Policy Forum 

# Stingrays: A New Frontier in Police Surveillance 

Date and Time 

February 15, 2017 10 AM - 12:30 PM EST 

Location 

Hayek Auditorium, Cato Institute 

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##### Featuring 

Jason Chaffetz (R‑UT) 

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[Julian Sanchez](/people/julian-sanchez)

Former Senior Fellow

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[Adam Bates](/people/adam-bates)

Former Policy Analyst, Cato’s Project on Criminal Justice 

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Elijah E. Cummings (D‑MD) 

If you own a cell phone, you’re carrying a miniature tracking device in your pocket — a fact law enforcement agencies are increasingly taking advantage of to investigate crimes and monitor suspected criminals. “Cell-site simulators” or “Stingrays” — first designed for military use, but increasingly in the hands of local police forces — are the technology that makes it possible. Yet those agencies have fought fiercely against efforts to inform the public about how they are used, and a recent bipartisan report by the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform found there’s no consensus on the rules that should regulate their deployment, or even what legal authorities govern Stringray tracking.

At this Cato Policy Forum, Rep. Jason Chaffetz will present his committee’s findings, followed by a panel discussion in which policy experts and technologists explore how law enforcement can exploit this powerful tool to fight crime — while also checking its enormous power to encroach on privacy.

| **9:00–9:45AM** | **Panel 1** [Download the Video of Panel 1](https://cdn.cato.org/archive-2017/cpf-02-15-17-01.mp4) [Download the Podcast of Panel 1](https://cdn.cato.org/archive-2017/cpfa-02-15-17-01.mp3) **Jason Chaffetz (R‑UT)**, Chairman, House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform Moderated by **Julian Sanchez**, Senior Fellow, Cato Institute |
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| **9:45–10:00AM** | **Break** |
| **10:00–11:15AM** | **Panel 2** [Download the Video of Panel 2](https://cdn.cato.org/archive-2017/cpf-02-15-17-02.mp4) [Download the Podcast of Panel 2](https://cdn.cato.org/archive-2017/cpfa-02-15-17-02.mp3) **Adam Bates**, Policy Analyst, Cato Institute **Laura Moy**, Deputy Director, Center on Privacy & Technology, Georgetown University Law School **Neema Singh Guliani**, Legislative Counsel, American Civil Liberties Union **Jonathan Rudenberg**, co-founder, Flynn Moderated by **Julian Sanchez**, Senior Fellow, Cato Institute |

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