We Can’t Help You With This!

We Can’t Help You With This!

Statistics show that texting while driving is much more likely to lead to an accident than simply driving while impaired. In Marietta, Georgia, police decided to do something about it. Police officers in Marietta went undercover as members of a construction crew to catch drivers checking a mobile device behind the wheel. Texting while driving […]

Can The Police Search Your Cell Phone When They Arrest You?

No, according to two recent Supreme Court decisions – Riley v. California and U.S. v. Wurie. In a companion ruling, the Supreme Court, Chief Justice Roberts, held that: (1) the interest in protecting officers’ safety does not justify dispensing with the warrant requirement for searches of cell phone data; and (2) the interest in preventing […]