According to records obtained by modern York Civil Liberties Union,NYPD tracks cellphones using ‘stingrays’, which have no guiding policy within department modern York City police have tracked citizens cellphones over 1000 times since 2008 without using warrants, or according to public records obtained by the modern York Civil Liberties Union.
The organization announced on Thursday that the NYPD has typically used “stingrays” after obtaining lower-level court orders,but not warrants, before using the devices. The department also does not have a policy guiding how police can utilize the controversial devices. This is the first time that the scope of stingray utilize by the nations largest police agency has been confirmed.
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Source: theguardian.com