AppleThe city of Denver lost US$3.76 million due to the Find My app. compensation and damages. In 2022, city police mistakenly raid and ransack an elderly woman’s home in search of a stolen truck and guns.
According to a CNN report, denver police They were trying to recover a stolen truck loaded with guns, ammo and cash. For this the police used Apple’s Find My technology on others. iPhone To locate the vehicle. However, the police chose the wrong house, out of an area wide enough to catch the thieves.
Due to this wrong raid, 78 year old… ruby johnson Filed a case against the police. As compensation, the city will award Johnson $3.76 million.
Additionally, the responding officers – Detective Gary Staub and Sgt. Gregory Bushey was also prosecuted as an individual. Denver police had previously cleared both men of wrongdoing, but the jury disagreed.

How Apple’s Find My app played a role

The American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) brought the case on Johnson’s behalf. The lawsuit notes that the raid was conducted “based on purported location pings from the 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 that was probably still in the stolen truck. However, the area identified included portions of six other properties spanning four city blocks.
Johnson’s lawyer said in a statement tim macdonald Said: “We are troubled by the lack of training or policy changes and hope the amount of the punitive damages award will send a strong message that the police department must take seriously the constitutional rights of its residents.”
The ACLU and the jury concluded that the two police officers who ordered the raid had no reason to choose Johnson’s home as a target.
Additionally, the officers must pay approximately $1.25 million each in punitive and compensatory damages. A clerk at the Denver District Court said the city has not yet filed an appeal of the decision.