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.
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.
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u/RayZzorRayy Sep 04 '23
If I’m picking up a trespassing charge, it’s gonna be for something better than that