E68| Case law classic. A residence, a ruse, a reaction & reasonable grounds for arrest.

Legal Issues In Policing · Jun 17, 2024 · 7m

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In this episode, Mike discusses the BC Court of Appeal decision R. v. Vu, [1998] Docket: CA023384 (BCCA) where police suspected a man of dealing in illegal weapons but thought they did not have enough grounds for a warrant to search his house. Police then placed a phone call to the man telling him they had a search warrant and were on their way to his house. Police watched the man as he exited his house with a garbage bag, put it in his truck and drove way. He was subsequently arrested and his truck was searched, revealing…