US Marshals case puts spotlight on police cellphone tracking

An emergency alert regarding the coronavirus pandemic is displayed on a cellphone Friday, Oct. 30, 2020, in Rio Rancho, N.M. The alert was sent out to New Mexicans across the state urging them to stay home amid a surge in ...The cellphone tracking tool a federal agent allegedly used to track a former girlfriend may have been scuttled, but analysts say they fear police have even more invasive technology at their fingertips now.

Adrian O. Pena, a deputy U.S. Marshal in Texas, was indicted this month by prosecutors who say he used Securus Technologies’ LBS platform to track people with whom he had “personal relationships,” violating the intent of the tool, which was to be used by cops engaged…