City of Pasadena agendizes purchase of a cell site simulator (stingray) with no usage policy Pasadena, the Socal city that among other things houses Cal-Tech, is following in the City of Vallejo’s inglorious foosteps by putting the purchase of a…
Category: Cell Site Simulators
Stingray Secrecy and the San Jose Police Department
Since 2014, San Jose has been claiming that a non-disclosure agreement with the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) pertaining to its purchase of a cell-site simulator from Harris Corporation is completely exempt from disclosure. After more than seven years, the San Jose Police Department released…
FBI Will Neither Confirm or Deny the Existence of the Documents I Just Printed
This headline, from reporter Dell Cameron in a Gizmodo article about a federal lawsuit filed by the ACLU against the FBI, highlights the public records work of Oakland Privacy’s Mike Katz-Lacabe. Here are 26 of them, compiled by Mike Katz-Lacabe at…
Public Records: Long Beach PD
Public Records Suit Against the Long Beach Police Department
Writ of Mandate Granted in Oakland Privacy vs. Vallejo
Vallejo Stingray Use Policy Up for Public Comment at October 27 City Council Meeting
What Can We Learn From Cell Site Simulator Logs
Oakland Privacy Sues Vallejo Over Stingray Purchase
Berkeley Law panel on Stingrays
On March 8, 2017 at 12:45pm, panelists Professor Catherine Crump, Steve Trush, and Oakland Privacy member Brian Hofer will speak at the Berkeley Information Privacy Law Association’s “What are Stingrays?”, regarding cell site simulator use by law enforcement. Watch the…