Supreme Court Rejects Community Caretaking Doctrine to Authorize Warrantless Search of Home to Seize Firearms
By EsqSocial Corporation 18/05/21
The 21st Century law enforcement officer serves a variety of public service functions, only some of which involve the enforcement of criminal laws. From some of those non-criminal public service roles, the courts have recognized the community caretaking doctrine to authorize some limited stops and searches by officers that may not be related to criminal enforcement duties. Perhaps most commonly, we see this in the area of patrolling the public highways which necessarily includes responding to...
By: Rumberger | Kirk