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

Well, as a mother's viewpoint, WHY were the kids afraid to wake up their dad? Was he drunk, coming off of a 'high' and sleeping it off?
Where was the mother?


I think if the door was ajar - open - I do not think it can be considered any type of illegal entry, if everything were locked up, that is a different story. Considering the keys in the truck, garage door open and 4 kids under the

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Lindyy

they have no proof

illegal entry makes anything they found inadmisable

they are lucky he didnt wake up and shoot them (the cops)

Look, do I have to put my Golden in her attack mode and bring Tinkerbell back out to annoy you?

You HAVE to admit the dangerous situation the children were in. AND, what was wrong with the police saying "Uh, pardon us sir, your garage door is open, keys are in your truck, your door is adjar, it is 3 a.m. and there are 4 children under the age of 7 being left unattended, please sir, take care of this situation."

The police were not looking for anything, they were merely trying to maintain a safe environment.

Now, hush up or you will be stuffed in Tinkerbell's glass jar.

Lindyy

i do not have to admit anything

why were they in any danger

because no body was looking over their shoulder (i think not)

and how do you know who left the door open (maybe one of the kids opened it) [or is it supposed to be closed and locked so they cant open it (yeah that would not be dangerous would it)

and i bet NO ONE has ever had their children under a direct watchful eye 24 7 --- and how do any parent know their kid does not run off and do something when they are sleeping

and no one should be so rude as to tell someone to shut up because that is just juvenile and immature (to think they have the power to control another adult they do not even know

unbelievable

simply unbelievable

i dunno if i saw the door ajar,knocked and got no answer then i would investigate also,esp with wee ones downstairs.The dad should be grateful it was the cops and not a nut and luckily no one got shot.
I'm sure the kids didnt want to wake up Dad cause the lil ****ens snuck outside like kids tend to do at sleepovers and they left the door open.

Well I never thought this day would come but I have to agree with you Lindyy. The cops did nothing wrong here. If the police deemed it necessary to put together a team to go through at the early AM hours to make sure things were secured then obviously that area has had some problems in the past with crime. So they tried to awaken the homeowners by knocking on the door. When no one answered they didn't know if they were just heavy sleepers or if someone was inside robbing and murdering the family. So they entered the house. (Not looking for anything of a crime or anything. Just to make sure the homeowners were okay)

Then when they find a bunch of children having a sleepover and in this type of danergous situation it escalates a little bit because of the carelessness of the homeowner. So they go and wake him up to inform him of the potential dangers that he put himself and his family in. I mean if it was some type of robber the robber could have gone inside. Murdered all of the children of the sleepover. Killed the father, loaded up his truck with stuff from the house and high tailed it out of there.

And by the way to all those saying they had no legal right. If police officers feel that something isn't right with a situation or they are checking on the safety of someone they are allowed to enter a residence uninvited or without a warrant. Even if it means breaking into the house. (Which they didn't even have to this time since the door was open.)

OMG - do you go through mood swings or what? I was joking about hush up, we have joked around before! Good Lord.

Obviously you are not a parent.

Lindyy

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