Cellebrite digital forensics for the Prosecutor's Office
Summary
The county is paying $103,506 to renew Cellebrite software that lets investigators extract data from phones. A resident flagged the company's international misuse record; county counsel defended it as essential for prosecuting child predators and sex traffickers.
At a glance
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Discussed at 1 meeting in the last 60 days; most recently Oct 14, 2026.
Impact analysis
$103,505.68 in annual software maintenance for law enforcement.
Victims of exploitation and crime, whose cases rely on digital evidence extraction.
Civil-liberties advocates worry the same tools can be misused against journalists and activists.
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