Can enforcement personnel secretly go through your home while you are away?
Is there any truth to this?
I was thinking this sounded more like China, North Korea, or the former Soviet Union.
2007-08-06 12:03:02 · 9 answers · asked by Anonymous in Politics & Government ➔ Law & Ethics
Yes.
No-knock warrants are getting innocent people killed. And when the facts between the police and the victim are unclear, the police generally win.
As for government personnel going through your home while you are away, I wouldn't put it past the govt. to give itself this authority.
Especially when you look at the 750+ signing statements Bush as put on legislation exempting himself from the law, not to mention the dozens of executive orders he has signed.
2007-08-06 12:11:18 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
A no-knock warrant is NOT about entering your home while you are not there. A no-knock warrant is one that allows police to enter without announcing themselves and giving anyone inside a change to answer the door. It is usually used in drug raids or other cases knocking is likely to result in destruction of evidence. An ordinary warrant can be served when you are not home.
2007-08-06 19:10:58 · answer #2 · answered by STEVEN F 7 · 2⤊ 0⤋
No, for the authority to enter your home, they still need a search warrant in which they have to show a judge probabal cause of a crime. Yes, if they have a warrant and you are away, they can still serve the warrant. Anything and everything must be inventoried that is removed and a copy of the warrant has to be left in a visible spot with an itemized list of everyting that was removed. This is nothing new to serving warrants. You need to stop listening to your communist friends and the media. Even with the patriot act, all searches and wiretaps MUST have a warrant signed by a member of the judicial branch. If you have done nothing wrong, you have nothing to worry about.....comrade.
2007-08-06 19:09:52 · answer #3 · answered by Coach 6 · 1⤊ 3⤋
sure..more then that actually...a search warrant is issued and provides you with all the safegurards of the constitution...you do not have to be home for any search warrant,a no knock means you can enter with out warning...to keep wormheads from flushing their dope.....a regular search warrant can be served anytime...even if you are not there....china notwithstanding
2007-08-06 19:08:12 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
yes there are no knock warrants, why are you so scared of warrants anyway? do you have some reason to think you might be a target by a law enforcement agency?
2007-08-06 19:43:02 · answer #5 · answered by eldude 5 · 0⤊ 1⤋
I imagine it is true, depending on your source.
All the same, the police generally have good reason for a no knock. Still, anyone who smashes down my door generally would get a 12 gauge shell at worst, so I hope it isnt the police....
...Then again, I dont give them a reason to smash down my door :)
2007-08-06 19:10:55 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋
if they have a warrant to do so then yes they can do so without you being present but for there to be a warrant issued there has to be just cause
2007-08-06 19:06:53 · answer #7 · answered by aarika 4 · 1⤊ 2⤋
YES!
2007-08-06 19:06:45 · answer #8 · answered by Mike 2 · 3⤊ 1⤋
Yes, it is........................Yes, it does.
2007-08-06 19:18:52 · answer #9 · answered by westville sal 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