Request #1040

PUBLIC

I have been reading about surveillance on Americans by police agencies, including tracking phones, and how those trackers disrupt ordinary people's cell phones. Moreover, it seems that the seller of the tracker requires secrecy - not the government or police. The idea that police can not discuss surveillance because of the requirements of private company's concerns me.

I would like to obtain any documents - such as contracts or agreements - that require or speak to maintaining secrecy about the products, their capabilities, and their use, that police use to observe, conduct surveillance, or analyze information about, people including, as an example, their communications, their lifestyle including associations, and movement. By "analyze information" I mean any computer program that collects or analyzes data that has been collected.

So, specifically, I would like:

A: Agreements about Stingray products and/or with its manufacturer. (Evidently, StingRay and similar Harris Corporation products can be used to intercept cell communications content transmitted over-the-air between a target cellular device and a legitimate service provider cell site. I learned this from Wikipedia. Harris Corporation is an American Florida-based international telecommunications equipment company that produces wireless equipment, electronic systems, and antennas for use in the government, defense, and commercial sectors. Headquartered in Melbourne, Florida. Also from Wiki.

B: Any agreement entered into by the City of Garden Grove for surveillance equipment or data collection tools or analysis programs that requires the City of Garden Grove to maintain secrets or confidences about the capability or use of the product.

Correspondence

Request has been satisfied.
May 22, 2015
Message from Denise Kehn

Your request regarding surveillance and Stingray products pertaining to the Garden Grove Police Department has been processed and is complete.

The Garden Grove Police Department does not have any "Stingray" products nor does it possess any equipment as described. The Police Department does not have any agreements or contracts with companies which require the department to maintain any secrecies, therefore there are no records responsive to your request.

Sincerely,

Denise Kehn
Records Specialist
City of Garden Grove
714-741-5036

May 22, 2015
Assigned to Charles K Boddy
May 14, 2015
Assigned to Todd D Elgin, Carole A Kanegae, Thomas F Nixon
May 14, 2015
Due date extended by

Due date extended to: Tuesday, May 26, 2015

May 14, 2015
Request received
May 14, 2015

 

Closed on May 22
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