wrong. say dwi, driving under the influence, dui and the cops see have this right? he can take it from you, right? yes, he can take it from you he should get a warrant to search its con tints except exigent circumstances. big word. what s that mean. i m surprised you haven t used it on your show. exigent. someone has got information this about a homicide occurring or something like that. if you are pulled over for a dui or jay walking or anything else the cop can take your phone if the police officer believes that there is something in the phone that can prove the crime or whatever. and then put the phone in a drawer somewhere and get the warrant after the fact. they can. they can inventory the cell phone for evidence. but in a dwi or dui they are not going to do that because that s not going to be indicia of criminal activity. what if they are sensing that you might be a drug dealer and under the