Can police just come in your house without a warrant?

P S

yes, if they have a reasonable suspicion a crime is being committed inside.

sharon_traylor2000

As long as the police have probable cause they can search your home, vehicle or anything else they want. However, they should also explain what probable cause they have to do so and if you don't get an acceptable answer I would check into it further to see if you have a case for illegal search and seizure.

K W

If they do not have a warrant, there are only two LEGAL ways. Probable cause or consent.

with probable cause they can get a warrant later to avoid trespassing or illegal search and seizure and then anything they find can be used to convict you in court

630IL

Therer are other reasons than probable cause and consent. One is hot pursuit, say you're a police officer and your chasing them and the suspect runs into a house you can go in and get him. Because you're on a hot pursuit. You won't need a warrant from a judge because you are in the middle of a pursuit. Another is an emergency. Say you are responding to a domestic situation and you hear a child screaming for help or anyone else screaming for help you can go in and check what's going on. Because it could be serious. And there are a few more. I'll put them up when I go through my papers.

Joe M

It depends. A few things have to be established though for an officer to enter wihtout consent or a warrant. First, it must be established that he or she had a legal right to be at your home in the first place. Then, if an officer witnesses a crime, or has reason to believe a felony has been committed, is being committed or is about to be committed, or he or she can show that entry was tantemount to the immediate preservation of evidence of a crime, he or she needs no warrant. If an fficer just walks up and knocks on your door, they cannot enter wihtout permission in the form of either your consent or a warant.

California Street Cop

Yes, but there are most definitely limits. We aren't coming in on a whim.

krissy7490

If you say, "Yes, you can come in," then they can. Also, if they know or see illegal activity is taking place they can come in.

kasmira25

If when you open your door and when they look in and IF they see anything, like pot or a gun or if you look a bit beat up they will come in because there is something illegal in there that they saw in plain view.
Now when you open the door, if you say come on in, they will and again if they see anything incriminating you can get arrested.
But if they ask and dont see anything out of the ordinary, and you say no, they cant do jack s*it.

Good Luck, and always keep your "bad" stuff put away!!!

Zippy980

With probable cause yes

edwinjoel22

IN the real world. YES they can and they will. They did it a lot of times and they will do it again and again.

scooterb77

yes cops can enter the premises without a warrant with propable cause a crime in in progress or the evidence of a crime is beging disposed of and the judge must say that the thier actions were correct.

boogie

Yes. The Supreme Court just upheld that action. Only certain States allow it, but any State now can make it law without any hindrance.

Steph

no they can't without a warrant i called one day the police and they told me no because the ins immigration has been in my town alot and they knock on peoples doors and just take people if they don't have papers which is wrong cause alot of hispanics don't know english so they just invite them in or so they think and they get arrested and deported but they can't come in unless you invite them or without a warrant

ATCbuckyBN

If your door is open then yes. If they observe what they think to be something illegal happening then yes they can. If you are having a party and the cops show up then do not answer the door, close all of the curtains, make sure that stupid people are not in the front yard making a scene or doing something illegal. They will just have to leave. Give them no reason to come inside. I know the urge to open the door when the cops knock is like trying to resist the temptation of only eating one chip but if you do then they will eventually just go away because they will have no probable cause to enter the house.

Helios

To search and seize, no - not without a warrant. However since Bush has attempted to flush the Constitution down the toilet, it's hard to know what they can do and what they can't.

The fact of the matter is that the cops are walking into people's houses all the time - they figure they can justify it later.

yummymummy

No, they gotta have a warrant. If the had enough "probable cause" they'd just come with a warrant in hand. Tell the to get off you poarch and come back with a warrant. They are hoping to intimidate you so you'll let them in. This way they can get probable cause for whatever they see, hear etc. . .

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