Boulder woman disturbed to discover police regularly enter unsecured homes

[Kimmypie]

Question for the LEOs: Say a Texas officer sees my patio door open, identifies himself, comes in, & looks around & sees a bong or something. Does said officer then use that as cause to look around & find my stash? Do I then get a ride to Lewis Derrick?

For the record, I think its bullshit that the cop just rolled up into her house. Hell to the nah. If I came home from walking my dog & had my gun on me & I felt threatened, would it be ok to shoot?

Also this is all hypothetical for you literal fuckers.

[Pro88LX]

Do you not think the possibility of an in-progress crime can't articulate imminent?

lol wut?

im suprised how many people posting are ok with this.

[futant]

Maybe you should educate youself for a change and look up the definition of "imminent".

Pretty sad when you quote a definition of the phrase that is counter to your argument.

LOL, that is pretty close.....youre warm.

I dont know how many times ive come on here and said police do not know the laws. Just more proof.

I love how in this JBT's eyes that an open door = imminent robbery in progress.

Apparently fresh air = imminent robbery

the real reason cops walk in open doors is because they are JBT's that have no respect for the fourth amendment, and they believe that it is 'open to the public' . They just want to go in, look around and see who they can arrest. It's your standard book of nefarious shit youre allowed to do when you 'are the law' .
But this JBT doesn't know what fucking case laws actually allow this two bit shit to walk all over your rights. You don't need a big ass brain to figure this out. You just need to throw a lot of parties at apartments!

Oh don't forget to go fuck yourself JBT!

[Forever_frost]

No it stinks of case law and court system deeming it exigent circumstances. Has nothing to do with me being a cop or fuck you I'm a cop. Has everything to do with case law. Please ready precious posts before you imply I'm some rouge cop

And case law does not override the Constitution no matter what the SC says. SC also said internment was fine, rounding up Americans without due process and some officers were all too happy to help with that. You'll excuse me if I don't defer to an unelected, unaccountable group of 9.

[Forever_frost]

Probably 95 percent of the time this occurs there has been a burglar alarm and or a door was left unsecured and wide open for someone to see. Depends on the prior call in this story whether I think it would be a good entry or not. I do not make it a habit to walk around folks house and jiggle the knobs unless I am dispatched to that residence for a reason. Lets all face it we do not want random fuckers walking around in our house. I have known lots of Officers and can say over the years there may have been one or two I wouldn't want in my house. If I am dispatched to your house for a random BMV follow up or some other kind of bullshit I have no intentions of even touching your door handles or sliding glass window. I don't want to be in your house anymore then you want me there.

And it is posts like this that renew my faith in police officers and is the reason I'm respectful to them

[hustleman]

Yes

[Broncojohnny]

Do you not think the possibility of an in-progress crime can't articulate imminent?

Jesus Christ, are you five years old?

[hustleman]

Maybe you should educate youself for a change and look up the definition of "imminent".

Pretty sad when you quote a definition of the phrase that is counter to your argument.

Do you not think the possibility of an in-progress crime can't articulate imminent?

[Broncojohnny]

Make sure you put the full definition of exigent circumstances:

"In the criminal procedure context, exigent circumstance means:
An emergency situation requiring swift action to prevent imminent danger to life or serious damage to property, or to forestall the imminent escape of a suspect, or destruction of evidence. There is no ready litmus test for determining whether such circumstances exist, and in each case the extraordinary situation must be measured by the facts known by officials"

I'm just trying to educate you guys. I don't understand why I keep trying, so enjoy your ignorance.

Maybe you should educate youself for a change and look up the definition of "imminent".

Pretty sad when you quote a definition of the phrase that is counter to your argument.

[hustleman]

So an open upstairs door gives you:

"objectively reasonable basis for believing that an occupant is seriously injured or imminently threatened with such injury."

Just because Chief Wiggum told you that you can do it and you have been doing it for years without getting sued doesn't mean it is an exigent circumstance.

Make sure you put the full definition of exigent circumstances:

"In the criminal procedure context, exigent circumstance means:
An emergency situation requiring swift action to prevent imminent danger to life or serious damage to property, or to forestall the imminent escape of a suspect, or destruction of evidence. There is no ready litmus test for determining whether such circumstances exist, and in each case the extraordinary situation must be measured by the facts known by officials"

I'm just trying to educate you guys. I don't understand why I keep trying, so enjoy your ignorance.

[Broncojohnny]

Possibility of an in-progress crime. Ummm that would be exigent. Are you sober??? Know what you are talking about first before you speak.

So an open upstairs door gives you:

"objectively reasonable basis for believing that an occupant is seriously injured or imminently threatened with such injury."

Just because Chief Wiggum told you that you can do it and you have been doing it for years without getting sued doesn't mean it is an exigent circumstance.

[hustleman]

This doesn't even come close to "exigent circumstances". Are you drunk?

Possibility of an in-progress crime. Ummm that would be exigent. Are you sober??? Know what you are talking about first before you speak.

[Broncojohnny]

No it stinks of case law and court system deeming it exigent circumstances. Has nothing to do with me being a cop or fuck you I'm a cop. Has everything to do with case law. Please ready precious posts before you imply I'm some rouge cop

This doesn't even come close to "exigent circumstances". Are you drunk?

[hustleman]

I didn't imply you we're a rogue cop. I implied that you are a jack booted thug, and your statement backs up what I implied.

Lol. Nice try clown

[bcoop]

No it stinks of case law and court system deeming it exigent circumstances. Has nothing to do with me being a cop or fuck you I'm a cop. Has everything to do with case law. Please ready precious posts before you imply I'm some rouge cop

I didn't imply you we're a rogue cop. I implied that you are a jack booted thug, and your statement backs up what I implied.