Posted on 04/30/2014 3:09:09 PM PDT by PaulCruz2016
Pennsylvania police officers no longer need a warrant to search a citizens vehicle, the states Supreme Court ruled Tuesday.
Drivers in the state used to be able to refuse a warrantless search, but now their vehicles can be subject to search when a police officer determines there is reasonable probable cause to do so, the Intelligencer Journal reported.
The high courts ruling, passed on a 4-2 vote, is being called a drastic change in citizens rights and police authority, the paper said.
This is a significant change in long-standing Pennsylvania criminal law, and it is a good one, said Lancaster County District Attorney Craig Stedman. This case gives the police simpler guidelines to follow and (it) finally and clearly renders our law consistent with established federal law.
It is a ruling that helps law enforcement as they continue to find people in possession of illegal drugs, said New Holland police Lt. Jonathan Heisse.
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Hmm... I’m still looking for the satire tag but can’t find it anywhere
Agreed. We need to end this stupid “war on drugs.” It c$$osts us too much of our time, money and freedoms.
No, it’s a ruling that gives Police permission
to search my car for no good reason - we all
know what probable cause means ; When the facts
and circumstances would lead a reasonable
person to believe that a Crime has been committed
and that the actor is involved”. All this means is now
police can search my car for any reason they
make up and lie about. Only a $$$ lawyer can
help me now.
What’s next ? My bedroom.
No longer a free country or highway
Worth repeating. Drug warriors are a threat to the republic.
which then leads to every unsuccessful search having evidence planted to frame whoever they decided to pick on that day.
Ummm, locking the doors and telling the cops to go FK themselves would, in and of itself, doubtless constitute the reasonable probable cause to search the vehicle.
If you think you are safe from such a search.....just remember all those rules and regulations being written with little or no coverage?
If they search your car....they will find SOMETHING illegal.
In PA, we have CCW, and open carry as well if you have the CCW.
Up until this moment, I mostly carry concealed.
No longer.
F*** ‘em.
SHe’s a lunatic, and has broken State Law by not prosecuting the gay marriage issues, as well as letting her corrupt Democrat allies in Philly avoid prosecution for bribery, caught on tape.
You don’t need all caps, friend. I hear your anger just fine. No different from mine.
Corbett should have stomped on this b*tch with both feet, and he didn’t, so she’s running amok.
This is one more battle in a longer war. We regroup, and figure out to impede, stall, block, obstruct, and otherwise shove it up their arse.
LFOD
Never heard of "throwdown" evidence ?
Which would end at a near 100% probability that they would find 'drugs' in every car they searched.
Who gets to search the cop's pockets before they search your car?
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