Locate Cell Phone
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Often on searches there is an attempt to locate the subject by getting a report of the location of their cell phone. | Often on searches there is an attempt to locate the subject by getting a report of the location of their cell phone. | ||
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Search Managers, Incident Management Team members, police and others involved in getting a cell phone location | Search Managers, Incident Management Team members, police and others involved in getting a cell phone location | ||
during a Search and Rescue operation. | during a Search and Rescue operation. | ||
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| + | == About the Author == | ||
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| + | Brett Wuth, Pincher Creek Search and Rescue, Pincher Creek, Alberta, Canada. | ||
| + | Brett has been a search manager since 1999, involved in over 200 incidents. | ||
| + | He's the owner of Wildsoft Computing, where as a computer programmer he has | ||
| + | helped design equipment used by the telephone industry. | ||
| + | He specializes in work at the low level where he must understand the limits of technologies | ||
| + | and what can be achieved with them. | ||
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| + | == References == | ||
| + | * https://www.quora.com/How-do-police-track-someone-by-their-cell-phone | ||
| + | * https://cdn.rohde-schwarz.com/pws/dl_downloads/dl_common_library/dl_news_from_rs/182/n182_cmu200.pdf | ||
| + | * http://lteuniversity.com/get_trained/expert_opinion1/b/bstringer/archive/2013/01/22/types-of-ue-feedback-the-measurement-report.aspx | ||
| + | * https://www.quora.com/How-do-the-police-track-location-via-phone-number-or-IMEI-number-without-the-use-of-any-application-installed-on-the-users-cell-phone | ||
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[edit] Description
Often on searches there is an attempt to locate the subject by getting a report of the location of their cell phone. There are a number of myths about how this works which have resulted in misinterpretation of the information received and having the search focus on the wrong area.
This backgrounder is provided to explain what can be achieved when wanting to locate a cell phone. It is intended for Search Managers, Incident Management Team members, police and others involved in getting a cell phone location during a Search and Rescue operation.
[edit] About the Author
Brett Wuth, Pincher Creek Search and Rescue, Pincher Creek, Alberta, Canada. Brett has been a search manager since 1999, involved in over 200 incidents. He's the owner of Wildsoft Computing, where as a computer programmer he has helped design equipment used by the telephone industry. He specializes in work at the low level where he must understand the limits of technologies and what can be achieved with them.
[edit] References
- https://www.quora.com/How-do-police-track-someone-by-their-cell-phone
- https://cdn.rohde-schwarz.com/pws/dl_downloads/dl_common_library/dl_news_from_rs/182/n182_cmu200.pdf
- http://lteuniversity.com/get_trained/expert_opinion1/b/bstringer/archive/2013/01/22/types-of-ue-feedback-the-measurement-report.aspx
- https://www.quora.com/How-do-the-police-track-location-via-phone-number-or-IMEI-number-without-the-use-of-any-application-installed-on-the-users-cell-phone
