> Just because the police can get the evidence one way doesn't mean that they're required to. I'm not American, but I would hope that when they have a choice b

> Just because the police can get the evidence one way doesn't mean that they're required to. I'm not American, but I would hope that when they have a choice between taking somebody's usb stick away or taking somebody's car + usb stick away, they should be required to do the former. Especially when that somebody is an innocent bystander. > If I correctly understand how the Tesla Sentry Mode works then it's not literally always recording everything I can clarify this part. The sentry mode records a short clip when the car is parked AND it has over 20% battery AND it detects some movement around car. The dashcam is recording when driving, but only the last hour or so is kept around. Of course both sentry and dashcam can be turned off or the usb stick might not be inserted or there can be a technical issue, but in general drivers usually keep them on in public. So based on what you are saying the police have to convince the judge that it's likely that something interesting happened very close to the parked car (triggering sentry mode recording).