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Oregon
Police
Illegally
Tapped
Agricultural
Supply
Store's
Phones
--
Perhaps
for
Years
11/13/98
Defense attorneys in Portland,
Oregon are furious this week in the wake of information indicating that
local police have conducted an ongoing "phone trap" of all incoming calls
to American Agriculture, a greenhouse supply store. The trap allows
the police to monitor the numbers and addresses of those who called the
store, without actually listening in or recording the calls themselves.
Such traps require warrants,
and it appears that the police have them, although the defense bar claims
that they were obtained illegally. State law says that a trap can
stay in place for 30 days, with an additional 30 allowable with a judge's
okay. The warrants in this case appear to have been renewed over
and over again, perhaps for years. In addition, the trap failed to
target an individual, but rather anyone and everyone who called the store.
Police have apparently used
the information obtained via the trap to go to people's homes and conduct
"knock and talk" investigations, seeking evidence of marijuana cultivation.
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Issue #67, 11/13/98
84% of Mandatory Minimum Drug Sentences in Massachusetts Served by 1st-Time Offenders | Protesters in District of Columbia Call for Release of I-59 Results | Students Fight Back against Higher Education Act Drug Provision | Medical Marijuana Signature Gatherers Harassed by Sheriff in Florida | Oregon Police Illegally Tapped Agricultural Supply Store's Phones -- Perhaps for Years | British House of Lords Committee Calls for Medical Marijuana Access | New German Government to Consider Legalizing Cannabis | Quote of the Week | Editorial: Remembering Veterans, Ignoring Lessons
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