Hey! You forgot to lock your door and close your garage!

Would you want the police to wake you up and tell you your door was ajar and your garage door was open? I would...I certainly wouldn't feel *violated* ...

LAKEVILLE, Minnesota (AP) --
A Lakeville man says he feels violated after two police officers woke him up at 3 a.m. to tell him his door was unlocked.

Their surprise visit was part of a public service campaign to remind residents to secure their homes to prevent thefts. Usually, officers just leave notices on doors.
But they went further in Troy Molde's case on Thursday. Police entered the house where four children under 7 were having a sleepover, and then went upstairs to Molde's bedroom.
The officers told Molde his garage door was open, the TV was on, the keys to his truck were left in the ignition and the door to his house was ajar.
A police spokesman says the intrusion was justified because the officers' initial door knocks went unanswered, and they wanted to make sure nothing was wrong.
He says the kids inside -- Molde's two sons and two nephews -- were afraid to wake their dad, so the officers went upstairs.

Some people take offense at being told they are an igmo.

I'm going to guess alcohol may have been involved, what with the door open and keys in the truck, etc...

He's lucky he wasn't "violated".

Not sure how big Lakeville, MN is, but in small country towns around here people still leave their keys in the ignition while eating at the local DQ. My uncle in Kansas goes out of town for the weekend and leaves the garage door unlocked without a thought. Keys are left in the ignition of the car in case someone has an emergency and needs to borrow the vehicle to go into town.

OTOH, I grew up in East Dallas. I would'nt dare do that!

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Originally Posted by Radio-Active

Not sure how big Lakeville, MN is, but in small country towns around here people still leave their keys in the ignition while eating at the local DQ. My uncle in Kansas goes out of town for the weekend and leaves the garage door unlocked without a thought. Keys are left in the ignition of the car in case someone has an emergency and needs to borrow the vehicle to go into town.

OTOH, I grew up in East Dallas. I would'nt dare do that!

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MSP suburb.

Agreed that in a rural environment this might not have happened.

my friend that owns the body shop got a rude surprise...

he just bought a house in seagoville. he woke up one morning, too
k a shower, went downstairs in a towel to get a drink... decided to open the back door for a breeze. walks into the den, and decides to plop down on the sofa with the laptop to check his mail quickly. Next thing he knows, 2 armed men are screeming "freeze, put your hads in the air" he is kinda shocked, realises they are cops. They tell him to stand up and put his hands where they can see them... he says about the towel... he stands up, and of course towel slips down. They ask to see some ID... at which point he looses it and starts screaming, says here are my keys, grabs them off the den table and tosses to them. starts walking up the stairs to get clothes and his wallet. Luckily, his concealled gun was in his room, not the den on the desk where he normally leaves it, or things might have gotten very interesting.....

Were pretty lax around here, but everyone is well armed.

Bust in my door, i'll shoot, then ask questions. ::2Guns::

I will never sneak in on Barbara, she is a much better shot than I am.

This reminds me of the guy killed in Dallas by the cops that kicked in the wrong door, and shot the man saying WTF, while picking up his gun.
Ooops, sorry.:rolleyes:

Wow. I could understand maybe a knock on the door or ringing the doorbell (I'd still take offense to it, being 3AM), but there's no way in heck I'd let someone walk into my house in the middle of the night like that. Even if they yelled "Police!" how am I supposed to know if it's a burglar trying to throw me off?? IDIOTS. They're lucky they didn't get shot.

I've had cops walk into my house once unannounced because my door was ajar (bad doorknob, didn't latch correctly). I'm glad I thought it was my brother coming in, otherwise I would have answered them with a gun in my hand.

I don't want anybody coming into my house unannounced at 3AM - I don't care who the hell you are.

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Originally Posted by MadMonkey

Wow. I could understand maybe a knock on the door or ringing the doorbell (I'd still take offense to it, being 3AM), but there's now way *snip*.

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Couldn't resist. :D

Especially after the WAIST incident!

