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To: AppyPappy
If by gated community you mean a neighborhood in an incorporated municipality with a little gatehouse manned by an employee of a homeowners association, then no, the police just get waived through.

But you know that's not what we're talking about. Right? You described exactly what we're talking about in post #2. If the property is fenced and the gate is locked, police have to have a proper warrant to break through the gate and walk in. Otherwise they have to do what everyone else visiting the "compound" does. If no one is expecting them and there's no call box, they'll just have to blow their horn and wait until some one comes to the gait.

It is clear to me that you understand exactly what is being posted by me and others in this thread. I don't understand why you keep trying to belabor a nuanced interpretation by using the ambiguous term, "gated community."

Private property behind a fence and locked gate presents a barrier to public access, including the police. It is not insurmountable, you just have to get permission to enter - either from the property owner or a judge.

54 posted on 09/28/2005 7:23:28 AM PDT by delacoert
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To: delacoert

I never said the gate was locked. I said they had to wait for someone to come to the gate. This is not a house. It's a community. It's no different from a condominium complex.

The problem is that you assume too much.

So you are saying that police, fire and rescue have to wait at a gated community for someone to give them permission to enter.


55 posted on 09/28/2005 7:29:43 AM PDT by AppyPappy (If you aren't part of the solution, there is good money to be made prolonging the problem.)
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