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So in the US police doesn't need a warrant to storm hotel rooms? Terrifying indeed.

• kasey_junk 8y ago
  These are not police. These are private security for the owners of the property. Generally speaking police do require a warrant to search hotels in the states but it is an area with nuance.
• koboll 8y ago
  Police need a warrant (or probable cause) to search basically any private, locked space. Hotel security are not police. They are more like landlords. So the 4th Amendment does not apply to them (which every security professional on Twitter is currently experiencing collective amnesia about, apparently). However, like landlords, state/local jurisdictions usually set rules on hotel tenant rights. I'm not sure what those rules are in Nevada, but I would bet that they are much more lenient there than elsewhere due to regulatory capture, since gambling is such a lucrative industry.
  • kevin_b_er 8y ago
    This is the dirty secret behind calls for "privatization", "let the market decide", and "small government". You have no rights against an oppressive corporation that you would against an oppressive government. You didn't have a strong financial advantage and upper head against a large multi-national corporation in getting them to agree to not violate your human rights? No? You lose.
• astura 8y ago
  Hotel security are not police.