Anaheim Police Department: Cell-site Simulator
Agency | Anaheim Police Department |
Location | Anaheim, CA |
Technology | Cell-site Simulator |
Vendor | Tactical Support Equipment |
The Anaheim Police Department purchased a cell-site simulator from Tactical Support Equipment in 2020. Previously, APD used CSSs from Harris Corporation, Digital Receiver Technologies, and KeyW, which is now Jacobs Technology.
Links
Government information (Anaheim City Council minutes)
News article (Vocativ)
Other (www.aclunc.org)
Other (github.com)
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.