Every now and then one of them would escape ~ frequently they'd trael North to the nearest railroad ~ which would take them right through or near this neighborhood.
We'd lived here only a short while and one day a Jamaican crew member busted out and gone North.
Although it didn't happen, if the cops had come by and knocked on the door and asked if they could 'search' ~ you'd better believe I'd let them in. As it was they never came but we didn't sleep that night because EVERY NOISE on the street sounded just like a criminal breaking in the house.
Some of the people on these threads have said they'd demanded a warrant!
I've got some base jumping sites they can rent cheap!
www.npr.org/2013/04/22/178446136/boston-lockdown-extraordinary-but-prudent-experts-say"
The "lock down" was ordered by Patrick. As for searching, see post #45 by poster JohnKinAK.
The governor the the state set the “exigent circumstance” parameters, as I read it. This is far more common than many realize.