It's kind of disheartening to think that it takes a call from the media to get the Oakland Police department to do the job the public pays them to do.
IMO the media should probably be changing the story to focus on that now that he has it back, and the Police department involved should be thoroughly embarrassed by their complete ineptitude.

Have to say though, I did wonder if this was a guerrilla marketing tactic for the software.

Interesting software it is too, but it would make me wonder who else might be tapping in to watch.