Denver Cops Hand Out Free AirTags to Track Car Thefts

The Denver Police Department is giving out hundreds of Apple AirTags and Samsung SmartTags as part of a program called DenverTrack to monitor car thefts, according to a press release Tuesday. The department will give out 450 trackers over three days, from March 19-21. Signing up for the program “preauthorizes” the Denver Police Department to “work with GPS information, provided by a vehicle owner, when a vehicle is reported stolen.” But police say they’re not gaining any kind of direct access to the AirTag location data. It’s about empowering people to track their own car thefts with a free gadget that typically costs around $20-30. “In the unfortunate event a vehicle is stolen, the vehicle owner is responsible for providing the location of their vehicle to responding officers,” the police department press release reads. “To accomplish this, the vehicle owner contacts their GPS service provider or accesses their Bluetooth tracker app and shares that location in real-time with office ... Read full article.