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….how you feel about what was done here.Lakeville police surprise sleeping man with 3 a.m. reminder to lock his doors
My first instinct would be to have serious words with the chief of police and I might even consider suing if I did not get satisfaction from him. I agree with the guy who was woken up that the actions of the police were a gross violation of privacy. I would guess that the chief will just claim the police were overzealous in the execution of their duties and they will not be santcioned.
I guess I thought you might have a more “severe” response than your more mellow response. It seems to me that the idea of the police entering someone's home without consent and without an exigent circumstance is rather startling, and the entrance itself a violation of the Fourth Amendment even if it was more on the nature of a “notification” rather than a “search”. Still, this would have been the setting of a juicy criminal procedure case if the cops had entered on their way to notify the parents, saw some contraband on a table, and arrested the homeowner. There's a history of cops needing to take certain steps before entering a private home, and that seems to have been ignored here.On the other hand, I think the police were just trying to be helpful. But I don't know the protocol for notifying a home owner to shut their garage door. Doesn't the owner take this risk upon himself as a responsibility of home ownership in the first place?
Well, I have to say that if I heard them coming. I would probably shoot and kill one of them, my first instinct would be to reach for my pistol anyway. But, if they woke me up, I would yell at them and then speak to their supervisor that night and the chief the next day. I would not sue immediately, I think people in America are too litigious anyway. You can bet that I would be not just mad but red-hot furious.
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