When someone goes missing, you expect police to do everything possible to find them - and in the case of Cleo Smith among a lot of other cases, they did.

And it’s been revealed telcos have cashed in on this, charging WA police more than $1million over the past year.

To ping the phone of a missing person, it costs anywhere between 5 cents and $150 - per ping. 

And data collection is an important part of policing.

Today, WA Police Commissioner Col Blanch said he didn’t believe the charges were malicious, but he wanted to see some sort of consistency.

to explain why phones and data are so important in police work is criminologist Xanthe Mallett.

When someone goes missing, you expect police to do everything possible to find them - and in the case of Cleo Smith among a lot of other cases, they did.
And it’s been revealed telcos have cashed in on this, charging WA police more than $1million over the past year.
To ping the phone of a missing person, it costs anywhere between 5 cents and $150 - per ping. 
And data collection is an important part of policing.
Today, WA Police Commissioner Col Blanch said he didn’t believe the charges were malicious, but he wanted to see some sort of consistency.
to explain why phones and data are so important in police work is criminologist Xanthe Mallett.

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