Police enter homes as break-in warning

[oldpink]

Isn't that an illegal act ??

[Vracktal]

[fatpies]

Illegal only applies to civvies!


TBH I'd be tempted to leave a trap of come kind disguised as building work. But I'd get arrested for that.
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[lihp]

Criminals walk around street, spot a balloon and know that there's nobody in, and that there's an unlocked enterance somewhere, without even having to case it out themselves now
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[CaNsA]

What would happen if they broke in and seen some weed on the coffee table?

No search warrant, B&E, trespassing......

[lihp]

[CaNsA]

IDGAF

[J4mes]

define breaking and entering....has any breaking taken place?

[CaNsA]

*sigh*

Unlawful entry then, not B&E

[fatpies]

[smegballs]

[Ste]

Locking your doors is pretty simple really and the police entering your house and leaving a balloon () is better than being robbed!!

Doubt most police would be bothered about just some weed on the coffee table. If it's quality weed then they'll be able to smell it from outside your house anyway.

[Quornholio]

[Scythe]

I used to live a few metres away from the house at 0:52, and a friend of mine got burgled by leaving her door unlocked and going to the shop whilst her friends were still in upstairs.

They knew nothing about it until my friend returned to find her stuff had gone (she had the ground floor room).

To be fair, if you leave the door unlocked it's your own fault.
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[stinkwheel]

Well I live in a town where you can leave your door unlocked and not worry about it.

I used to live in a town where you'd leave your keys in your parked car in case anyone needed to move it.

All this is making out it is somehow the householders fault for not locking their door. It is not. It is the burglar who is at fault. He went around trying doors to see if they were unlocked so he could steal stuff. The intent was always burglary, you don't just happen across an unlocked house door then think "I'll just have a look round here to see what I can nick".

It's like saying it's your own fault you got mugged for going out in the street with money in your pocket.
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[Quornholio]

In an ideal society, you should be able to leave your home unlocked, and know that all your possessions would be safe and still there when you come back.

Unfortunately, it's far from the ideal world.

[Ste]

It's not the householders fault that they get robbed because they didn't locking their door, but it is an avoidable situation.

Plus I'm not so sure that house insurance would be willing to pay out if there wasn't forced entry?

[Quornholio]

Hard enough to get the insurance to pay out at the best of times.

[tatters]

[oldpink]

[Quornholio]

I hear from an acquaintance that the IOM is the same in some parts.

[Im-a-Ridah]

[Quornholio]

There is case law on that very subject, a wrongful seizure of someone's goods without the appropriate powers. Can't for the life of me remember the name of it though.

[Lord Percy]

[angryjonny]