Couldn't agree more. I have no problem with GW crossing property line to investigate potential game violation. I have a serious problem with GW placing survelliance equipment on private property or ceasing private property without a warrant.Isn't this exactly what happened here in Tennessee? I believe Game Wardens taking cameras is theft. Games Wardens should be required to have a warrant to conduct surveillance or a search on private property. But I don't think Game Wardens should be barred from crossing private property when doing their job. And I don't think that will stand in the courts.
Agree 100%.Couldn't agree more. I have no problem with GW crossing property line to investigate potential game violation. I have a serious problem with GW placing survelliance equipment on private property or ceasing private property without a warrant.
As a property owner, I WANT a GW driving by and seeing something suspicious on my property to enter and investigate, even if it turns out to be me doing something innocuous.
I've run into both State (TWRA) and guys from the adjoining Federal Migratory Refuge. All have been very nice and respectful (as well as helpful). They wanted to know who I was and what I was doing, but once they found out I was the landowner, no problems at all.Agree 100%.
Every Game Warden I've encountered, hasn't been many, have identified themselves right away. 1. They don't wanna get shot 2. They don't wanna get shot.
They were looking for evidence on his brother. So imho they violated this man's property rights.I have no issues with wardens entering private property IF there's just cause. In this case the officer(s) could have used more discretion. Just the optics of the situation look awful on the department. Had they discovered unlawful activity and issued according citations, this wouldn't be the mess that it is. Not doing so means they had no plausible cause to begin with and blatantly invaded the family's privacy. I'm guessing the suit will be successful.
They were looking for evidence on his brother. So imho they violated this man's property rights.
If his brother wins in court it's gonna look really really bad on the department.
And that is what my son wants to beI remember reading about Claude Dallas when I was a kid. Never wanted to be a game warden after that. I certainly wouldn't want a private property land owner to feel that I didn't respect their constitutional rights and I was out there to get them. Might be dangerous around certain individuals.