Device Location Information (DLI) info from NGCC
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From: Hemant
Dear New Zealand Police on behalf of NGCC,
How does the Device Location Information (DLI) service work?
What technical information does the DLI gather from (well 'about') the phone?
How does it know which phone to contact?
How long does it take once an authorised request is sent for the results come back?
What information in contained in the results that come back?
What makes it 'world first' (https://www.police.govt.nz/news/release/... )
What is the range of location that comes back?
What auditing processes are in place so that after it has been used, someone checks that the reason given to the comms inspector is true and accurate?
Does DLI rely on IMEI or Phone number or both ?
Yours faithfully,
Hemant
From: Ministerial Services
New Zealand Police
Tēnā koe Hemant
I acknowledge receipt of your Official Information Act 1982 (OIA) request below.
Your reference number is IR-01-25-31996.
You can expect a response to your request on or before 26 September 2025 unless an extension is needed.
Ngā mihi, Michelle
Advisor - Police National Headquarters
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From: Ministerial Services
New Zealand Police
Tēnā koe Hemant
Please find attached the response relating to your Official Information
Act request, received by Police on 30 August 2025.
Please accept our apologies for the delay in providing you with a response
to your request.
Ngā mihi
Lisa
Ministerial Services
Police National Headquarters
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