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===Police at your house=== | ===Police at your house=== | ||
Police officers can knock at your door and ask to come in. The police officers can come into a house if they: | |||
*have a warrant, | |||
*think that someone they are looking for is in your house, | |||
*suspect there is a serious crime happening in the house, or | |||
*are invited in. | |||
===What if you see a crime happening=== | ===What if you see a crime happening=== | ||
If you see a crime happening call the police right away. Wait for the police officers to come. The police will come and want to talk to witnesses. | |||
Witnesses are very important to Canadian law. If a witness doesn’t talk to the police, the police may not be able to arrest the criminal. The criminal might go free, and there would be more crime. If people see a crime happening, it is their duty to talk to the police. | |||
===What if a crime happens to you=== | ===What if a crime happens to you=== | ||
The following story will help you understand what to do if a crime happens to you. | |||
A man robbed Ying Yee’s store last night. He came in with a gun and took all her money. After the robber left, Ying Yee phoned the police. Two police officers came to the store. They asked for her name, address, and phone number. They asked what had happened. Then they asked her to write down everything that the robber said and did. It was difficult for her to write this in English, so she wrote it in Chinese. The police got it translated later. | |||
:The police arrested a man. The police thought he was the man who robbed Ying Yee’s store. But the man said he did not do it. The police did not see him rob the store. Only Ying Yee saw the man who robbed the store. The police asked her to come to the police station. At the police station, she looked at pictures of some men. All the men looked similar, but one was the man who robbed her. She was sure. She told the police that he was the robber. | |||
===A witness in court=== | ===A witness in court=== | ||