[paxy]

I can't believe the number of people who are defending Motel 6 here. Anyone who works for a mid-large sized company in certain departments will know that government agencies and police departments are always asking for stuff. It is not illegal for them to do so. The correct answer to 99% of these requests is "this is confidential/proprietary information" or "come back with a warrant". There is zero excuse to do anything illegal because someone official-sounding asked you to do it.

[nullc]

It is the norm in many industries to cooperate with any law enforcement request received. In some, doing so is the only way to avoid being named a defendant in your customer's unlawful actions (or being hit with fines for violating an endless list of regulations that are violated by everyone in your industry and effectively impossible to not violate).

So you may be seeing some amount of guilty consciences here...