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Vancouver police admit to having used mass-surveillance device StingRay

Posted on August 10, 2016 by pogowasright.org

The Canadian Press reports:

Vancouver police have admitted to using a controversial mass surveillance device following a protracted back-and-forth battle with civil rights groups.

The department has denied having any records related to the invasive technology, but Const. Brian Montague now says they used the RCMP’s StingRay team with a 2007 investigation into a suspected abduction case.

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