SFPD accused of failing to identify Apple workers

Sergio Calderon -- the owner of a home searched for a missing iPhone prototype -- is in talks with Apple, according to his lawyer, David Monroe. While Monroe has declined to provide any details on the discussions, he does say that San Francisco police acted improperly when four plainclothes officers didn't identify two Apple security workers they followed on the search. The lawyer adds that Calderon has done nothing wrong, and that police told Calderon they would get a warrant if he didn't agree to have his house checked. No prototype was found at the time.

Monroe mentions that police have asked to speak with Calderon as a part of investigating complaints. In turn a written statement has been offered, but the SFPD have yet to reply. "We want to help them find out if their rules were broken," says Monroe. "The real problem here is that police failed to disclose to my client that Apple employees would be searching his home. We don't know how often this may happen. I think it was [SFPD Chief Greg Suhr] who indicated that police often do searches like this for private investigators."

Apple may be willing to talk because Monroe has previously threatened to sue the company and/or the SFPD over misrepresenting the search. Calderon has claimed that he thought everyone who visited his home was a police officer, and that he wouldn't have consented had he known the search was instigated by Apple.

By Electronista Staff