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To: DoughtyOne
I want to make it clear folks don’t have to fear calling 911, because that would automatically give police the right to enter their home.

If someone calls from inside your house requesting the police to arrive, then you have granted them permission to enter and to search the house for evidence of a crime. 911 is an EMERGENCY number. The police do not have time to stop by the courthouse and obtain a search warrant and the call itself is probable cause for entry and search.

So if you don't want the police to enter your home, make sure you don't have any phones in your house that someone might use to call 911.

And as I said earlier. If someone inside a home calls 911 to report a crime in progress, the police don't have the right to enter the home, they have an OBLIGATION to do so.

45 posted on 09/20/2011 2:33:08 PM PDT by P-Marlowe (LPFOKETT GAHCOEEP-w/o*)
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To: P-Marlowe

>If someone calls from inside your house requesting the police to arrive, then you have granted them permission to enter and to search the house for evidence of a crime.

Not necessarily true; a vandal could break into your home and call the police from there, in which case you have not given any sort of permission.


50 posted on 09/20/2011 3:07:06 PM PDT by OneWingedShark (Q: Why am I here? A: To do Justly, to love mercy, and to walk humbly with my God.)
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To: P-Marlowe
If someone calls from inside your house requesting the police to arrive, then you have granted them permission to enter and to search the house for evidence of a crime.

For what it's worth, if my wife calls 911 and tells them "Please send the police, I saw a prowler in my backyard", or "Please send the police, a kid on a dirt-bike just ran over my grandson in my driveway", I will be sure to have her also tell them "By the way, this in NO way grants the police permission to enter and search my house". Any effort to do so, without a warrant, is a violation of my rights.

70 posted on 09/20/2011 5:55:11 PM PDT by deoetdoctrinae (Gun-Free zones are playgrounds for felons)
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To: P-Marlowe

With regard to this case, I would agree with you.

If you call about a fight in front of your home, you obviously haven’t given permission for the police to enter your home.

Thus calling 911 is not an automatic pass on the fourth amendment. It depends.


114 posted on 09/21/2011 10:19:23 AM PDT by DoughtyOne (McCain 5 yrs Left/1 year right "BAD!" - Republicans 3 yrs Right 1 year Left to elect RINOs. "Good?")
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