By Matt Smith, Bay Citizen
San Francisco Mayor Ed Lee, his police chief, Greg Suhr, and his top political fundraiser, Silicon Valley investor Ron Conway, announced plans to develop a mobile phone application to make it possible for police officers to file reports from the field, allowing them to spend more time on the streets and less time at their desks.
But the S.F. Police Department does not actually have plans or a budget to buy smartphones or other devices that would allow officers to use the app, according to Susan Giffin, the department’s chief technology officer. The city has no contractual relationship with mobile app developer ArcTouch, according to the company’s Chief Operating Officer Adam Fingerman.
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