[Noisebridge-discuss] Interaction with the police during the night of the 31st in regards to the fire escape and ladder to roof.

[Sai Emrys]

On Mon, Nov 2, 2009 at 2:22 PM, Christie Dudley <longobord at gmail.com> wrote:
> In order to gain legal entry to a location, policemen need explicit
> permission.  They don't need permission from someone who's responsible for
> anyone, but like vampires, they must be invited in by someone.

True, except when they are either in "active pursuit" of a suspect,
are investigating a police report, or have "reasonable suspicion" that
a crime is taking place inside. Then they don't have to be nice. (...
and therefore it's a good idea to make them want to be nice by being
nice to them)

> There's a nice ALCU video online about how you deal with policemen in such
> situations.  I recommend checking it out.

It's a good vid. (But for that matter, so is Chris Rock's...)

- Sai