{"id":46938,"date":"2012-03-27T14:03:05","date_gmt":"2012-03-27T18:03:05","guid":{"rendered":""},"modified":"2025-01-07T14:03:22","modified_gmt":"2025-01-07T19:03:22","slug":"what-urgent-situations-can-police-enter-my-home","status":"publish","type":"publications-page","link":"https:\/\/www.cleo.on.ca\/en\/publications-page\/what-urgent-situations-can-police-enter-my-home","title":{"rendered":"In what urgent situations can the police enter my home?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Usually, before entering a home to arrest someone, the police must get a warrant for that purpose and they must say who they are and why they wish to enter.<\/p>\n<p>However, the police can enter without a warrant or permission in order to arrest someone or take them into custody when they have reasonable grounds to believe that:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>they need to enter in order to prevent someone inside from being seriously injured or killed, or<\/li>\n<li>there is evidence in your home that relates to a serious offence, and they need to find that evidence right away or it might be lost or destroyed.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>The police can also enter your home without a warrant or permission if they are in &#8220;hot pursuit&#8221; of someone whom they have the authority to arrest. For example, they would be in hot pursuit if they were chasing someone from the scene of a crime and they saw that person enter your home.<\/p>\n<p>And the police can enter your home to look for evidence if:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>they have reasonable grounds to believe there is evidence in your home, for example, drugs or weapons, and<\/li>\n<li>they need to act immediately so that the evidence will not be lost or destroyed.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>The police can also enter your home for any of the following reasons:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>to give emergency aid to someone inside<\/li>\n<li>to protect the life or safety of someone inside if they have a reasonable belief that a life-threatening emergency exists<\/li>\n<li>to protect the life or safety of people in the home if someone heard a gunshot inside<\/li>\n<li>to prevent something that may be about to happen, if they have a reasonable belief that their entry is necessary to stop it or to protect their safety or the safety of the public<\/li>\n<li>to investigate a 911 telephone call<\/li>\n<li>to help someone who has reported a domestic assault to remove their belongings safely<\/li>\n<li>to protect people from injury if the police have reason to suspect that there is a drug laboratory in the house<\/li>\n<li>to help animals in immediate distress because of injury, illness, abuse, or neglect<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Under child welfare law, the police can enter your home without a warrant to remove a child if they have reasonable grounds to believe any of the following:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>the child is neglected or abused and is &#8220;in need of protection&#8221;<\/li>\n<li>the child is a &#8220;runaway&#8221; under the age of 16, who was in the care of a children&#8217;s aid society, and whose health or safety might be at risk during the time needed to get a warrant<\/li>\n<li>the child is under 12 years old and has done something that would be an offence if someone 12 or older had done it<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>The police cannot enter your home without a warrant just to investigate whether a child&#8217;s mother or father is a good parent.<\/p>\n<p>Your landlord also has the right to enter your home in an emergency. 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