Hasn't it been about 3 months since the alleged incident occurred? Seems like a long time to wait to request footage.
Indeed. Heck it's been a good 2-3 weeks since the stories started and you would think the police would have asked to see the footage right away as part of their 'was someone out of line' investigation.
I am pretty certain SFPD would not extend the same service to me, were I to forget my phone on TGIF's.
Actually they probably would assist you in a similar situation. In the US the police actually do try to prevent disturbances. And if you went to them and explained that you believed that someone had your property and you wanted to go talk to them but you were worried they might become violent, then an officer might escort you there. Even though you aren't claiming to work for a major local company and no mention of a prototype was made.
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Originally Posted by Tulkas
For all we know it was returned to Apple the day after the search, having been taken by a thoughtful citizen that found it in the bar and didn't feel comfortable leaving it with the bar's lost and found
More like, if this is even close to true, someone decided to anonymously return what they had stolen and didn't get caught with.
Because after what happened last spring, a truly thoughtful citizen trying to do the right thing would know that walking out with the iPhone, prototype or not, is stealing it. So he/she would have turned it in, tried to call a friend of the owner to locate the person or at least let them know it was at the bar, or taken it straight to Apple (campus or a store).
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Hasn't it been about 3 months since the alleged incident occurred? Seems like a long time to wait to request footage.
Indeed. Heck it's been a good 2-3 weeks since the stories started and you would think the police would have asked to see the footage right away as part of their 'was someone out of line' investigation.
I am pretty certain SFPD would not extend the same service to me, were I to forget my phone on TGIF's.
Actually they probably would assist you in a similar situation. In the US the police actually do try to prevent disturbances. And if you went to them and explained that you believed that someone had your property and you wanted to go talk to them but you were worried they might become violent, then an officer might escort you there. Even though you aren't claiming to work for a major local company and no mention of a prototype was made.
For all we know it was returned to Apple the day after the search, having been taken by a thoughtful citizen that found it in the bar and didn't feel comfortable leaving it with the bar's lost and found
More like, if this is even close to true, someone decided to anonymously return what they had stolen and didn't get caught with.
Because after what happened last spring, a truly thoughtful citizen trying to do the right thing would know that walking out with the iPhone, prototype or not, is stealing it. So he/she would have turned it in, tried to call a friend of the owner to locate the person or at least let them know it was at the bar, or taken it straight to Apple (campus or a store).