Phoenix Police Department: Cell-site Simulator
A Harris Corporation Stingray II cell-site simulator.
Credit: USPTO
| Agency | Phoenix Police Department |
| Location | Phoenix, AZ |
| Technology | Cell-site Simulator |
| Vendor | Harris Corp. |
The Phoenix Police Department acquired a Stingray II cell-site simulator from Harris Corp. in 2009, according to research by Kevin Collier for Vocativ.
Links
News article (Vocativ)
News dataset (Kevin Collier)
Nonprofit report (Center for Human Rights and Privacy)
Other (www.documentcloud.org)
Other (www.cehrp.org)
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.
A Harris Corporation Stingray II cell-site simulator.
Credit: USPTO