To find suspects, police quietly turn to Google

Posted on Mar 17, 2018

To find suspects, police quietly turn to Google

Raleigh police used search warrants to demand Google accounts not of specific suspects, but from any mobile devices that veered too close to the scene of a crime, according to a WRAL News review of court records. These warrants often prevent the technology giant for months from disclosing information about the searches not just to potential suspects, but to any users swept up in the search.

Source: wral.com