North Carolina Appeals Court Allows HOAs To Arrest For DUI

Feuer Frei! · 01-01-14, 08:32 AM

A horrible precedent?

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North Carolina Appeals Court allows armed HOA security guards to conduct traffic stops that would be illegal for police to make.

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August · 01-01-14, 08:39 AM

Sure sounds like it to me. I guess if they're not police then there is no legal obligation to pull over for them either though.

Platapus · 01-01-14, 08:50 AM

Having been an officer on a HOA, the last thing we need is the HOA garnering more authority over the residents.

HOA security should have the same authority as other citizens. If they see someone driving drunk, they can call 911 and report it.

August · 01-01-14, 09:27 AM

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Originally Posted by Platapus

Having been an officer on a HOA, the last thing we need is the HOA garnering more authority over the residents.

HOA security should have the same authority as other citizens. If they see someone driving drunk, they can call 911 and report it.

What's to stop a person from ignoring these renta-cops?

Platapus · 01-01-14, 08:26 PM

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Originally Posted by August

What's to stop a person from ignoring these renta-cops?

If they have guns ....

August · 01-01-14, 08:33 PM

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Originally Posted by Platapus

If they have guns ....

Well so do I. What I meant was do they have the power to arrest or detain a person.

01-01-14, 08:39 AM	#2
August Wayfaring Stranger Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: Massachusetts Posts: 23,216 Downloads: 0 Uploads: 0	Sure sounds like it to me. I guess if they're not police then there is no legal obligation to pull over for them either though. __________________ Flanked by life and the funeral pyre. Putting on a show for you to see.

01-01-14, 08:50 AM	#3
Platapus Fleet Admiral Join Date: Oct 2006 Posts: 19,380 Downloads: 63 Uploads: 0	Having been an officer on a HOA, the last thing we need is the HOA garnering more authority over the residents. HOA security should have the same authority as other citizens. If they see someone driving drunk, they can call 911 and report it. __________________ abusus non tollit usum - A right should NOT be withheld from people on the basis that some tend to abuse that right.