Cell-site simulator (StingRay / IMSI catcher)

An IMSI-catcher (cell-site simulator) built from a software-defined radio and antennas — the class of device EPS admitted owning. Photo: 1971markus / Wikimedia Commons (CC BY-SA 4.0) — source.

EPS made the first municipal Canadian admission of past cell-site-simulator use, a StingRay-class IMSI catcher, then later walked the admission back.

Details

Field	Value
Status	Confirmed
Year(s)	2016 (admission of past use)
Cost (CAD)	~$100,000-$500,000 per unit (our estimate, not disclosed)
Vendor	Harris
Source	vice-eps-stingray-admission
This one rests on EPS's own words. It was the first Canadian municipal force to admit past cell-site-simulator use, before backing away from that admission.

The cost needs a caveat. The rough $100,000 to $500,000 per unit is our estimate, not a disclosed figure, since EPS never released a price. So the item enters the black-box surveillance layer with its real cost undisclosed, and the estimate rides along only as context. A clean FOIP target.

Source

See the source clipping: vice-eps-stingray-admission.