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Originally posted by wright35633:
The funny part about this thread is how most posters are people who would never be subjected to a vehicle search. Not all but most. Those of you with horror stories are excluded of course. So partriot let me pose you this question. If your home was burglarized while you were not home and the police want to collect valuable evidence to hopefully find a suspect and recover property will you let them inside? Just curious. Not all police are these "training day" personas you cast upon them. Some take your safety very seriously and have sacrificed to protect it.
well, i know my position sounded harsh, i didn't intend it to. my point was that all law enforcement officers are trained to use their eyes, nose, ears, etc. in every encounter with the public to look for ANY reason to detain/arrest. you know that is true being a police officer, i in no way mean to judge you or any other leo as a person, i'm sure many of you are great guys, and like i've said before, i am personal friends with several police officers. but to answer your question, NO i would not allow my home to be searched for evidence if burgularized. i have a top of the line security system installed (which would stop most burgularies dead in it track) and if not then other layers of security include, i live next door to my parents and brother, chance are one of us will be home 99% and we have lots of shot-guns. now several months ago my workshop out back which wasn't equiped with security was broken into and several items were taken, the sheriff's deputy who came out for the report only asked what was taken, there was no "lookin" for valuable evidence or finger prints etc. and it would be my guess that unless there was a capital crime or death involved in a home burgulary the same case would apply so it would be a mute point, the deputy didn't get with 100ft of my shop.
and you are exactly correct, i'm 43 years old and have been stopped several times over the years and have never had a police officer ask to search my vehicle, and i don't expect to ever encounter that, however, if i ever do, i will stand my ground as i stated in my first post.