Police orders Google to Cancel App.

Google, a US based company that provides internet service was ask by Police to abolish a certain App. Google came up with an app, which user can utilize in tracking current position of a cop at every given time.

This app has prove helpful to user apparently except the police force. They said it will restrict them from carrying out their activities.

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According to Newyork Post

The National Sheriffs’ Association, which had focused its complaints about Waze on police safety after the fatal shootings of two New York City police officers in December, expanded its campaign in a new statement criticizing Google’s software as hampering the use of speed traps.

“This app will hamper those activities by locating law enforcement officers and puts the public at risk,” the group said.

In the Waze app, which operates like a free GPS navigation tool, users can tag the locations of parked police vehicles, accidents, congestion, traffic cameras, potholes and more, so that other drivers using Waze are warned as they approach the same location.

In a twist, the newly expressed concern about speeding is also Google’s own defense of its software.

“Most users tend to drive more carefully when they believe law enforcement is nearby,” Waze spokeswoman Julie Mossler said.

Waze actually gained popularity in the last week since the Associated Press first disclosed law enforcement’s concerns, climbing four positions to No. 8 on Apple’s ranking of the top free mobile apps.

Waze users mark locations of police vehicles — which are generally stopped in public spaces — on maps without much distinction other than “visible” or “hidden.”

Users driving nearby see a police icon, but it’s not immediately clear whether police are there for a speed trap, a sobriety check or a lunch break.

Police objections to Waze add new complexity to the debate about technology and privacy. Some Waze supporters lashed out at outspoken sheriffs on social media, pointing to the irony of police concerns about being watched amid sensational disclosures about police and government surveillance of citizens.

“Waze represents person-to-person information in the public square,” said Nuala O’Connor, head of the Center for Democracy and Technology, a Washington civil liberties group, who said she uses the software. “And that’s long been a US right under the Constitution.”

There are no known connections between any violent attack on police and the Waze software. But Brown and others believe it is only a matter of time.

Holding Google liable for any future crime against law enforcement in which Waze was used to locate police would be a stretch, said Michael Krauss, a professor at George Mason University Law School in Virginia.

“Notifying people where police are, or where government officials happen to be located, has never been seen as negligent or as committing any kind of intentional tort,” Krauss said.

The fact that someone would misuse Waze in order to harm police is no more relevant than if someone misused a kitchen knife to stab someone, he said.

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