It doesn't matter if he feels violated, they dont have to even knock, just walk in your house these days without a warrant and are protected under the Patriot Act, so if you shoot a cop in your house you'd better be making your last stand cause if they dont kill you on the spot they will later by electric chair.

You'd best just lay down and let them do what they want to you.

Now how could I have guessed that Billy would turn this into some kind of anti-government rant? :roll:

I wish more cops were that concerned where I live. We had our car broken into one night, and we called the cops, and they didn't give a shit. "Go online and file a report." They wouldn't even send a patrol by to check out the neighborhood.

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Now how could I have guessed that Billy would turn this into some kind of anti-government rant? :roll:

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rant? That wasn't a rant.
And for the record I am not anti-government, limited government controlled by the people they are supposed to serve YES, tyrannical government that abuse power and ignore the people they are supposed to serve NO.

Cops are local state officials anyway.

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Now how could I have guessed that Billy would turn this into some kind of anti-government rant? :roll:

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How could I have guessed that Iain would turn this into some kind of anti-Billy rant?

Give it a rest, every one of us is entitled to our .02. ::Rant::

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Originally Posted by Billy Blaze

... if you shoot a cop in your house you'd better be making your last stand cause if they dont kill you on the spot they will later by electric chair.

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True. Except for Old Sparky, nowadays it would be lethal injection.

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Originally Posted by Billy Blaze

You'd best just lay down and let them do what they want to you.

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And be violated? ::Yikes::

Violated no, concerned yes. I had the cops ring my door bell one night and it was very late. They told me I had left my garage door open. I thought it was pretty cool, because I had forgotten to close it, thus my house was open for anyone to come in.

I'm glad I live out in the sticks..........

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Originally Posted by Rogue

Give it a rest, every one of us is entitled to our .02. ::Rant::

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But Altian shouldn't express his? Is that what you're trying to say?:confused:

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Originally Posted by MadMerv

I'm glad I live out in the sticks..........

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Me, too. We live so far out that we have to go toward town to hunt squirrels.

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Originally Posted by MadMerv

I'm glad I live out in the sticks..........

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Me too....

Oh wait, that was 32 years ago. I guess Allen has grown up since then.
Allen 1976 Pop. 2,300.

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Originally Posted by Radio-Active

Not sure how big Lakeville, MN is, but in small country towns around here people still leave their keys in the ignition while eating at the local DQ. My uncle in Kansas goes out of town for the weekend and leaves the garage door unlocked without a thought. Keys are left in the ignition of the car in case someone has an emergency and needs to borrow the vehicle to go into town.

OTOH, I grew up in East Dallas. I would'nt dare do that!

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I grew up in East Dallas too (M- Streets). One evening we (my siblings and neighborhood friends) were all outside and a car came through the neighborhood and stopped and stole one of the many bikes laying around...funny thing is that this was a POS tricycle that didn't have a seat...we all ended up laughing about it.

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Me too....

Oh wait, that was 32 years ago. I guess Allen has grown up since then.
Allen 1976 Pop. 2,300.

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I went from East Dallas to Allen also when I was in highschool. I hated it. But I'm still there...go figure.

Nails is good about letting neighbors know when their garages are open...if nobody answers the door he'll close it for them. I told him he aught to consider that somebody might consider his actions suspicious and call the police. So I think he stopped doing it...he'll still go over and let them know but he no longer takes it upon himself to close it for them.

I woke up one morning to find my front door open...I would rather have been awoken by the police than an opportunistic intruder...I believe the wind had blown it open - I had issues with my door back then that have since been corrected with an extra deadbolt :)

My perspective is of a single mother that doesn't own any weapons - while some police officers have attitudes that have soured over time, I still see them as an ally.

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Originally Posted by cArAzzIE

I had issues with back door wind.

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Sounds like a personal problem... :rolleyes:

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Originally Posted by trickyrix

Sounds like a personal problem... :rolleyes:

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OH my aching sides...

::ConeDOWN penalty for misquote!