Do Police officers have the right to touch your vehicle?

Question

Is this not considered under tort law specifically "property tort law" Trespassing or even Conversion? Isnt conversion set up to protect your property "chattel" from being tampered with or even damaged? So how can anyone including an officer touch your vehicle for any reason and not be in violation of this Tort Law?

to be more specific simple touch might not be a problem but what about pulling of windshield wipers or chalk marking tires for metering parking times.

Its not a question that a specific law prohibiting an officer from touching your belongings exists. Its a question of where the Conversion tort law within our civil rights can protect our belongings from harm by anyone even an officer.

please back up answers no broad brush answers thank you.

anything implied doesnt mean anything must be proven.

Answer 1

I'm not sure what you mean by "Touch". My landlord is a Norfolk Police Officer, and he explained to me that when they make a traffic stop, as they walk up to the vehicle they touch the rear fender. This way if the driver runs there is proof that the officer stopped the vehicle along with the video.

Answer 2

In L. A. they do what they want. You will not do anything about it anywhere. I saw a ticket in the crack of a door today.

Answer 3

Conversion would be the officer taking your property for his own use.  It does not apply in this kind of case.  What you are complaining about could be determined to be an unlawful search and seizure, but police officers have been given the right to search the scene of an arrest for possible evidence of a crime, and for weapons that may be used to threaten the officer's health and safety.

Answer 4

If you're going to be that nit-picking you need to take professional advice, not what you might get on here.  And you only need post a question once.

Answer 5

They either have to have probable cause, in which case they will arrest you first, or they ask your permission to search your vehicle, usually in a way that if you refuse then they have probable cause....catch 22.

Chalking tyres is does not damage your vehicle so definitely wouldn't come under the Tort Law. Nor does lifting the windscreen wipers, but ripping the blade off would (unless the blade fell of when being lifted).

Mostly police officers should and can require you to have your vehicle inspected by an appropriate authority if they suspect that it is not road worthy.

Answer 6

probable cause

Answer 7

holy c**p, do you really have so much free time that something like this occupies your time?

Police officers are PUBLIC safety.  They do not have the right to enter your car, unless there is a reasonable suspicion, however, for instance marking your tires to verify time at a parking meter and such, they absolutely can.

Don't be so paranoid, and thank your local officer for being there to protect your safety and those around you.

Answer 8

You park your vehicle on a public street, you change the application of law as it applies to your personal property.  If you were ever to win some kind of challenge based on your interpretation of the law, then, instead of a parking ticket on your car you would find the law changed so 2 officers would wait by your illegally parked car, not touching it, to handcuff you and cart you off to jail.  Be careful what you wish for, you may just get it.  Be careful demanding your rights, you might just get them.

In other words, leave YOUR car on MY street, you just never know what I may do about it.