fncceo
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- Nov 29, 2016
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It seems to me that the cops would need a warrant to go into the home in this case. The cops didn't go into the home and it appears that they did not have a warrant, hence the ruse about writing the 16 year old a ticket. If the cops had been in "hot pursuit" (Regards to Roscoe P. Coltrane), then the cops could have pursued the boy into the home to apprehend him. That being said, chasing a boy down over not wearing a bicycle helmet is ridiculous.In this situation are you required to come out of your home?
Yes. Police don't require a warrant to arrest if they have belief on reasonable grounds an offence is or has been committed.
They have the right to enter the address, but their search powers are limited.
It's always better to not enter a home. People's homes are an unknown tactical situation. There could be guns and there will be knives.
Getting the suspect outside and in the open is the safer option.
But, no. A warrant is required to search a home. But not to enter a home to affect the arrest.