Can a police officer legally go to your job and report a charge to an employer?
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Can a police officer legally go to your job and report a charge to an employer?
My boyfriend got pulled over and charged with posession of 20 grams of marijuana. The police officer said he had to report this to his current employer but that he wouldn’t require him to do so as to give him a break. Is this actually required? That was yesterday, today in the afternoon my boyfriend saw a cop come into his office (which is not a common thing at all in his office) and of course got worried.
Asked on November 10, 2011 under Criminal Law, Florida
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FreeAdvice Contributing Attorney / FreeAdvice Contributing Attorney
Answered 12 years ago | Contributor
For a police officer after the arrest to go to an employee's place of employment after the arrest solely to report the charge to the employer would not be within acceptable police conduct.
However, if the police officer went to the employer as part of the investigation to acquire further information as to the employee, that would be acceptable.
Good question.
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