The police can now come into your home without permission or a warrant to render emergency aid to an animal. ---> in the case of the Commonwealth v. Heather Duncan. The Massachusetts Supreme Judicial court recently answered the question: This case presents the question whether the emergency aid exception to the warrant requirement of the Fourth Amendment to the United States Constitution and art. 14 of the Massachusetts Declaration of Rights extends to police action undertaken to render emergency assistance to animals. ***************************************The question is one of first impression for this court. In agreement with a number of courts in other jurisdictions that have considered the issue, we conclude that, in appropriate circumstances, animals, like humans, should be afforded the protection of the emergency aid exception. We therefore answer the reported question in the affirmative. Police can now enter your home with no warrant to render aid to an animal.
Posted on: Sat, 12 Apr 2014 15:08:41 +0000
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