Phoenix Police Department: Cell-site Simulator
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.
Links
News article (Vocativ)
News article (Kevin Collier)
Nonprofit report (Center for Human Rights and Privacy)
Other (www.documentcloud.org)
Other (www.cehrp.org)
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.