Tracking a Cell Phone: How it Actually Works
We’ve all seen the movies where one law enforcement agency or another tracks a suspect via their cellular phone. Usually, their cell phone location is flashing on a satellite map, giving officers and dispatchers an up-to-date, real-time view of the suspect. The dispatchers typically never have to get a warrant or cite exigent circumstances for cell phone tracking, they simply type in some commands into their terminal interface and the tracking begins. For once, Hollywood got something right.