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Little Known Realignment Law Frustrates Police
kfiam 640.com ^ | 9/6/13 | Eric Leonard

Posted on 09/06/2013 10:22:35 AM PDT by ColdOne

A modification to California’s prison realignment program has made thousands of newly freed criminals exempt from warrantless compliance searches by police, making it more difficult for officers to check for illegal items like drugs, guns, and stolen property.

The search exemptions are not regularly included in law enforcement databases so street cops say it’s virtually impossible to know whether someone stopped for questioning or visited for a probation check can be legally searched absent other probable cause or a search warrant.

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1 posted on 09/06/2013 10:22:35 AM PDT by ColdOne
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To: ColdOne

Ah, newly released felons=a new protected class. Will released convicted felons become a “race” like the hispanics are, all of a sudden, a “race”? Will folks from West Virginia (random pick, nothing against WV) become a “race”? Next census form I get, I think in the “race” section I may check “other” and write in gun owner.


2 posted on 09/06/2013 10:39:17 AM PDT by rktman (Inergalactic background checks? King hussein you're first up.)
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To: ColdOne

Most cops think breathing is probable cause.............


3 posted on 09/06/2013 10:41:15 AM PDT by Red Badger (It is dangerous to be right in matters where established men are wrong. .....Voltaire)
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To: ColdOne

Perhaps they could pass the time instead by reading the Fourth Amendment over and over and over until they get it.


4 posted on 09/06/2013 10:41:21 AM PDT by thoughtomator 2.0
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To: ColdOne

Well, you could threaten to shoot their dog if they don’t allow the search......


5 posted on 09/06/2013 10:42:41 AM PDT by AppyPappy (Obama: What did I not know and when did I not know it?)
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