PC, in this instance, did not mean politically correct.

We were discussing my bill requiring the police to get a judge’s approval before getting the records of where someone was when he or she made cell phone calls.

There were nearly a dozen prosecutors and police officers in the room, plus the lobbyists for the Public Defender and the American Civil Liberties Union.

The bill hearing is next week. We were trying to reach a consensus beforehand.

The sticking point was the legal standard the state would have to meet for a judge to grant access to those records.

PC is a difficult test, said one of the prosecutors.

PC, I realized after a moment’s uncertainty, was probable cause.

Initials aside, these were the questions I was trying to answer:

Are these changes necessary to get the votes for the bill to pass? If we enact a weakened bill, how many years will it be before we would again consider this issue?