1. Under what conditions or circumstances are law enforcement officers allowed to search an individual's personal devices? 2- Under what conditions are law enforcement agencies allowed to remotely access an individual's personal devices? Research Questions: 1. Does the Fourth Amendment to the U5. Constitution provide protection against searches of an individual's personal devices, e.g. smart phones or tablets? 2. Do legal precedents allowing warrantless physical searches of smart phones extend to allowing the use of forensic technologies to obtain local and/or remote access to data stored on the device? 3. What technologies are available to law enforcement agencies for use in conducting local and/or remote search and recovery of data from personal devices such as smart phones, tablet computers, etc