Administrative/Regulatory
Jan. 13, 2005
Panel Says Cops Don't Always Have To Knock
SAN FRANCISCO - In the movies, the cops usually knock first when they make a home visit. But if the police park outside your conspicuously active drug lab in a squad car with flashing lights and announce several times over a loudspeaker that they've come with a warrant, there's no need for a "literal knock" before they barge through the door with a battering ram, a federal appeals court ruled Tuesday.
But if the police park outside your conspicuously active drug lab in a squad car with flashing lights and announce several times over a loudspeaker that they've c...
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