What is the current state of the law on "caretaking functions" by police officers?
California, United States of America
The following excerpt is from People v. Sweig, 167 Cal.App.4th 1145, 84 Cal. Rptr. 3d 705 (Cal. App. 2008):
caretaking functions,'" such as when officers are "`respond[ing] to requests of friends and relatives and others for assistance when people are concerned about the health, safety or welfare of their friend, loved ones and others.'" (People v. Ray, supra, 21 Cal.4th at pp. 471, 472 (lead opn. of Brown, J.).)
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