the police never showed a search warrent?
959433
Go down to your local office and request it.  They should have had the warrant with them, but the law does not require that they have it in hand (although highly preferable), as long as it exists at the time.  You may want to go ask for it and just check it out.
37534
I believe that the agents would need a warrant to search the house for drugs, meaning that they had to present evidence of probable cause to a judge to get the search warrant.  If they entered the house without a search warrant to look for illegal aliens (as you say), they should not be looking in spaces where a human could not hide.  If they found open drugs, their evidence might be tainted giving the defense an argument to supress the evidence at trial or appeal, a huge advantage.  However, the case must rest on the facts while protecting Constitutional rights against unreasonable search and seizure.  That's the job of the DA.
342934
Yes If they have a search warrant. It's "POLICE OFFICER search warrant" ... BAMB!! goes the front door. "HIT THE GROUND SCUM BAG" and then you best be sucking dirt!
177006
yes, but risky.  I would have just called the police.  Without evidence or witnesses, you could have been charged with theft...don't know your circumstances.
1122879
Call information and see if they will check their directory using the phone number to access their database.\n\nMore importantly, report your child as missing with the police dept and make sure that they have the number so that they may follow up on it.\n\nAt my police dept, we have a reverse directory that allows us to look up phone numbers and addresses to gain the information associated with them. That only works though, with phone numbers and addresses that are not unlisted through the phone company.
3674
Check your local police station!\nTry NOT to get illegal access in police dept. database sys
46786
You can get it from your local police station, but allow me to ask a question:\n\nShouldn't you know already?
983926
It is illegal for the stores personal to search you without you agreeing to it, you should have exercised your rights and refused the search and let them call a police officer and let him search you and after he was through and didn't find anything on you then I would have sued them for wrongfully detaining me, for assuming without facts or evidence, for public embarrassment and harassment, based on your nationality, maybe even prejudice and discrimination, yeah there's a law suit that can be brought up, or they can settle out of court.
722201
This is real hard to believe. I would go to a private investigator to run a search for you, or maybe a bail bondsman. Good luck!
273894
did dis happen 2 u? nvm. ask cops.his & her friends.his & her parents.everywhere if ur really instrested in finding them. u might be able to find them sooner or later. unless something bad happened 2 them.
926523
some do and some don't. it depends on the state.  if you don't have any outstanding warrents on you then your just fine and there is nothing to worry about.  if you have outstanding warrents then they will call the police and you will be held until they transport you back to the state that issued the warrents.
784500
I used to get pulled over all the time. I couldn't walk a mile without getting searched when I was young. I grew up poor, grew my hair long. So the cops assumed that was enough of a reason. Or I'd be in  a high crime neighborhood. Didn't matter that I LIVED there. Just that they stopped folks in that neighborhood. Also been in roadblocks where my car got extra special searching just for looking poor.
566413
There are details here that you either do not know or did not post.  This might have been an unlawful search, or it might have been lawfully based on probable cause, depending on the fine details.\n\nIt also might not have been a search at all, if the kids voluntarily emptied their pockets at the *request* of law enforcement.  The potentially consensual aspect of this situation needs to be explored in greater detail.\n\nAlso, none of us, yourself included, know what the police knew when they walked up.  Odd that one of the kids just happened to have something illegal on him when the police just happened to show up, huh?\n\nYou need more info, and if your son is being charged with anything, you need to consult with an attorney.
90519
Find out the name of the court who would have issued the warrent and look up their website. If the info isn't online it can be viewed in person. If you want some all encompassing search for the whole country free you are out of luck. It takes work to do background check and that is why those websites charge money.
250723
Question is a little too vague for much of an answer.  \n\nIf you are asking what you, as a private citizen, needs to be able to legally search someone's house for your stolen property, there's only one answer; permission.\n\nIf you want to know what law enforcement needs to search someone's home for your stolen property, there are two answers; permission, or a search warrant.\n\nEdit to address details 3.15.06:\n\nWell, it's not the answer you're looking for, I'm sure, but I'd have to agree with what the authorities have said.  There is no proof Ms Evil took the things that are missing, and with a time lag of a month, Ms Evil could easily say she knows nothing of any thefts that have taken place over the last month.  Even if she admitted to knowing things were missing, she could claim she thought you had found a way into the house and were claiming your own property.  \n\nIs this ridiculous?  Of course it is.  Do we all know, after reading your question, that Ms Evil has stolen Ms Gullible's property?  *I* certainly think so.  But the justice system relies more on what can be proven versus what we all "know" in our hearts.  From what I've read here, there's no way to prove...or even begin to prove...that Ms Evil is the thief.  \n\nCould the police obtain a search warrant for Ms Evil's new residence, based on what you've said here?  I doubt it very much.  A search warrant can be obtained with less proof than what's required to convict someone, but I don't see where even the amount of probable cause required to obtain a search warrant is here...there's been too much time between the theft(s), and the report.  Even if we could all agree that Ms Evil is the thief, a search warrant can only issue if there is reason to believe the property being sought is actually at the location to be searched.  Since it's just as reasonable to believe Ms Evil has the property as it would be to believe she's sold or given it away, you'd have a hard time convincing a judge the property is more than likely where you claim it is...especially a month later.  \n\nNow...is there another way?  Yup.  As someone else here said, if there is a witness who can say they've seen any of your property at Ms Evil's house in the last five to ten days, you've probably got yourself a search warrant.  That witness can even be someone you pay to enter Ms Evil's residence...like a private investigator.  \n\nWithout reliable, recent information that at least some part of your property is in Ms. Evil's possession, law enforcement is going to have a hard time helping you out with this situation.  This is one of those times that causes people to ask why criminals have more rights than victims...in truth, they don't; but they do have the same privacy rights the rest of us do.\n\nGood luck with this.  I'll give it some more thought and come back if I can think of anything better.
589952
r u crazy,he has forgotten to go out so no one shall ever find him out,wat of doin nething to him.he doesnt deserve a look too.
57914
I was actually in this situation.\nI went in and told costumer service, and they called for the owner of the vehicle to come to the front desk.  After several pages, they never showed up, so they called the police.\nI'm not sure what happened after that.