Marshall Connolly, Catholic Online: Police can watch your every move via your cell phone. More importantly, the practice is becoming routine, even in non-emergency cases and there is virtually no oversight of the practice. Even small, rural departments are tapping into networks on a routine basis.
The Iowa City Police Department warns in a training manual, “Do not mention to the public or the media the use of cell phone technology or equipment used to locate the targeted subject.” Records show this admonishment is alarmingly typical. Full report is here.
