed trap or red light camera out there. You run Waze on the screen and Escort Live in the background.

yesterday seen on FB a post there going after Waze too

 

[STS556]

yesterday seen on FB a post there going after Waze too

I have read that a lot of LE organizations want Waze banned. It always pops up on the radar detector forum.

 

[DoD1776]

Sorry but we have the right to see what they’re doing. Because you can’t trust the government behind close doors.

 

[@thewheels]

"Fuck off" is the only appropriate response here.

Judges? We'll accept it. We also would have accepted "kiss my ass"