BPD bought secret phone monitor by using funds hidden from public oversight

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By adamg connected Fri, 12/17/2021 - 11:22am

WBUR reports Boston Police bought a $627,000 "cell tract simulator," which tin beryllium utilized to secretly show cell-phone postulation from a circumstantial compartment tower, by dipping into a "civil forfeiture" money from radical accused of crimes. The money is not portion of the department's mean fund process, which means it ne'er came up during the City Council's yearly fund review.

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