Can an officer come into your house for no reasonable cause and threaten you, saying he is going to call Child Protection Services on you.
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Can an officer come into your house for no reasonable cause and threaten you, saying he is going to call Child Protection Services on you.
The officer was telling him that there were drugs in the house. He had no choice to tell the officer where they were. The officer found less than a gram. The officer also said that they had weapons which was false. I need to know what I can do?
Asked on April 20, 2009 under Criminal Law, California
Answers:
L.M., Member, California Bar / FreeAdvice Contributing Attorney
Answered 15 years ago | Contributor
There is a lot of information missing from your question with regard to the circumstances under which the officer entered the home. Gernerally speaking, a police officer must have a warrant to search your home and must have reasonable cause to obtain the warrant from a judge. If there are "exigent circumstances", such as the officer sees weapons on the bed out in the open through the bedroom window, he may enter without a warrant. I'm not sure what this all has to do with Child Protective Services unless the officer had reason to believe a child in the home was in imminent danger.
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