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SEIZURE OF CREDIT CARDS FROM UNDER THE HOOD OF DEFENDANT’S CAR WAS NOT THE RESULT OF AN ILLEGAL SEARCH, POLICE WERE FOLLOWING A PROCEDURE TO SAFEGUARD THE CAR FROM THEFT (FIRST DEPT).

The First Department determined the seizure of credit cards from under the hood of defendant’s car was not the result of an illegal search. The police had validly impounded the car and were following a procedure which required that the car be disabled to thwart theft:

Police entry into the car and under its hood was reasonable because it was done in compliance with the Police Department Patrol Guide’s safeguarding procedure, requiring police to disable all vehicles being safeguarded, in order to prevent theft. The limited entry into the car was done to protect the owner’s property, and was not an attempt to search for incriminating evidence, as shown by the fact that, upon discovering the credit cards in the hood, the police did not search any other part of the vehicle … . The officers’ failure to perform this safeguarding procedure within the 48-hour period allowed by the Patrol Guide, after which a vehicle is to be moved from the precinct to the Property Clerk’s storage facility, was a minor deviation from procedure, and did not undermine the reasonableness of the limited search, where the remainder of the procedure was followed and, as noted, there was no indication that the police were using the procedure as a pretext to search for incriminating evidence … . People v Keita, 2018 NY Slip Op 04847, First Dept 6-28-18

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