𝐆𝐄𝐎𝐑𝐆𝐈𝐀'𝐒 𝐂𝐇𝐈𝐋𝐃 𝐖𝐄𝐋𝐅𝐀𝐑𝐄 𝐀𝐆𝐄𝐍𝐂𝐘 𝐁𝐎𝐔𝐆𝐇𝐓 𝐀 𝐅𝐀𝐊𝐄 𝐂𝐄𝐋𝐋 𝐓𝐎𝐖𝐄𝐑 𝐎𝐍 𝐖𝐇𝐄𝐄𝐋𝐒 𝐖𝐈𝐓𝐇 𝐅𝐄𝐃𝐄𝐑𝐀𝐋 𝐖𝐄𝐋𝐅𝐀𝐑𝐄 𝐅𝐔𝐍𝐃𝐒

Georgia's Department of Human Services spent $954,578 on one Chevy Traverse.  - M.A. Rothman @MichaelARothman

• The SUV cost $38,705. 
• The other $890,479 went to a cellular communications package, according to purchase orders obtained under the state Open Records Act and reported by Atlanta News First. 

State Rep. Beth Camp, a Republican, put it bluntly: “𝘛𝘩𝘦𝘺 𝘢𝘳𝘦 𝘯𝘰𝘵 𝘢 𝘭𝘢𝘸 𝘦𝘯𝘧𝘰𝘳𝘤𝘦𝘮𝘦𝘯𝘵 𝘢𝘨𝘦𝘯𝘤𝘺” and, as she understands it, that type of equipment is only supposed to go to law enforcement...

• It can trick every phone within about a mile into connecting, pinpointing exact locations and sweeping up data from bystanders who did nothing wrong...