Albuquerque Police Department: Cell-site Simulator
Agency | Albuquerque Police Department |
Location | Albuquerque, NM |
Technology | Cell-site Simulator |
Vendor | Harris Corporation |
The Albuquerque Police Department has used cell-site simulators since 2012.
Links
News article (ACLU New Mexico)
Policy (Albuquerque Police Department)
News article (Albuquerque Journal)
Other (www.MuckRock.com)
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.