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Law Enforcement personnel only please What is the police definition of barricade?
I am curious. Recently near where I live, the local sheriff's shot a man with a non-lethal bean bag because he had "barricaded" himself in his home. The news article doesn't state the reason the Sheriff department was called, nor does it define "barricaded". So I am curious, does locking your door and refusing to open it for law enforcement constitute barricading the door - or does barricading require you to actually move furniture, etc. in front of the door to prevent it being opened?
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- GypsyfishLv 73 years agoFavorite Answer
I don't know that it matters if you move furniture. If the police come with a warrant, and you don't let them in, chances are good the swat team is going to come out and break down your doors. You do not have the legal right to refuse a search warrant or an arrest warrant. The guy is lucky he wasn't killed.
- BruceLv 73 years ago
There is universal definition for most police jargon. As a general rule, a barricade is anything you can hide behind or anything that delays the movement of opposing forces. Yes, a locked door could be a barricade.
