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I just found out that 2 Denver cops searched my cousin's house yesterday evening. They did not ask to search and did not produce a search warrant. Is this what we to are expect from now on?
What's the "rest of the story"? Or did they just show up, walk in and start searching?
You do know police officers don't always need permission (consent is a wonderful thing) or a warrant (very nice to have but not always required) to search, don't you?
agreed.
you do not need a warrant if you have probable cause with exigent circumstances. And keep in mind, almost all the time, you will have better result by expressing your disagreement to the search loudly and clearly, and challenge it in the court -- rather than challenge it in your house.
...unless you have something to hide
There is a 10 page thread on another local board where the Denver PD sent swat to a guys house, tore up his place, and arrested him at work and he had nothing to hide. They didn't find anything. He is in a feud with his neighbor. Apparently his neighbor's little brother is an informant to Denver PD or something and told them he made a controlled drug purchase at the house. It's a crazy thread.
"There are no finger prints under water."
Originally Posted by Sturtle
That guy has once in a lifetime chance to get RICH!!!
From what I saw they parked the car down the street and then walked up to the house. When my family opened the door they walked in. That's the part I saw.
After that everything I know is from what they told me. They said the cops started walking around and looking through everything and left. They said they were never asked to consent for a search and no search warrant was ever produced. I have always been under the impression that at least one of the two was necessary for a lawful search.
Obviously they didn't find anything. No arrests were made. It just seems a little shady to me.
The law is subjective enough and lenient enough that cops can justify arguably illegal searches after the fact, be it a legitimate hunch on their part or something else.
Legal rules regarding the conduct of cops are, theoretically, very strict. Not so much in reality, though of course they don't just have carte blanche to go around searching people.
My solution to this problem is to not have anything to hide, but its a problem regardless.
Indeed. The thing on my mind since this happened has been if they can just walk in your house and search it for whatever reason, why would it be far fetched for them to "find something" that warrants an arrest?
That might sound a little paranoid but it's not like it's unheard of. Secondly, in life in general I have realized that if someone is corrupt enough to do one thing, more than likely they are corrupt enough to do something else. Like if I'd lie to you why wouldn't I lie to him, you know?
Probably were looking for you! Saw you on this site and made a move. You got your tin foil on????
Probable cause and/or exigent circumstances are enough to warrant a search.
It also may be that they were checking the home for other occupants...a safety issue. Not really a "search" in the sense they open drawers and boxes and so forth and it's allowed if the officers have a legal reason to be there and can articulate a need to do it for their safety. Sounds like this may be the case especially since nothing came of the whole thing.
There's probably the officer's side of the story, your family's side of the story and the truth somewhere in the middle.
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