Posted on 03/05/2014 6:56:40 AM PST by rarestia
> ... law enforcement can only enter a home when they’ve been invited ...
Sounds like the rules for vampires.
They are in Largo. I imagine the neighbors are very concerned about squatting and property values. I’m surprised the police didn’t attempt to contact the owner of the house. That would have been my first thought.
Police can enter a fraternity house if the door is unlocked as it is considered an open space, like the hallway of an apartment.
Did any property owners complain? No. Did the police attempt to contact the property owners? Nope. Was there a warrant? Nope. Did the police know the house was vacant? Nope. Did the police contact anyone who made such complaints? no.
Seems they illegally entered a private residence.
The very, very first thing I’d think that determines whether a space is public or not is if that ‘space’ has a keyed lock on the front door. If it doesn’t then to me it isn’t ‘public’ I don’t care what they say.
We didn’t have organized police forces in this Republic until the 1830s. The Founding Fathers wouldn’t recognize this standing army of paramilitary goons, nor would they understand why there has to be a cop under every rock.
This was not an abandoned building.
Thank you for playing, pick up your consolation prize on your way out.
yep.
Why do I have the impression you know this from experience.
I didn’t say it was abandoned.
Thank you for not reading.
It used to be that they could enter without a warrant if they were in hot pursuit of a suspect. That was in Florida, I can’t say about anywhere else.
They said the thought the house was abandoned. Then why did they knock on the door?
“Hot pursuit” became a catch-all. They told our fraternity that they could walk into a bedroom from a common area if they smelled marijuana. That turned out to be BS. They can only do that in a school-owned space.
They did not actually think it was abandoned. They went on a fishing expedition and they apologized only because they could not find anything or were unable to plant anything.
Nothing against women but most of the upper police chain here are women. If they’re liberal affirmative action police chiefs, they were fast tracked and don’t have enough experience. Pinellas Park - female, Tampa - female, Largo - female?
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