Should officials be able to search through personal devices? Some say that it is helpful the community. Others say that officials do not have the right to search through devices. Searching through personal devices without a warrant is definitely an invasion of privacy. Officials need to have evidence or probable cause to look through personal devices. For example, officers shouldn’t look through phones just because the officer thinks something is on the phone, they need to have a warrant, or in extreme cases, probable cause. In the section “Abuse of Power,” from the article “Phone Patrol,” Jim Tharayil says that police may abuse their power in certain situations by looking through phones for their leisure. There can be very personal things
