Raid aftermath

[El Gato]

Interestingly, someone I work with had a person on parole renting a room for a while. Then, over a month AFTER the person moved out, the local PD showed up looking for him.

My coworker was walking outside his house and saw the line of officers approaching. When he saw them looking over his fence and into his yard, he stopped them and asked what they wanted. They informed him that they wanted to search his place for the person on parole who used to live there.

My co-worker asked if they had a warrent and they said no, they just wanted to do a quick search for him.

My co-worker told them to go pound sand. He told them the person on parole no longer lived there and they had NO RIGHT to search his place. The police tried their usualy tactics (do you have something to hide? We can get a warrent... etc). My friend told them again that they couldn't search his place.

They didn't have a warrent and my friend isn't easily intimidated by cops. They eventually went away empty handed.



The moral is, if they don't have a warrent, then they DO NOT GET IN!

If the person on parole no longer lives there, then neither the PD nor the department of corrections has ANY AUTHORITY to enter or search someone elses residence.

Hate to tell you this... they don't need a warrant...
if the parolee/probationer list the address as their place of residence then it belongs to the agent...
however..there are some technicalities...like a reasonable belief the person actually lives there etc... department policies differ...
I work for probation... our boss wants to know we have seen or have at least probable cause to believe the person is actually in the residence at the time we kick/break the door in ... if we get the go ahead.. from the boss, not the homeowner... we enter...

When a person is on parole esp. and felony probation too ... they have given a waiver of their rights to search and seizure with certain limits...

if a person told me the parolee/probationer was not in the home...and it is said felons registered address... and they refuse me entrance... homeowner is likely going to jail for obstruction...however... we very seldom do this... instead we bring the felon in and give them the facts of life and give them the opportunity to tell their roommates the facts... and then move or whatever....

I said it before and I'll say it again... don't let parolees live with you ... maybe esp. if they are kin...

[SVT-40]

The moral is, if they don't have a warrant, then they DO NOT GET IN!

If the person on parole no longer lives there, then neither the PD nor the department of corrections has ANY AUTHORITY to enter or search someone elses residence.

The issue would be between your friend, the parolee, and you. Not the police.

You see the parolee must tell his PO where he is living . No exceptions. So if your house is the last known address for Mr. parolee, well you have allowed the police to search because YOU allowed the parolee to live there. And according to Mr. parolee he still lives there because he never notified his PO of any new address.

If the parolee skips and does not give a new address you can bet your house will be the first place they will look. You can complain all you want, but if a parole agent authorizes a search it's going to happen.

As said above NEVER NEVER let a parolee live at your house. Even for one night. Or you can bet on having the police or state parole visit you on occasion.

Probationers, well it's almost the same rules.

You choose.