Page 1 Page 2 Page 3 Page 4 Page 5 Page 6 Page 7 Page 8 Page 9 Page 10 Page 11 Page 12 Page 13 Page 14 Page 15 Page 16 Page 17 Page 18 Page 19 Page 20 Page 21 Page 22 Page 23 Page 24 Page 25 Page 26 Page 27 Page 28 Page 29 Page 30 Page 31 Page 32 Page 33 Page 34 Page 35 Page 36 Page 37 Page 38 Page 39 Page 40AMERICAN POLICE BEAT: MARCH 2016 3 Order your own MONTHLY subscription today. Call 1-800-234-0056 or go to www.APBweb.com American Police Beat (ISSN 1082-653X; USPS #24948), also hereafter referred to as “APB,” is published twelve times a year for $12 per year, $20 for two years or $26 for three years. APB is published by First Strike Media, LLC, 505 8th Avenue, Ste 1004, New York, NY 10018. Periodicals Postage Paid at New York, NY and Additional Mailing Offices. POSTMASTER: send address changes to American Police Beat, 505 8th Avenue, Ste 1004, New York, NY 10018. San Francisco officers keep protesters from marching toward the entrance to Super Bowl City. (AP Photo/David J. Phillip) W hen an armed assailant am- bushed and m u r d e r e d NYPD Officers Rafael Ra- mos and Wenjian Liu, law enforcement officials sug- gested the shooter may have used the “Waze” app to locate his targets. There were all kinds of petitions and calls for boy- cotts resulting from very real concerns about the app, but they appear to have fallen short. Now some law enforce- ment officials are endorsing the app. “The information it can pass on could be beneficial to the driver, and to be uti- lized for law enforcement purposes as far as notifying drivers in the area there is a traffic collision up ahead or there is activity up ahead, and getting them to divert themselves around the ac- tivity instead of us divert- ing them,” noted Auburn, California Director of Pub- lic Safety John Ruffcorn. In nearby Rocklin, police are also touting the app as a public safety solution. “If somebody is going to take an alternative route, around an accident or an intersection that is really clogged up, that only helps us as well as getting traffic through our city,” noted Lt. Scott Horrillo, who is the manager of the city’s traffic unit for the Rocklin Police Department. The argument that the app could help cop-kill- ers find cops did not sway thinking in the region. “I understand there are some dangers, but there are dangers with a lot of different social media where they can track our activities or they can let people know,” said Ruff- corn. “If there are people who want to cause harm, whether its to law enforce- ment or other people in the community, they’re going to use other social media to get that done.” “I want people to know and get the word out that ... hey, stop running this red light or ... stop speeding on this particular street,” Ruffcorn explained. “Again, that’s influencing social media. Knowing that I can’t con- trol it, but hopefully influ- encing the outcome.” A deadly threat? Despite concerns over deaths, many LE officials say Waze app is a great tool for them