Does CT State law allow police to enter an auto without permission?

[taryn31]

Can CT police trump the 4th Amendment to the US Constitution when spotting a van in a no-parking place by entering it, rummaging through glove box to find registration, issuing a $75 parking violation citation and leaving ticket and registration on dashboard inside car?

Isn't an automobile an extension of one's domicile to some degree requiring probable cause before the police may enter? Or is a car seen as some sort of public conveyance operating with state permissions on public property with fewer rights than a home, with regard to entering it without permission, knowledge of owner, court warrant, or probable cause?

If CT law does allow this behavior, isn't such a law pushing at the limits of the US Constitution's 4th Amendment.

Would appreciate only knowledgeable respondents, please.

Thanks,
Jack

[gall]

Isn't an automobile an extension of one's domicile to some degree requiring probable cause before the police may enter?
The van was in a NO PARKING zone. That IS some degree of probable cause. Also, if they HAD to search for the registration inside the car, the REQUIRED license plate was not properly displayed on the OUTSIDE of the car.

Or is a car seen as some sort of public conveyance operating with state permissions on public property with fewer rights than a home, with regard to entering it without permission, knowledge of owner, court warrant, or probable cause?
That too.

Would appreciate only knowledgeable respondents, please.
Most people that say this pick the LEAST knowledgeable answer as 'best answer'. You want a SPECIFIC answer, not the TRUE answer.

[marq]

They could have just towed the vehicle and called it good. There is no violation here, as the vehicle was parked illegally from your description.

Take your best Clarence Darrow imitation with you to court, see if that helps.

[tate8]

Lucky you weren't towed. Sometimes living in a van isn't cool...

[colten]

Yes they can.

And you might want to READ the Fourth Amendment so that you better understand what it ACTUALLY says rather than going by what you seem to THINK it says....

Here's the text;

"The right of the people to be secure in their persons, houses, papers, and effects, against unreasonable searches and seizures, shall not be violated, and no Warrants shall issue, but upon probable cause, supported by Oath or affirmation, and particularly describing the place to be searched, and the persons or things to be seized."

See that word "unreasonable"? That means "without reason" or "without due cause"....by parking in a "No Parking" zone, you CREATED "due cause" for the Police Officer to suspect you were a scoff-law...and thus compelling reason for him/her/them to thoroughly search your vehicle...

Apparently you missed school the day they explained "Common sense", LOL!