University Police Departments Use Secret Cell Phone Detectors To Spy On Students And FacultyBy MassPrivateI How did the police, track a stolen cell phone to a specific classroom, you ask? Police across the country areusing cell phone detectors, likethe Wolfhound-PRO or the PocketHound that cantrack cell phones from 150 feet away indoors and up toone mile outdoors (line-of-sight). Wolfhound and PocketHound are so secret, police dont want you to know about them. We cant disclose any legal requirements associated with the use of this equipment, Elise Armacost, Baltimore County Police spokeswoman told the Wall Street Journal. (Source) An article in the Daily Texandescribes how the University of Texas Police useadvanced tracking tactics to track cell phonesbut declined toreveal what they are. Theyalso claimed, to have the abilityto locate a cell phoneeven if its dead. (Click here to find out more.) As youll see, advanced tracking tactics is justa euphemismfor cell phone detectors. And police across the countrywill go togreat lengths, to keeptheir usagea secret. Keep in mind, cell phone detectors track everyones cell phone signal. Police asked a judge, to stop a public defense attorney from asking how the police knew her client was carrying a stolen cell phone. Montgomery County also invoked executive privilege to withhold records, citing sensitive information pertinent to matters of national security. (Source) ACLU exposespolice lies Thats something that law enforcement has to account for, that theyre putting secrecy ahead of public safety, said the ACLUs David Rocah. You cannot say that these things are critical to public safety and then sell out public safety in the same breath. (Source) Spying on everyones cell phoneisnt about the war on terror or national security. Its about control. Berkley Variatronics Systems (BVS) sells inexpensivecell phone detectors to police departments nationwide. BVSs covert PocketHound costs, about$500.00a pieceandthe Wolfhound, law enforcementstool of choice, costs $2,400 a piece. BVS boasts, thatlaw enforcementdoesnt need a warrant to use cell phone detectors. Wolfhound-Pros passive receiver technology does NOTintercept or listen-in onany phones calls making it fully legal and the tool of choice for law enforcement trying to avoid sluggishcourt orders and searchwarrants. (Source) Police, love the Wolfhound becausethey can locate cell phones that are in standby mode, active voice, text or data RF transmissions. BVSs WolfHound can identifyevery cellphone by its frequency (not phone number or IMEI). BVSboasts about how the PocketHound isperfect for cheating students, and their sales video boasts about schools and universities across the country using their surveillance products. Currently, there are thirty-three universities using cell phone detectors. In other words, there are thirty-three university police departments using them Its uncertain if the University of Illinois police used a cell phone detector to locatethe stolen cell phone, becausethey wont talk about it. If university police really want to be sneaky, they can purchaseBVSs covert continuous cell phone scanning device called the WatchHound for$1,400. The WatchHound can be attached to a wall, because itsdesigned to look like a real thermostat! Where does it stop? The scary part is, it wont stop, because secret policespying has become the norm in America. To find out more aboutBVSs cell phone detectors, click here to read the Wolfhound user manual and here to read the PocketHound user manual.And, finally, click hereto read the WatchHound user manual. You can read more from MassPrivateI at his website, where this article first appeared. Image Credit: Pixabay.com apparently these criminals in the university police departments have never read the Constitution. 