On the opposite end, law enforcement officials were disappointed by the decision. President of the International Association of Chiefs of Police Yost Zakhary stated, “There’s nothing like being able to retrieve information immediately.” He went on to say that being able to search a person’s cellphone, “was a good tool we could use at the side of the road.”
The court’s ruling is a protection that falls under the Fourth Amendment which prohibits “unreasonable searches and seizures” and also requires law enforcement authorities to obtain a search warrant by persuading a magistrate that they have “probable cause.” The ruling was made based on two cases, one of which was Riley v. California in which authorities connected an arrestee to an unsolved shooting through photos, video clips, texts, and other information found in his phone. The other case was U.S. v. Wurie in which officers used the caller ID on an incoming call to locate a suspect’s house and obtain a search warrant for the residence. Authorities later found drugs, a gun, and other evidence upon executing the warrant. The court issued the one ruling for both cases.
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