What to do if you’re contacted by the police in your home

If the police knock and ask to enter your home, you don’t have to admit them unless they have a warrant signed by a judge.

However, in some emergency situations (like when a person is screaming for help inside or when the police are chasing someone) officers are allowed to enter and search your home without a warrant.

If you are arrested the police can search you and the area close by. If you are in the building, “close by” just means the room you are in.