Topic: community caretaking function of police officers, and exist… · Go Syfert
← All topics

Topic #37527

2 canonical passages across 2 cases, quoted by 9 opinions in total. These passages cluster together because the same opinions keep quoting them side by side: they state parts of one doctrine. The anchor passage is from State v. Menz.

#Case FlagCanonical passage Citers
1 State v. Menz Anchor
washctapp · 1994
green “community caretaking function of police officers, and exists so officers can assist citizens and protect property.” 6
2 State v. Lynd
washctapp · 1989
green “we must be satisfied that the claimed emergency was not simply a pretext for conducting an evidentiary search.” 3

A red or yellow flag on a member means the underlying case has negative treatment: for those, check the case page before relying on the passage.

← Caselaw search · Hot / Trending / Newly red · Brief Check