4. Protect the privacy of your home if you can.
This is a tough one. The wealthy can build fences, have gates, plant hedges, and do whatever it takes to keep prying eyes out.
The rest of us don’t have it so easy.
At the very least, if you live in a house, rather than and apartment or condo, it’s nice if your front door can’t be reached without passing a gate and a sign that warns intruders to stay out.
Absent that, police can come to your door and knock on it pretty much anytime during “regular hours.”
Whatever that may mean.
The law says an officer has the same license to intrude onto your private property as a “reasonably respectful neighbor.”
Only signs, gates, and fences give your lawyer a chance to argue that the cop should not have come to your door (from where s/he smelled pot) without a warrant.
If you live in an apartment or a condo, even if it’s a security building, the police are allowed to enter without a warrant.
In most states, they can even run a dog through the hall of your condo to see what you’re smoking behind that door.
Don’t like that? Cayenne will protect your privacy.
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