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Los Angeles Police Department: Cell-site Simulator

Agency Los Angeles Police Department
Location Los Angeles, CA
Technology Cell-site Simulator
Vendor Digital Receiver Technology

The Los Angeles Police Department acquired a cell-site simulator from Digital Receiver Technology in 2005, according to data compiled by Kevin Collier for Vocativ. In 2010, LAPD acquired a Stingray II cell-site simulator from Harris Corp.

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Devices that masquerade as legitimate cell-phone towers to surveillance people's phones.