Met with a local provider recently who said she was being harassed by the pd. They took her phone in and said they needed to download the information on it. Was wondering what on earth they could be wanting to download and what the hell they are up to. More reason to have a burner phone i think.

LE can do that if the owner of the phone allows it but the Supreme Court recently ruled that phones are private.  

Was that in the Cites?

Maybe she should talk to a lawyer or least stop cooperating w/ the PD.also other hobby-ist's will be curious as to who, so they can proceed w/caution.  
maybe this link would be helpful, not sure if they will allow it but just you tube "flex your rights" for real life examples.

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Who, where?  Come on you can't just post stuff like this and not reveal relevant info.

If this is a credible post, I would suggest that the existence of a phone number in your call history, without any other kind of material evidence, is useless. It's evidence of a phone call.  

it's the string of back and forth texts/emails between you two and/or the notes she has made so she remembers you the next time you contact her.

To take or look at a phone. So anything they get they can't use.

Where there's smoke, there's a fire. LE would not be harassing her for nothing, they already are on to something and you should share more info without outing her.

Are you sure this is true?

Not if she gave her consent.

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If she keeps the texts they can find a play by play trail of every number and what they were inquiring about. This is more in the StC area. LE has been up to something just trying to figure out what. Just a reminder to everyone to get a burner phone and start with a fresh one every so often...

Not sure if its a bs story but i believe it. She has no reason to lie. Still not sure why she gave up her phone...

Its a secret family recipe, if this gets out my aunt is gonna kill me

And not talk to the police or let them take information from her without a warrant whether this is hobby related or not.

The information on the phone would be of little use to LE from an evidentiary standpoint.  Possibly, if the provider and hobbyist were really dumb on text messages.  There is a reason you don't discuss either acts or dollars.

Creepy eom

That statement is true.

100%. Even if they catch you texting while driving they need a warrant

If they asked her and she said yes, well she shot herself in the foot doing that.

TV cop shows make it seem like Miranda is cut and dry, and that the request to search the phone is being made by someone that has the detective skills of Barney Fife.  None of that is true.  Here's the kind of constitutional slippery-slope erosions that happen every single day in law enforcement: