Sen. Waltz’s SB 196
would restrict the ability of law enforcement officers to download cell phone (or other wireless telecommunications device) information in conjunction with determining compliance with the ban on texting while driving or in conjunction with a stop related to a suspected infraction or ordinance violation. Exceptions are made and such a download is permitted where the officer has a warrant or probable cause to believe the cell phone was used to commit a crime.
Is this to make it easier for police to obtain information without a court order? And includes city ordinances?
AFAIK police can obtain the information if they get a court order. They are just adding additional routes to take.
They need a court order to obtain records for land-line phones. So why should it be different for cell phones?
They need a court order to seize and search computers. So why should it be different for mobile cell phones with or without internet capability and apps?
Isn’t Waltz one of those crackpots? Is this one of ALEC’s boilerplate legislation?
The bill says the exact opposite of what I think you think it says.
steelydanfan, does that mean the bill’s language is poorly constructed (i.e., confusing)?
I didn’t find it confusing at all.