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Thursday, May 05, 2016

Md. police mum on growing use of cellphone tracking technology

BALTIMORE — Police were waiting for Deon Batty when he stepped off a Baltimore City bus traveling along a commercial strip near the public Douglass Homes on Valentine’s Day three years ago.

When authorities asked Batty to empty his pockets, he pulled out a cellphone and handed it over.

An officer dialed the number of a 77-year-old woman who had been robbed of her phone and other items at gunpoint the night before. The phone in the officer’s hand rang.

The seamless chain of events baffled Batty’s public defender, Janine Meckler. How did police know he was on that particular bus? Why had they stopped him without a warrant? How did they know he had the woman’s phone?

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8 comments:

Anonymous said...

Read article. Stingray used in Wicomico county.

Anonymous said...

Mine has been tracked non stop for the last 2 weeks.I have no idea what I'm suspected of doing,but it's on a personal level.I wish I knew.

Anonymous said...

Yeah Baby YEAH!

Anonymous said...

You do realize where GPS tracking is going? Better get Ready for your chip implant and forehead stamp? Most people in this land I have no idea what I'm talking about so sad

Anonymous said...

3:37 likes to make up stories.

KBinLA said...

“Is it classified?,” Shank asked during the hearing.

“It is classified,” Bonin said.

There's a problem with this in today's America. Who in the hell decides what is "classified"? And, what criteria is used to judge it? Is it like that judge who ruled against some gun law., "Because I think it should be that way"? I want my personal information classified too., fat GD chance of that.
Yes, there is a big problem with "classified", folks.

Anonymous said...

Crazy idea folks Don't use a cell phone. Problem solved.

Anonymous said...

It would have been better if they'd called the number when the phone was still in his pocket.