Under what circumstances can the police tap your phone? i would like to know as much as possible....like what laws your have to break for them to be able to tap in. whats legal tapping and whats illegal. anything else you guys know would be helpful.
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They have to show just cause. The one thing I am certain of is if they think or have reason to suspect you are selling any kind of drugs they will tap your phone. It is also a felony to use "a two-way communication device" to sell drugs. It is an added charge
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You don't have to break any laws at all. You just have to be under investigation. The investigation might turn up nothing.
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under the patriat act, they dont need a reason. wire taps have thier own judge that signs the warrents, so that whoever they spy on, doesnt know.
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In the US, Any. They have the Patriot Act. The act expands the authority of U.S. law enforcement agencies for the stated purpose of fighting terrorism in the United States and abroad. Among its provisions, the Act increases the ability of law enforcement agencies to search telephone, e-mail communications, medical, financial and other records; eases restrictions on foreign intelligence gathering within the United States.
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First off, everyone who said that under the Patriot Act, law enforcement does not need a reason to tap, needs to read the Patriot Act. The Patriot Act does have some provisions dealing with wiretapping, but it does not get rid of probable cause. Most notably, the Patriot Act allows "roving wire taps." This simply means that law enforcement can now get a warrant that attached to the person, not just device. Previously, law enforcement had to get a warrant for each device. Thus, if a terrorist suspect simply changed phones regularly (which they did), they could avoid being tapped. Moreover, the Patriot Act did little to domestic law enforcement. Most of the patriot act deals with international intelligence. The part of the Act that everyone claims allows the federal government to listen into calls, actually only allows the federal government to listen into foreign calls (which is the province of the executive branch). Second, to answer your question, your phone can be tapped anytime police get a warrant. They can get a warrant if they have probable cause to believe a crime has been committed.
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