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Newsby Staff WriterSeptember 18, 2014

Apple to No Longer Unlock Most Devices for Police

Apple said Wednesday night that it is making it impossible for the company to turn over data from most iPhones or iPads to police — even when they have a search warrant.

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Newsby Staff WriterAugust 7, 2014

Bill Would Allow Judge to Issue Search Warrant by Telephone in Tennessee

Some state senators oppose a Tennessee bill that would allow a magistrate or judge to issue a search warrant by telephone or "other reliable electronic means."

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Newsby Staff WriterJune 26, 2014

Ohio Police Get More Time to Plant Tracking Devices

The Ohio Supreme Court is now giving law enforcement an extra week to install tracking devices after obtaining a search warrant.

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Newsby Staff WriterJune 25, 2014

Court Rules Officers Need Warrants to Search Arrestees' Phones

The old rules, Chief Justice Roberts said, cannot be applied to “modern cellphones, which are now such a pervasive and insistent part of daily life that the proverbial visitor from Mars might conclude they were an important feature of human anatomy.”

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Newsby Staff WriterMay 19, 2014

Kansas Law Makers Open Police Records

Kansas legislators have approved legislation opening some law enforcement records to the public, bringing the state in line with the practice across the country.

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Newsby Staff WriterMay 9, 2014

2 Texas Officers Shot Serving Warrant

Two Killeen, Texas, police officers were shot Friday morning as Tactical Response officers and Bell County deputies served a search warrant at a Killeen residence.

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Newsby Staff WriterFebruary 25, 2014

Supreme Court Allows Disputed Home Searches Without Warrant

Police can search a home without a warrant if one of the occupants consents — and even if an occupant who would object isn’t home at the time, the Supreme Court ruled Tuesday.

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Newsby Staff WriterFebruary 13, 2014

Rules in Flux on Ohio Police Use of GPS Tracking

Ohio law is playing catch-up with the increasing police practice of secretly installing GPS devices on suspects’ vehicles to track their travels and potentially crack crimes.

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Newsby Staff WriterJanuary 21, 2014

SCOTUS to Rule on Warrantless Cell Phone Searches

The Supreme Court said Friday it would rule on two cases that will determine whether police can search suspects' cell phones after they've been arrested.

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Newsby Staff WriterAugust 1, 2013

Warrantless Cellphone Tracking Upheld

In a significant victory for law enforcement, a federal appeals court on Tuesday said that government authorities could extract historical location data directly from telecommunications carriers without a search warrant.

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