Police using Ipads

What is this?

Everywhere I go I see people working for the government loaded up with the latest Ipad or some shitty apple product they are overly expensive and they want to give one to every police officer? goddam white people
http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/43deeaee-8fd0-11e3-aee9-00144feab7de.html#axzz2soS0zxy3