Erie County Sheriff's Office: Cell-site Simulator
Agency | Erie County Sheriff's Office |
Location | Buffalo, NY |
Technology | Cell-site Simulator |
Vendor | Harris Corp. |
The Erie County Sheriff's Office first acquired cell-site simulator technology from Harris Corp. in 2008. The agency upgraded to a Stingray II from Harris in 2012.
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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.