Re: Firearms at a workplace
In regards to the provacy rights regarding an auto...
A law enforcement officer is severly constrained in his ability to "search" a vehicle. Basically, without either a warrant or consent, his only exception is that of the Carroll Doctrine, an old piece of case law which established that, because of the mobile nature of a vehicle, law enforcement has a limited exigent circumstance to search a vehicle when the law enforcement official has probable cause to believe there is evidence of a crime in the vehicle which may disappear if the officer does not search at that time. In my experience, the Carroll Doctrine is rarely used these days...consent is often obtaned, or a warrant is obtained. Generally, if there is probable cause, in today's world it is not a lengthy matter to obatin a warrant, thus a associated "stop" is not unreasonable.
My point is that, for law enforcement, there is a property right attached to the vehicle, limiting the ability to search it just as if it were one's castle. Similarly, this should attach to the vehicle being parked at an employer, or any other's, parking lot.
Paul R. Laska
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