I was just handcuffed on my front porch by my local PD because they came to the wrong house.
I was sitting on my couch reading.(George Orwell's 1984 . of all things)The officer came to the door and told me he was going to come inside and look around because they got a 911 hang up call from inside my house. I told them they were not going to come into my house. I said "I do not have a house phone, so that is impossible; I am here alone." The office told me he was in fact going to come inside my house to which I told him he wasn't entering my home without a search warrant. He then put me in handcuffs and said he did not need a search warrant. I said I was going to relax and there was no reason to put me in handcuffs. He said that he believed he did need to put me in handcuffs. He said I was not under arrest, but was being detained while he searched my pockets. He said he was going inside and if anyone was in the house, I was going to jail for obstruction. I asked him if he knew the 4th amendment to the United States constitution and he did not answer. Again, I repeated that I do not have a house phone and I was the only one home. He asked me if this address was 1410 _____ Trl. I said "yes it is". That is when the female officer that was with him asked "This is 1410, because the call was from 1430?". I said that 1430 is next door and they had the wrong house. I said "how do you feel now officer?" to which he replied "well if you weren't so hostile, I wouldn't have put you in handcuffs." I told him he just needed to apologize and leave.
I went inside and called the city to make a complaint. I talked to his supervisor, and a few minutes later he came back to apologize. He tried to justify his actions... after a few minutes of talking he apologized and left.
his excuses were "we have to be careful, we never know why we get a 911 hang up call" I asked him if he was being so careful, why he went to the wrong house. He said it was because I didn't have numbers on both sides of my mailbox...
Can you imagine the audacity he must have to accuse me of being hostile? I was sitting on my couch reading, he knocked on my door and put me in handcuffs, and I'm the hostile one??
What should I do?
I was sitting on my couch reading.(George Orwell's 1984 . of all things)The officer came to the door and told me he was going to come inside and look around because they got a 911 hang up call from inside my house. I told them they were not going to come into my house. I said "I do not have a house phone, so that is impossible; I am here alone." The office told me he was in fact going to come inside my house to which I told him he wasn't entering my home without a search warrant. He then put me in handcuffs and said he did not need a search warrant. I said I was going to relax and there was no reason to put me in handcuffs. He said that he believed he did need to put me in handcuffs. He said I was not under arrest, but was being detained while he searched my pockets. He said he was going inside and if anyone was in the house, I was going to jail for obstruction. I asked him if he knew the 4th amendment to the United States constitution and he did not answer. Again, I repeated that I do not have a house phone and I was the only one home. He asked me if this address was 1410 _____ Trl. I said "yes it is". That is when the female officer that was with him asked "This is 1410, because the call was from 1430?". I said that 1430 is next door and they had the wrong house. I said "how do you feel now officer?" to which he replied "well if you weren't so hostile, I wouldn't have put you in handcuffs." I told him he just needed to apologize and leave.
I went inside and called the city to make a complaint. I talked to his supervisor, and a few minutes later he came back to apologize. He tried to justify his actions... after a few minutes of talking he apologized and left.
his excuses were "we have to be careful, we never know why we get a 911 hang up call" I asked him if he was being so careful, why he went to the wrong house. He said it was because I didn't have numbers on both sides of my mailbox...
Can you imagine the audacity he must have to accuse me of being hostile? I was sitting on my couch reading, he knocked on my door and put me in handcuffs, and I'm the hostile one??
What should I do?
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