You live on California from all states and are surprised that no cop wants to risk their career kicking down a door for a welfare check? Like, that is already a risky choice anywhere else in the world, but in CA of all places?
It’s summer, they could be on vacation and the smell could be that they left the thrash inside and it’s now rotting.
Walk to the station and file an actual missing person report if you want to start a real trail. Cops don’t kick down doors just because it smells bad inside. But if you do this, be ready to lose a friend if they were simply vacationing in Europe and they trigger an alert when they come back.
Idk about California law but this wouldn’t be enough to force entry in my state based on what you said. If the cops have been there multiple times in two weeks and haven’t smelled decomposition, I’d almost be certain that there wasn’t someone deceased inside. After two weeks that smell is impossible to miss, A/C or not.
The dispatcher who told you that the landlord had the authority to open the door and check themselves was wildly misinforming you. They would have no way to know that unless they’re looking at a copy of the lease agreement for that specific apartment at that moment.
And if the cops asked the landlord to open it, the landlord is then acting as an agent of the officers. They’d then be opening themselves up to a huge 4th amendment lawsuit if the person is actually fine.
The landlord almost certainly has contact information for the renter, my suggestion would be to see if the landlord is willing to attempt phone contact with them.
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You live on California from all states and are surprised that no cop wants to risk their career kicking down a door for a welfare check? Like, that is already a risky choice anywhere else in the world, but in CA of all places?
It’s summer, they could be on vacation and the smell could be that they left the thrash inside and it’s now rotting.
Walk to the station and file an actual missing person report if you want to start a real trail. Cops don’t kick down doors just because it smells bad inside. But if you do this, be ready to lose a friend if they were simply vacationing in Europe and they trigger an alert when they come back.
This is a completely justified door kick IMO.
Idk about California law but this wouldn’t be enough to force entry in my state based on what you said. If the cops have been there multiple times in two weeks and haven’t smelled decomposition, I’d almost be certain that there wasn’t someone deceased inside. After two weeks that smell is impossible to miss, A/C or not.
The dispatcher who told you that the landlord had the authority to open the door and check themselves was wildly misinforming you. They would have no way to know that unless they’re looking at a copy of the lease agreement for that specific apartment at that moment.
And if the cops asked the landlord to open it, the landlord is then acting as an agent of the officers. They’d then be opening themselves up to a huge 4th amendment lawsuit if the person is actually fine.
The landlord almost certainly has contact information for the renter, my suggestion would be to see if the landlord is willing to attempt phone contact with them.