What actually happens if you call 911, and your call is intercepted. Do you just not get through?
This sounds like a lawsuit waiting to happen, especially now that this information is public. There is some emergency, someone calls 911, help doesn't arrive, victim and relatives sue the police who say "911 call? What 911 call?". Someone finally puts two and two together.
Considering these cell-site simulators are often used at protests this seems like a recipe for disaster. What happens when another person is shot[1] at a protest and there's no way to call 911?
Who says their legacy, TDMA based radio networks are properly functioning? Motorola has sold most US municipalities and business clients hot garbage for radio networks, they can't push high call volumes, and your often limited by crosstalk (other people trying to talk on your channel) and the number of operators on staff. They literally revert to playing clear the channel tones for a solid minute multiple times a day. Its awful!
The current emergency responder trunked radio networks are extremely fragile, shitty systems. I have no hope that the transmitter at Columbia Tower in Seattle will be of any use to emergency personnel after a major event. Too few channels available, not enough staff to route and handle the channels we do have either.
You don't get a connection at all. Stingrays imitate cell towers, but their default behavior is as a dead endpoint; they collect requests and location data but don't reply. They apparently can be used as bridges, which Harris is claiming always happens for 911 calls, but it's not clear that works.
This sounds like a lawsuit waiting to happen, especially now that this information is public. There is some emergency, someone calls 911, help doesn't arrive, victim and relatives sue the police who say "911 call? What 911 call?". Someone finally puts two and two together.