Police caught on camera breaking and entering

Pamba 1 said:
Cops have power to break in or break out of any building or vessel if they suspect any crime is being committed or for the sake of prevention of a crime, tag me during the course of the day will provide the correct quoting in the constitution.
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Kuuliza si ujinga..so in Kenya the cops do not require search warrants? This seems to indicate that they can enter any premises/abode at any point and demand to search on basis of suspicion; which may or may not be warranted!
 
R_Silver said:
Kuuliza si ujinga..so in Kenya the cops do not require search warrants? This seems to indicate that they can enter any premises/abode at any point and demand to search on basis of suspicion; which may or may not be warranted!
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If they have probable cause they have power to break in or break out into any building or vessel.
 
Pamba 1 said:
If they have probable cause they have power to break in or break out into any building or vessel.
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Who determines "probable cause"? Is it the ordinary Kazungu or Maina on the beat? What stops a policeman from breaking into my house claiming "amesikia harufu ya phangi"?

Do you get my drift? Is it up to the discretion of the individual officer? I think not.
 
bigDog said:
Who determines "probable cause"? Is it the ordinary Kazungu or Maina on the beat? What stops a policeman from breaking into my house claiming "amesikia harufu ya phangi"?

Do you get my drift? Is it up to the discretion of the individual officer? I think not.
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This was my concern too! It would seems to suggest that warrants are unnecessary as anything could be claimed..
 
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