Constitutional rights? What are those? According to a lot of police officers, Constitutional rights are just pesky little nuisances that prevent them from entering your home without permission, and they’re exploiting any loophole they can find to avoid having to respect those Constitutional rights.

This includes faking 911 calls in order to gain emergency entry to homes.

from ABC 11:

A Durham police officer admitted under oath that he lied in order to gain entry to a home and to serve an outstanding warrant.

During a court hearing last May, court officials say he told a District Court judge that it was a common practice within Durham’s police department.

He said he knocked on a resident’s door, claiming police had received a 9-1-1 hang up call. But, it never happened.

It’s the reason why Durham Police Chief Jose Lopez sent out an internal memo obtained by ABC11.

"Effective immediately," Lopez wrote, "No officer shall inform a citizen that there has been a call to the emergency communications center, including a hang up call, when there in fact has been no such call."

ABC11 spoke with Chief Lopez by phone while he attended an FBI Training Institute in Washington D.C.

Lopez denied the officer’s claims that lying to get consent to enter a home is a common practice.

"This has never occurred," said Lopez. "We want to find out what…led him [the officer] to believe that this is something he should do."

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Somehow the police chief’s “This has never occurred” is completely unconvincing, especially since an officer under his command admits to having used fake 911 calls to gain entry to homes and says it’s common practice.

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Interesting. False 911 calls in most jurisdictions, if not all, are misdemeanors and involve fines and possible jail time. This officer, and any others who can be identified, are criminals and ought be treated as such.

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"This has never occurred," said Lopez.

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Well Chief. I don't believe you.