. >> reporter: nicole ozer is with aclu. >> it seems completely ridiculous. >> reporter: she says law enforcement is using the devices without the warrant making the practice hard to track and violating state privacy laws. >> the fact that hundreds or thousands of millions of people's private information is being swept up in this dragnet surveillance is a really serious problem. >> reporter: local law enforceability agencies turned down our request for interviews a. we posted their statements on kpix.com. >> whey are they so wired? why are regular cell phones so vulnerable to this? >> reporter: there are particular phones vulnerable. they only work on phones capableover accessing old 2g networks. police are now scrambling to upgrade their sting rays to something kaled hailstorm. the district attorney's office along with oakland and fremont police applied this year for a joint half a million dollar federal grant to do that. looks like they are trying to keep up with the technology. >> another part of this that bugs me, no pun intended, this is public money going to buying these devices

joining me now, nicole ozer, awe authorize of the recent report. anta clara supervisor, joe simidian, and ben farrow, nicole, i want to start with you, what tyhow much public inp there? >> you know, we see cities up and down the state of california spending vast amounts of money on technology everything from license plate readers to facial recognition to drones as you mentioned in san jose. more than $65 million. and with little to no public debate, very little consideration of the costs and benefits. and very few policies in place to make sure that misuse does not happen. and we're seeing this happen over and over, largely because a lot of local law enforcement is taking advantage of federal funds that are coming down. and they're often sidestepping the normal oversight procedures that city council and board of supervisors has used for generations to make sure there is really thoughtful consideration of community issues and that the public knows about these issues and can speak up and voice their concerns early in the process. >> so we've heard a l

. >> reporter: nicole ozer is a technology expert with the aclu of northern california. >> they refuse to even tell us if they have stingrays citing nondisclosure agreements that they have signed with the manufacturer, which seems completely ridiculous. >> reporter: she says law enforcement is using the devices without a warrant making the practice hard to track and violating state privacy laws. >> the fact that hundreds or thousands or millions of people private information is bees swept up in this dragnet surveillance is a really serious problem. >> christin ayers, kpix 5. >> the local law enforcement agencies turned down our request for interviews. >> we posted their statements on kpix 5. >>> it is 5:10 on this friday. a massive hunt for an escaped tiger is turning life upside- down near one of europe's top tourist attractions. >> here's a clue for you today. i am at a hall of fame. but which one? "where's roberta?" as the news continues on kpix 5. >> yesterday it was all about the rain. today the dense fog outside. will that lift soon? we'll talk about that coming up. >> and it loo

. >> reporter: nicole ozer is a technology expert with the aclu of northern california. >> they refuse tell us if they have stingrays citing nondisclosure agreements that they have signed with the manufacturer, which seems completely ridiculous. >> reporter: she says law enforcement is using the devices without a warrant making the practice hard to track and violating state privacy laws. >> the fact that hundreds or thousands or millions of people private information is being swept up in this dragnet surveillance is a really serious problem. >> christin ayers, kpix 5. >> the local law enforcement agencies turned down our request for interviews. >> we posted their statements on kpix 5. >>> and to see what other devices the government is using in your community, you can go to kpix.com, keyword aclu, for an interact map by city. >>> a manmade his way over a fence into the white house. among things being considered in the report are more staffing increased training and upgrades to the communications system. the report says the secret service officer with an attack dog had pulled out his ea

. >> reporter: nicole ozer is a technology expert with the aclu of northern california. >> they refuse to even tell us if they have stingrays citing nondisclosure agreements that they have signed with the manufacturer, which seems completely ridiculous. >> reporter: she says law enforcement is using the devices without a warrant making the practice hard to track and violating state privacy laws. >> the fact that hundreds or thousands or millions of people private information is being swept up in this dragnet surveillance is a really serious problem. >> christin ayers, kpix 5. >> the local law enforcement agencies turned down our request for interviews. >> we posted their statements on kpix 5. >>> former chp officer admitted to stealing some racy photos from women that he had pulled over will be the only person charged in the case. contra costa district attorney's office says it can't pursue the other two officers involved because people cannot control what text messages they receive. harrington resigned from the force las month. he was caught after a woman found someone sent photos of