Can police enter or send a dog into my home if they say “they know” that a person with a warrant for their arrest is inside?
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Can police enter or send a dog into my home if they say “they know” that a person with a warrant for their arrest is inside?
Asked on October 8, 2012 under Criminal Law, Oregon
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Answered 12 years ago | Contributor
Law enforcement if they have a search warrant duly issued by a judge can enter your home or send a police dog into it with respect to a person that they believe is within your lodging who is a fugitive from justice. Absent this, under the circumstances that you have written about, entry inside your home cannot be legally done.
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