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- From: Mark.Caravasos@f24.n277.z1.fidonet.org (Mark Caravasos)
- Newsgroups: misc.emerg-services
- Subject: False alarms
- Message-ID: <726891213.AA32372@remote.halcyon.com>
- Date: Sun, 10 Jan 1993 23:03:01 -0800
- Sender: UUCP@remote.halcyon.com
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- JS>Interesting constitutional issues here. I'm not sure about
- JS>having dogs
- JS>sniff dorm rooms at a University (without a warrant), or
-
- Jeff,
- The dogs don't do any actual detection. They are brought in on the
- premise
- that they would be used to search for victims. The dogs never enter
- the
- building, nor do they even get out of the officers vehicle. Just the
- sight of
- them causes those that have something to hide to think twice keeping
- something
- they don't want found in the dorms. They don't know if the dogs are
- going to
- engage in a search or not. Just a touch of a FD "Drug awareness"
- program. Of
- course it's illegal to conduct a search & seizure without a warrant,
- but it's
- not illegal for the FD to search rooms of a building where an alarm is
- sounding, on the pretense of victim removal, or in the search for the
- alarm
- cause. Anything seen while a search is taking place could be relayed to
- a
- police officer, who could then aquire a search warrant for that
- particular
- room or occupant, depending on what might be found. If a dorm room was
- opened,
- & illegal items were within plain view from outside the door in the
- hallway,
- the officer then has the right to enter said room & seize the illegal
- item.
- Arrest warrants could also then be issued for the occupant(s), for
- possession.
- All this & no dogs needed.
-
- Mark Caravasos Morgantown FD, Morgantown, WV
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