ScoobySmacks
Greenlighter
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- Dec 14, 2010
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I'm going to law school to become a criminal defense attorney. I am studying case law on controlled deliveries, among other articles of evidence found in cases that involve complicated drug syndicates. A few common themes that I see include this scenario:
Controlled deliveries which take place repeatedly, in conjunction with undercover surveillance that can last weeks or months.
Obviously, this kind of investigation is expensive for law enforcement. Which has me thinking; with limited budgets and, let's face it...being seriously outnumbered, they must have some sort of computer database that shows the history of parcel delivery to and from any location.
My question boils down to this: Assuming there is no reasonable suspicion from law enforcement or postal inspector, does the post office carry the capability to track the history (origin/frequency/name of receiver) of shipments to and from a certain location after they have been delivered? And if so, would this information be handed over to law enforcement with or without a warrant?
Thanks in advance blue lighters!
Controlled deliveries which take place repeatedly, in conjunction with undercover surveillance that can last weeks or months.
Obviously, this kind of investigation is expensive for law enforcement. Which has me thinking; with limited budgets and, let's face it...being seriously outnumbered, they must have some sort of computer database that shows the history of parcel delivery to and from any location.
My question boils down to this: Assuming there is no reasonable suspicion from law enforcement or postal inspector, does the post office carry the capability to track the history (origin/frequency/name of receiver) of shipments to and from a certain location after they have been delivered? And if so, would this information be handed over to law enforcement with or without a warrant?
Thanks in advance blue lighters!