One officer has 10 years of experience with the department, and the other has been with the department for a year and a half, police said. The incident prompted a call for assistance from several Johnson County police jurisdictions.
In a statement, Bardin said, Safe driving is core to the Waze user experience ... Waze remembers favorite routes, disables text input while the car is in motion, and automatically reroutes the car if traffic changes. Every input is hands-free, even real-time reporting..
Waze Mobile was founded in Israel, funded by early-stage American venture capital firm Bluerun Ventures, and eventually acquired by Google in 2013. Waze won the Best Overall Mobile App award at the 2013 Mobile World Congress, beating Dropbox, Flipboard and others. On June 11, 2013, Google completed the acquisition of Waze for a reported US$1.3 billion. As part of the deal signed, each of Waze's 100 employees will receive an average of about $1.2 million, which represents the largest payout to employees in the history of Israeli high tech.