Is this legal, can they do this?

[GElite]

From Mobile, Al
Everyone got this letter in the mail today. Usually notices are left on the door but this was mailed to everyone.
So much for being unmollested in your home. Basically wHat it says is that they are going to have the local police come into our neighborhood and take k-9 police through our yards. There is no crime to speak of in our neighborhood. I'm questioning the legality of such an action. Thanks.

 

[quincy]

From Mobile, Al
Everyone got this letter in the mail today. Usually notices are left on the door but this was mailed to everyone.
So much for being unmollested in your home. Basically wHat it says is that they are going to have the local police come into our neighborhood and take k-9 police through our yards. There is no crime to speak of in our neighborhood. I'm questioning the legality of such an action. Thanks.

You posted this in the Landlord/Tenant section of the forum - so I will assume you are a tenant. If so then, yes, the landlord or property owner can consent to a K-9 police search of the yards. The yards are the property of the landlord/owner and not the tenants.

 

[GElite]

You posted this in the Landlord/Tenant section of the forum - so I will assume you are a tenant. If so then, yes, the landlord or property owner can consent to a K-9 police search of the yards. The yards are the property of the landlord/owner and not the tenants.

I rent a lot for a mobile home, I own the home not the lot.

 

[DeenaCA]

Here's a Washington Post article from earlier this month: https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/volokh-conspiracy/wp/2016/04/13/use-of-a-drug-sniffing-dog-at-an-apartment-door-is-a-search-7th-circuit-holds/

The federal courts are split on whether using the dogs to detect drugs in the common areas of an apartment complex constitutes a search. But it's pretty clear that the police can't bring the dog up on your front porch for a sniff test unless they obtain a search warrant.

Here's an excerpt from the article:

That is, to the extent Kyllo extends to drug-sniffing dogs, the fact that the dog was in the hallway is irrelevant. What matters is that the dog was used to learn facts from inside the apartment that were previously unknowable without physical entry.

 

[Ohiogal]

I didn't get that letter. So not EVERYONE got the letter.

 

[GElite]

I didn't get that letter. So not EVERYONE got the letter.

I meant everyone in my neighborhood

 

[GElite]

Here's a Washington Post article from earlier this month: https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/volokh-conspiracy/wp/2016/04/13/use-of-a-drug-sniffing-dog-at-an-apartment-door-is-a-search-7th-circuit-holds/

The federal courts are split on whether using the dogs to detect drugs in the common areas of an apartment complex constitutes a search. But it's pretty clear that the police can't bring the dog up on your front porch for a sniff test unless they obtain a search warrant.

Here's an excerpt from the article:

Thank you very much

 

[quincy]

Here is a link to the 7th Circuit case Deena referenced:

http://media.ca7.uscourts.gov/cgi-bin/rssExec.pl?Submit=Display&Path=Y2016/D04-12/C:14-3290:J:Darrah:aut:T:fnOp:N:1736023:S:0&mc_cid=6f395ce56e&mc_eid=6e8e76319f