Do Georgetown Police Spy on the Citizens of Georgetown?

There is no indication that Georgetown police use surveillance equipment, but, has the question been asked? The Federal Government, which has sponsored the development of surveillance devices is very secretive about the deployment of such devices and how they work. The bit of publicly available information was disclosed through open records requests and lawsuits filed by journalists and researchers.

It is known that surveillance equipment has been deployed with local police departments. They have to sign non-disclosure agreements with the Federal Government and with the manufacturer. This makes it extremely difficult for local citizens to discover if their local police are using the equipment in their communities.

Jennifer Lynch, a senior staff attorney at the Electronic Frontier Foundation has said that the use of these tools is part of the militarization of the police in the U.S.: “We’ve seen a trend in the years since 9/11 to bring sophisticated surveillance technologies that were originally designed for military use — like Stingrays or drones or biometrics — back home to the United States.”Link

The citizens of Georgetown need to let their council persons know that we do not want the Georgetown police to have the capability to listen to the phone conversations of the citizens.