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![DEA bought millions in cell phone trackers and training, payment data shows](https://cdn.muckrock.com/news_images/deacov_T8z7ceg.jpg.800x600_q85_crop.jpg)
DEA bought millions in cell phone trackers and training, payment data shows
Over the past ten years, the Drug Enforcement Administration has spent millions of dollars on cell phone tracking. Federal purchasing documents that are already posted online indicate the make and model of the tracking device, and often even the DEA field office that bought it.
![FBI backtracks on cell phone trackers](https://cdn.muckrock.com/news_images/2016/09/22/phonecov.jpg.800x600_q85_crop.jpg)
FBI backtracks on cell phone trackers
The Drug Enforcement Administration has at least two systems that can locate an individual mobile device to within 25 feet, the agency admitted recently. Meanwhile, just down the halls of the Justice Department, the FBI insists that it can neither confirm nor deny that it has any records on the same system.
![Feds can't agree on StingRay NDA](https://cdn.muckrock.com/news_images/2016/09/18/fcccov.jpg.800x600_q85_crop.jpg)
Feds can’t agree on StingRay NDA
The Federal Communications Commission insists that it does not require police departments to sign a nondisclosure agreement with the FBI before acquiring or deploying cell phone trackers. The FCC’s response contradicts wording found in one such FBI nondisclosure agreement released last month by Tacoma police.
![Before they could track cell phone data, police had to sign a NDA with the FBI](https://cdn.muckrock.com/news_images/2016/09/18/Harris.jpg.800x600_q85_crop.jpg)
Before they could track cell phone data, police had to sign a NDA with the FBI
Advanced cell phone tracking devices known as StingRays allow police nationwide to home in on suspects or to log individuals present at a given location. But before acquiring a StingRay, state and local police must sign a nondisclosure agreement with the FBI, documents released last week reveal.
![Illinois State Police purchased StingRay in 2008 for $250k](https://cdn.muckrock.com/news_images/2016/09/04/isp.jpg.800x600_q85_crop.jpg)
Illinois State Police purchased StingRay in 2008 for $250k
We’re down to five days left in our “The Spy in Your Pocket” crowdfunding campaign! Last week, the Illinois State Police released documents surrounding its 2008 purchase of a StingRay cell phone tracker.
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Air Force Digital Receiver Technology contracts 1
William Green sent this request to the Hanscom Air Force Base of the United States of America
Withdrawn
Applications for authority to use StingRay (Erie County (NY) District Attorney)
Robert Galbraith sent this request to the Erie County District Attorney's Office of Erie County, NY
Rejected
Applications for authority to use StingRay (WDNY)
Robert Galbraith sent this request to the United States Attorney's Office, Western District of New York of the United States of America
Completed
ATF Harris Corporation contract 1
William Green sent this request to the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives of the United States of America
Awaiting Response
ATF Harris Corporation contract 1
William Green sent this request to the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives of the United States of America