NYPD asks people to put Apple AirTags in their cars to help find stolen vehicles

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NYPD asks people to put Apple AirTags in their cars to help find stolen vehicles

The New York Police Department and NYC Mayor Eric Adams called on residents to help fight vehicle theft in the city by placing an Apple AirTag in their car.

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PUBLISHED MON, MAY 1 202310:27 AM EDTUPDATED 6 HOURS AGO
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Ashley Capoot

KEY POINTS

• New York City Mayor Eric Adams on Sunday called on residents to help fight vehicle theft in the city by placing an Apple AirTag in their car.
• If a vehicle is stolen with an AirTag inside, residents will be able to track their car and work with police officers to recover it.
• Apple sells AirTags starting at $29, and Adams said a nonprofit organization in New York has donated 500 of the devices to distribute to residents for free.

New York City Mayor Eric Adams and his police department have asked residents to help fight vehicle theft in the city by placing Apple AirTags in their cars.

AirTags are small, circular tracking devices that allow users to monitor the location of their belongings through the “Find My” app on their iPhones. If a vehicle is stolen with an AirTag inside, residents will be able to track their car and work with police officers to recover it.

“It’s a really amazing piece of ingenuity,” Adams said at a press conference Sunday.

Apple sells AirTags starting at $29, and Adams said a nonprofit organization in New York has donated 500 of the devices to distribute to residents for free.

The New York City Police Department shared a video Sunday demonstrating how residents can use an AirTag to protect their vehicles. Jeffrey Maddrey, the chief of the department, wrote in a tweet that the “21st century calls for 21st century policing.”

“AirTags in your car will help us recover your vehicle if it’s stolen,” the NYPD tweet said. “We’ll use our drones, our StarChase technology & good old fashion police work to safely recover your stolen car. Help us help you, get an AirTag”

Adams said Kia, Hyundai and Honda vehicles have been particularly vulnerable to theft, in part because of a trend circulating on TikTok.

In an April press release, Adams said New York City saw an 890% increase in Kia thefts at the end of last year and a 766% increase in Hyundai thefts in the preceding months. The city has joined a national lawsuit that aims to hold the vehicle manufacturers accountable for failing to install standard anti-theft measures in certain models.

Adams said Sunday that AirTags are an “excellent” tracking device that he believes will help slow rates of car theft in the city.

“Using technology to fight crime, protect people, save property is the direction this administration and this police department is going in,” Adams said Sunday.

 

[The Pledge]

Good idea

 

[Godless Socialist CEO]

How about the city of New York use their tax dollars to provide people with air tags. They spend all that money on cops who can't do shyt so now people gotta find their own cars. NYPD blew their budget by almost 100 million but they want people to put airtags in their cars to help police due their job?????

Bloomberg - Are you a robot?

Why don't they use some cop budget to provide people with airtags????? Make it make sense
Bloomberg - Are you a robot?

 

[DJ Paul's Arm]

Air tags is a blessing and a curse

 

[bnew]

How about the city of New York use their tax dollars to provide people with air tags. They spend all that money on cops who can't do shyt so now people gotta find their own cars.

Bloomberg - Are you a robot?

Why don't they use some cop budget to provide people with airtags????? Make it make sense
Bloomberg - Are you a robot?

they also got an entire surveillance network including EZ pass scanners around the city.

 

[Sir Richard Spirit]

Bad idea. Everyone I know who car was stolen tried to track it down on their own.

 

[Controversy]

A lot of nikkas gonna get caught red-handed in some side puzzy off of air tags

 

[maxamusa]

Have a death wish thinking you Charles Bronson brehs

 

[BigMoneyGrip]

A lot of nikkas gonna get caught red-handed in some side puzzy off of air tags

FaceTime, Covid and them AirTags fukked up the game

 

[Buddy]

Saw a story this weekend who had their car stolen outside their apartment and AirTag had it in Mexico

 

[Sonic Boom of the South]

Be an idiot!

 

[Paper Boi]

how about you do a better job you fukkin pigs

 

[Ezekiel 25:17]

How about the city of New York use their tax dollars to provide people with air tags. They spend all that money on cops who can't do shyt so now people gotta find their own cars. NYPD blew their budget by almost 100 million but they want people to put airtags in their cars to help police due their job?????

Bloomberg - Are you a robot?

Why don't they use some cop budget to provide people with airtags????? Make it make sense
Bloomberg - Are you a robot?

Cops are human beings, not terminators or superheros. You can only catch so many criminals. And I don't know about you, but I don't want to live in an area with a cop on every corner. Hell, I'd put more blame on the DA for being so soft

That's why some people carry guns or knives.

So I agree with the airtags notion and giving citizens a supply.

 

[Wildhundreds]

CHICAGO (CBS) – The Cook County Sheriff's Office has a new plan to help curb carjackings.

Sheriff Tom Dart announced Thursday they're launching a tool to help police find cars for those who may become victims of the crime.

CBS 2's Mugo Odigwe reported from the sheriff's River North command post to explain how
The new initiative is about letting you take control - taking action before you're a victim of a carjacking.

Here's how it would work:

Anyone living in the city, or the suburbs can apply online by signing a tracking consent form. That will pre-authorize the sheriff's department to track the location of your vehicle if it's ever stolen.

Sheriff Dart says doing so automatically removes the delay time's of carjackings have to first contact their vehicle manufacturer before a vehicle can be tracked.

We should note this new plan only works for cars no earlier than 2015.

For those who do sign up, you're being encouraged to display the sticker you receive in the mail on your car to deter thieves..

All for free..

Cook County Sheriff's Office announces new tracking tool to help curb carjackings

Sheriff Tom Dart announced Thursday they're launching a tool to help police find cars for those who may become victims of the crime.

www.cbsnews.com

 

[Godless Socialist CEO]

CHICAGO (CBS) – The Cook County Sheriff's Office has a new plan to help curb carjackings.

Sheriff Tom Dart announced Thursday they're launching a tool to help police find cars for those who may become victims of the crime.

CBS 2's Mugo Odigwe reported from the sheriff's River North command post to explain how
The new initiative is about letting you take control - taking action before you're a victim of a carjacking.

Here's how it would work:

Anyone living in the city, or the suburbs can apply online by signing a tracking consent form. That will pre-authorize the sheriff's department to track the location of your vehicle if it's ever stolen.

Sheriff Dart says doing so automatically removes the delay time's of carjackings have to first contact their vehicle manufacturer before a vehicle can be tracked.

We should note this new plan only works for cars no earlier than 2015.

For those who do sign up, you're being encouraged to display the sticker you receive in the mail on your car to deter thieves..

All for free..

Cook County Sheriff's Office announces new tracking tool to help curb carjackings

Sheriff Tom Dart announced Thursday they're launching a tool to help police find cars for those who may become victims of the crime.

www.cbsnews.com

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