February 10, 2011

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Driver uses iPhone app to impersonate cop

There are several applications that mimic police lights, which can be seen in the videos below the story

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Chicago Sun-Times

VALPARAISO, Ind. — Using your phone to try to play cop? Evidently there's an app for that.

That's what Northwest Indiana police discovered after a woman reported a suspicious car trying to pull her over Saturday night. She told police a black Pontiac GTO with flashing blue and red lights at the top of its windshield tailgated her and seemed to try to pull her over about 10:40 p.m.

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But she suspected the driver really wasn't a police officer, so she kept driving and called 911.

When police caught up with the car they found no flashing lights, but a passenger handed over a cell phone, belonging to driver Fabio Bindel, 30, of Valparaiso, and it had an application designed to imitate a police car's emergency lights.

Bindel was arrested for impersonating a public official and drunken driving.

Police Light iPhone App

Here's what a developer writes of the app:

Police Light is an iPhone application that simulates the blue flashing light used on police cars. The dashboard integrates a variety of sirens used by the police including:

•Wail siren Yelp siren Pier siren
With a realistic look, PoliceLight comes with two light effects:
•Spin light Flash light
Its slider bar allows you to control the light frequency.Expand to a full screen for the maximum effect.

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