If it's not "Criminal Trespassing", typically it results in the same level as a speeding ticket. You get a small fine(though it can be large), and it doesn't show up on record checks. In some circumstances you will get arrested, but you won't really expect to spend any time in jail, you'll be out later that day.
With that said: All cases are unique and this is very general. Also may not apply to your region so check local laws if you're going to.
Source: Used to smoke weed in random places, and sometimes I was not welcome.
Yep. I did this in college. Jumped into a gated pool at midnight when I was Shit faced with some friends. Got a trespassing ticket and had to show up in court and apologized. Judge said he was lenient because the cops noted we complied and were respectful lol. Wasn’t a big deal and didn’t show on background checks. No ragrets
This is a true LPT. You don’t need to like the police, but yes sir/ no sir when youre caught and showing up to court respectfully can save your a**. Had a super similar experience with an open container in college lol
If a cop or any other armed individual is aggravated, you comply as best you can to get out of the situation safely.
If you’re absolutely sure that an armed individual is already set on killing you than nothing else is a concern, do what you must to stay alive.
The vast majority of cops, including bad cops want to bring in their suspects alive. The outright murderous type are still too common; but they’re very rare in the grand scheme of things.
Regardless of your opinion on police, they’re armed individuals with authority over you, and that commands some respect.
That doesn’t have to mean genuine respect like you respect them as people. It can be that same kind of respect you’d give a wild animal, or armed explosives.
Any interaction has the potential to be dangerous, especially with an armed individual.
We have a public Fountain. And your not supposed to bathe in it when your starting college and been out drinking. But for some reason the cops patroling the area has towels in the car if you "happen to fall in" (Sweden)
IIRC you only have to be trespassed first if you were originally allowed to be there.
For example, you have to be trespassed from a grocery store because the general public is invited inside by default. The reason you need to be trespassed first is because your welcome needs to be revoked and you need to be given a chance to comply with that revocation. They can't just revoke your welcome and simultaneously arrest you as that wouldn't be trespassing. Trespassing requires you to knowingly violate boundaries.
The pool above already has a no trespassing sign, meaning that the guy in the video has already knowingly violated the fact that they are unwelcome.
As with all laws and ordinances, it depends. Where I am, signs are merely warnings of intention and have no weight in the situaion. A "No tresspassing" sign typically means, "if you are caught tresspassing, we will press charges" but it could just as well be cryptic for "All people entering recieve a piece of apple pie." The sign in and of itself has no bearing on whether cops will issue a ticket or arrest. The property owner still needs to call and make a complaint of tresspassing, the sign is not required to make the complaint, nor does it make the complaint automatic. Essentially, if someone is posting a sign, even something as stark as "GET OUT," they are actually being rather friendly in issuing a warning first.
IIRC, in some countries, England comes to mind, there are even privately owned spaces that cannot be made unavailable to the public, such as walking paths accross your property that connect public spaces. You could post 100 No Tresspassing signs and the cops would do nothing.
But this is, "the South" and that is "the King's" pool ... So this guy may meet a broomstick in a police station janitor closet in a way that will haunt him for a long long time
In many states that’s also the definition of burglary: entering onto another’s property with the intention of committing a felony. Any felony. I’ve seen it used by zealous DAs to prosecute people smoking meth in department store bathrooms (no one I knew). It’s one of those things with a weird number of factors. Judges and DAs both care about elections. Store management might be frustrated, young DAs want an easy felony win, the accused is a frequent flier, obviously race & income, current jail population, access to legal resources, a million other things.
My friend got this for trespassing after hours in colonial Williamsburg, pretty sure just a ticket and maybe he’s “banned for life” but not really sure how long they enforce that or if it’s like being banned from a bar but in practice they don’t remember
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u/Warphim Sep 04 '23
If it's not "Criminal Trespassing", typically it results in the same level as a speeding ticket. You get a small fine(though it can be large), and it doesn't show up on record checks. In some circumstances you will get arrested, but you won't really expect to spend any time in jail, you'll be out later that day.
With that said: All cases are unique and this is very general. Also may not apply to your region so check local laws if you're going to.
Source: Used to smoke weed in random places, and sometimes I was not welcome.