Police could be secretly tracking your phone

Your cell phone goes wherever you do, and now police can track your every move – without a warrant.

The 11Alive Investigators confirmed the Gwinnett County Police department is operating more than one 'Stingray' device. They're fake cell phone towers that can fit inside an unmarked surveillance van. Portable versions can be carried by detectives searching for suspects on foot.

"I think what people are most concerned about is this idea that prosecutors in particular out there dredging for information almost like a shrimp boat," said Gwinnett County District Attorney Danny Porter. "We're not that way. We hunt rather than fish. We have individual targets that are suspects in crimes and we use the data on that individual, and we don't look at anything else," Porter added.

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