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Originally Posted by SF_BHT
Take off the Tin-foil hats. It is called CALEA (Communications Assistance for Law Enforcement Act) It is very regulated and most of it you need a Court Order. Get a grip and quit thinking that LEO's abuse everything. Clinton signed it into law. It has been around for a while (18 yrs). LEO's have had these tools for a while. It is a dynamic environment and always evolving but ti evolves with check and balances.  Nothing works a Hollywood depicts it on TV or the movies. |
We have to go through steps in order to "ping" a cellphone. My department has to call the service provider and then fax them as to why, along with providing a report number on letterhead paper. The providers have told us to pound sound when they did not agree with the level of the emergency and added "not without a warrant."