AppleFind My App cost the city of Denver $3.76 million Indemnification and Indemnification. In 2022, city police mistakenly raid and ransack an elderly woman’s house looking for a stolen truck and a gun.
According to a CNN report, Denver Police They were trying to recover a stolen truck full of guns, ammunition and cash. For this, the police have used Apple’s Find My technology iPhone However, the police picked the wrong house from a very wide area to catch the thief.
Due to this wrongful raid, 78-year-old Dr Ruby Johnson A case has been filed against the police. As compensation, the city will pay Johnson a $3.76 million award.
In addition, the defendant officers – Detective Gary Staub and Sgt. Gregory Buschi – also sued as an individual. Denver police previously acquitted both men of wrongdoing, but a jury disagreed.
How Apple’s Find My app plays a role
The American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) brought the suit on Johnson’s behalf. The lawsuit states that the raid was “purportedly location pinging from an iPhone’s Find My app that the officers did not understand and for which they had no training.”
According to the complaint, police relied on a “Find My” ping from an iPhone 11 in the stolen truck. However, the identified area included six other properties in parts of four city blocks.
In a statement, Johnson’s attorney Tim McDonald He said: “We are disturbed by the lack of training or policy change and hope that the amount of the punitive damages award will send a strong message that the police department must take the constitutional rights of its residents seriously.”
The ACLU and the jury concluded that the two police officers who ordered the raid had no reason to single out Johnson’s home as a target.
In addition, the authorities must pay approximately $1.25 million each in punitive and compensatory damages. A Denver District Court clerk said the city has not yet filed an appeal of the ruling.