Tucson Police Department: Cell-site Simulator
Agency | Tucson Police Department |
Location | Tucson, AZ |
Technology | Cell-site Simulator |
Vendor | Harris Corp. |
The Tucson Police Department acquired cell-site simulator technology from Harris Corp. in 2010.
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More about this technology
Cell-site simulators, also known as Stingrays or IMSI catchers, are devices that masquerade as legitimate cell-phone towers, tricking phones within a certain radius into connecting to the device rather than a tower.