Imagine\u00a0if you will, \u00a0cruising\u00a0down Woodward Avenue all smiles and sunshine until you see it; that \u00a0red, white and blue flicker in your rear-view mirror. The\u00a0Oakland County Sheriff\u00a0has\u00a0abruptly merged behind you.\u00a0We\u2019ve all felt that initial rush, the terror of being \u2018pulled over\u2019 and treated like a child. Whether you\u2019re a sinner or a saint those lights strike fear and now they can do\u00a0much more.<\/p>\n
Let\u2019s take this a step\u00a0further. Sitting\u00a0there shamed and \u00a0awaiting punishment\u00a0would you be tolerant with the immediate\u00a0confiscation and\u00a0investigation of your\u00a0private\u00a0belongings including cell phone data?<\/p>\n
\u2018HailStorm\u2019 is a new device obtained by the Oakland County Sheriff with monies from a U.S. Homeland Security Grant and so far, there isn\u2019t much information available on what exactly it can and cannot do. \u00a0There were no questions\u00a0asked when\u00a0Oakland County commissioners\u00a0unanimously approved<\/a>\u00a0the use of this cellphone tracking device previously used by the US military in Iraq.<\/p>\n Undersheriff Michael McCabe told The Detroit News that the federal Homeland Security Act bars him from discussing the Hailstorm device.<\/p>\n Many privacy advocates are questioning why one of the safest counties in Michigan needs the very powerful, super-secretive military device called \u2018Hailstorm\u2019.\u00a0The Detroit News sought basic information about Hailstorm and the\u00a0county\u00a0denied their Freedom of Information Act request<\/a>.<\/p>\n The Oakland County Sheriff\u2019s Office, located here in Pontiac, is the only police department in the state of Michigan(that we know of?) currently using the military technology. If you think this is an invasion of privacy, you are not alone.<\/p>\n Read more<\/a>:\u00a0http:\/\/pontiactribune.com\/?p=214<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Imagine\u00a0if you will, \u00a0cruising\u00a0down Woodward Avenue all smiles and sunshine until you see it; that \u00a0red, white and blue flicker in your rear-view mirror. The\u00a0Oakland County Sheriff\u00a0has\u00a0abruptly merged behind you.\u00a0We\u2019ve all felt that initial rush, the terror of being \u2018pulled over\u2019 and treated like a child. Whether you\u2019re a sinner or a saint those lights […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[487],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-121230","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-breaking-news"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/rinf.com\/alt-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/121230","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/rinf.com\/alt-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/rinf.com\/alt-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/rinf.com\/alt-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/rinf.com\/alt-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=121230"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/rinf.com\/alt-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/121230\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/rinf.com\/alt-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=121230"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/rinf.com\/alt-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=121230"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/rinf.com\/alt-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=121230"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}