What is the name of your state? Massachusetts
Yesterday, I was watching TV and someone knocked on my door. It was a police officer. He said that they had a report of a domestic complaint at my address. I told them that it had to be a mistake because I was by myself. He asked if he could look around so I said ok (big mistake). He found a pipe in my room sitting out in plain view and they started giving me a hard time. I was treated like a criminal. Not once during the first 25 minutes did they verify the address in the 911 call. We have enhance 911 but the person must have called from a cell phone because the state police called Uxbridge PD and they got the wrong address. They accused me of lying to them and threatened to get a search warrant "for the rest of my stuff." I was floored. I told the cop, there was four of them, that it was all I had and, like an idiot, started telling him he was acting like a jerk over a very small amount of weed in the pipe. He was the worst one there. Now my question. They took my pipe and said "We're sorry. Don't worry about the other thing" and left. My problem is that I want to report them for their stupidity as my neighbor was assaulted by her boyfriend, who they finally locked up, but they we're too busy accusing me of being a liar. The girl could have been killed while they we're 100 feet from her. It was a 911 call. I kept telling them to go next door because they have a second floor and that I wasn't bothering anyone. But no. They made an issue out of my pipe. Stupidity and arrogance was rampant in my living room. I realize they acted within the scope of authority and withing the plain view docrine, but my treatment was unacceptable. And to top it off, the violent crime next door could have escalated into an even more dangerous situation. If I contact the police chief, will I get arrested?
Yesterday, I was watching TV and someone knocked on my door. It was a police officer. He said that they had a report of a domestic complaint at my address. I told them that it had to be a mistake because I was by myself. He asked if he could look around so I said ok (big mistake). He found a pipe in my room sitting out in plain view and they started giving me a hard time. I was treated like a criminal. Not once during the first 25 minutes did they verify the address in the 911 call. We have enhance 911 but the person must have called from a cell phone because the state police called Uxbridge PD and they got the wrong address. They accused me of lying to them and threatened to get a search warrant "for the rest of my stuff." I was floored. I told the cop, there was four of them, that it was all I had and, like an idiot, started telling him he was acting like a jerk over a very small amount of weed in the pipe. He was the worst one there. Now my question. They took my pipe and said "We're sorry. Don't worry about the other thing" and left. My problem is that I want to report them for their stupidity as my neighbor was assaulted by her boyfriend, who they finally locked up, but they we're too busy accusing me of being a liar. The girl could have been killed while they we're 100 feet from her. It was a 911 call. I kept telling them to go next door because they have a second floor and that I wasn't bothering anyone. But no. They made an issue out of my pipe. Stupidity and arrogance was rampant in my living room. I realize they acted within the scope of authority and withing the plain view docrine, but my treatment was unacceptable. And to top it off, the violent crime next door could have escalated into an even more dangerous situation. If I contact the police chief, will I get arrested?