Why do the police record cell phone information?

Legal analysis: Mobile phone information collected by police stations and public security bureaus belongs to personnel information extraction, which is used to enrich personnel information base and find clues to solve crimes. As a judicial organ, it has all the rights and obligations to inquire and collect your information, including but not limited to your identity information, resume and other information, including the content of your social software such as WeChat and deleted information. As for information confidentiality, it is illegal for any law enforcement officer to disclose your information.

Legal basis: Criminal Procedure Law of People's Republic of China (PRC).

Article 115 A public security organ shall investigate a criminal case that has been put on file, and collect and obtain evidence of the criminal suspect's guilt or innocence, and the crime is light or heavy. Active criminals or major suspects can be detained in advance according to law, and criminal suspects who meet the conditions for arrest should be arrested according to law.

Article 116 After investigation, the public security organ shall conduct a preliminary examination of cases with evidence to prove criminal facts, and verify the evidence materials collected and collated.