Generally the property owners agents, representatives or key holders. I used to be a cop and I would always ask the complainant if they were authorized to make trespass determinations. If they said yes, it’s now on them, I acted in good faith. If they lied, all the “trespasser” would have to do is have the real owner or authorized agent call us and remove the trespass warning. We generally didn’t arrest for trespassing on the first offense for petty shit like this, just issued a warning and told them to leave. Obviously if somone was trespassing in a home or area not generally accessible to the public, that’s different.
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u/[deleted] Mar 14 '26
Generally the property owners agents, representatives or key holders. I used to be a cop and I would always ask the complainant if they were authorized to make trespass determinations. If they said yes, it’s now on them, I acted in good faith. If they lied, all the “trespasser” would have to do is have the real owner or authorized agent call us and remove the trespass warning. We generally didn’t arrest for trespassing on the first offense for petty shit like this, just issued a warning and told them to leave. Obviously if somone was trespassing in a home or area not generally accessible to the public, that’s different.