Oregon bill would make stolen bike location info probable cause for search warrant
Eugene area State Senator Chris Edwards wants to make it easier to go after after bike thieves. His Senate Bill 861 would require a judge to include “electronic location information” of a stolen bicycle to be considered probable cause when issuing a search warrant.
The bill would add the following language to existing Oregon Revised Statute 133.155:
(5)(a) A judge shall consider electronic location information, indicating that a bicycle reported as stolen is located in the place to be searched as described in the warrant affidavit, as probable cause that the place to be searched contains evidence concerning the commission of a criminal offense.
(b) As used in this subsection, “electronic location information” means location infor- mation obtained from an electronic location tracking device.
