{"id":34199,"date":"2017-07-10T06:19:34","date_gmt":"2017-07-10T06:19:34","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.biphoo.com\/bipnews\/?p=34199"},"modified":"2017-07-10T06:19:34","modified_gmt":"2017-07-10T06:19:34","slug":"google-home-breaks-up-domestic-dispute-by-calling-the-police","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.biphoo.com\/bipnews\/technology\/google-home-breaks-up-domestic-dispute-by-calling-the-police.html","title":{"rendered":"Google Home Breaks Up Domestic Dispute By Calling the Police"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2 style=\"text-align: justify\"><span style=\"font-size: 18pt\"><strong><span style=\"font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;color: #000000\">Google Home Breaks Up Domestic Dispute By Calling the Police<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/h2>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;color: #000000\">We\u2019re gradually learning that smart home devices can be quite valuable for police. Following a recent case in which Amazon handed over data from its Echo device to police investigating a murder, a Google Home called the police when a couple was allegedly involved in a violent domestic dispute.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;color: #000000\">According to ABC News, officers were called to a home outside Albuquerque, New Mexico this week when a Google Home called 911 and the operator heard a confrontation in the background. Police say that Eduardo Barros was house-sitting at the residence with his girlfriend and their daughter. Barros allegedly pulled a gun on his girlfriend when they got into an argument and asked her: \u201cDid you call the sheriffs?\u201d Google Home apparently heard \u201ccall the sheriffs,\u201d and proceeded to call the sheriffs.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;color: #000000\">A SWAT team arrived at the home and after negotiating for hours, they were able to take Barros into custody. Police tell ABC News that the man\u2019s girlfriend was injured but did not need to visit a hospital. The couple\u2019s daughter was safe and unharmed.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">\n<span style=\"font-size: 14pt;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;color: #000000\">\u201cThe unexpected use of this new technology to contact emergency services has possibly helped save a life,\u201d Bernalillo County Sheriff Manuel Gonzales III said in a statement.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;color: #000000\">Barros was charged with possession of a firearm or destructive device by a felon, aggravated battery against a household member, aggravated assault against a household member and false imprisonment.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;color: #000000\">While Google Home was a hero in this particular case, these kinds of stories certainly leave some people uneasy. It\u2019s a clear reminder that smart home devices are always listening. We don\u2019t know what data, if any, was recorded by the Amazon Echo that was involved in the December murder case. But police felt confident enough that it may have recorded audio of the incident to seek a warrant.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;color: #000000\">In a different incident in January, a local TV news broadcast involving a dollhouse reportedly triggered multiple Amazon Echo devices in the area to start ordering dollhouses. 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