The Hampton Roads Telephone Analysis Sharing Network was a program through which law enforcement agencies in five Virginia cities access a shared database containing phone records and contents of seized mobile devices.
[1][2][3] Participating agencies have, through a memorandum of understanding, agreed to "share telephone intelligence information derived from any source with the (task force) including: subpoenaed telephone call detail records, subpoenaed telephone subscriber information, and seized mobile devices.
"[1] Rob Poggenklass, an ACLU staff attorney, stated that the program violates Virginia's Government Data Collection and Dissemination Practices Act.
[3] The official response delivered in November 2015 was that the examination was closed because the program had been terminated.
Newport News Police Chief Rick Myers said that the task force had joined a federal data-sharing program which required search warrants.