NYPD tracking cell phone owners
NYPD tracking cell phone owners, but foes aren’t sure practice is legal
BY Rocco Parascandola
DAILY NEWS POLICE BUREAU CHIEF
Thursday, October 8th 2009, 4:00 AM
The NYPD is amassing a database of cell phone users, instructing cops to log serial numbers from suspects’ phones in hopes of connecting them to past or future crimes.
In the era of disposable, anonymous cell phones, the file could be a treasure-trove for detectives investigating drug rings and other criminal enterprises, police sources say.
“It’s used to help build cases,” one source said of the new initiative.
“It doesn’t replace the human element, like debriefing prisoners, but it’s another tool to use that we didn’t have in the past.”
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