D.C. Officials Asking for Residents to Volunteer Their Homes for Searches
posted 2:43 pm Wed March 12, 2008 - Washington
D.C. officials plan to ask residents to submit to voluntary searches of their homes in exchange for amnesty if illegal guns or drugs are found.
The "Safe Homes Initiative" will begin March 24th in the Washington Highlands area of southeast Washington and will later expand to other neighborhoods. Police Chief Cathy L. Lanier says the the program is aimed at residents who want to cooperate with police. She gave the example of parents who know or suspect their children have guns in the home.
The program is among several the District has aimed at combatting gun crimes.
Officers will go door-to-door asking residents for permission to search their homes.
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Information from: The Washington Post
Latest Comment on D.C. Officials Asking for Residents to Volunteer Their Homes for Searches
concernedmetrores
2:51 pm on 03/12/08
While the police think they have good intentions with this, they are completely WRONG. Not everone in southeast needs to have their home searched. What if these residents do not let them come in & search...will they get a warrant to search because of refusal? This idea sounds real fishey to me...but hey who am I to judge right? Our opinions as citizens of this area & the United States, really DON'T MATTER!
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