A full time (sworn) law enforcement officer with the Indianapolis Metropolitan Police Department’s K9 Unit, he was awarded his department’s Medal of Valor in 2011.  Ron Shelnutt, strives to create, inspire and assemble the finest law enforcement apps. He created PoliceiPhoneApps.com to help other law enforcement officers find iPhone applications that were created by other members of Law Enforcement or those committed to helping Law Enforcement.  It is his hope that this will be the leading website for law enforcement inspired apps in the world. No games, just apps that help law enforcement do their job easier.

Message from Ron:

I have developed several law enforcement applications for the iPhone or iPod Touch and iPad. The first is called Police Miranda Warningsand the others are a group of DUI Warning and Test Instructions.The Police Miranda Warning Application displays the national standard Miranda warnings established by the U.S. Supreme Court and allows officers to access the warnings with the push of a button. Using the application means that an officer won’t have to look through a wallet or notebook for the Miranda warning card officers are required to have. The second application, DUI Warning and Test Instructions, has a similar functionality. Instead of fumbling around for the Implied Consent Card, an officer using his or her iPhone can get access to the field sobriety test instructions and a .08 chart. You no longer need a flashlight to read the cards! State by state DUI apps are also being created.

What others are saying about me.

As a street cop for the past 14 years, Shelnutt saw the need for simple technology to advance into a police officer’s daily routines.

Ron Shelnutt is a 14-year veteran in law enforcement and for the last 9 years has served as a K9 handler in the IMPD K9 unit. As a street cop he understands the needs of fellow cops and plans to continue the development of more Applications that can help officers in their daily needs.

When it comes to reading citizens their rights, the Miranda Warning ($.99) app not only replaces that paper copy, it lights up the words making it easy to read after dark. Need to brush up on your foreign language skills? One push of a button and the app produces an audio version of those rights in Spanish to help with translations.

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