Not The Onion: NYPD Urges iPhone 5 Owners to Register Device, Deploys Officers to Stores

September 24th, 2012

Oh sure.

Via: Reuters:

In response to a sharp spike in iPhone thefts from unwitting consumers this year, the New York City Police Department will station officers at Apple Inc. sales locations throughout the city for Friday’s release of the new iPhone 5.

The officers will help customers register iPhone serial numbers, or engrave them with unique identification numbers prefaced with the letters “NYC.”

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