We're in the process of working with authors on a brief supporting the community caretaking function as an exception to the warrant requirement for entering a home. I'm hoping you have verifiable (i.e., news accounts or some such) anecdotal reports of instances where police or government officials were asked to do welfare checks and helped save someone by entering a residence. You may have other suggested approaches to this issue and I welcome them. In the case at hand, the officers were asked to do a welfare check by a wife believing the husband might be suicidal or a danger to others. They did, took him for psychiatric evaluation and also took the guns that were available to him. We believe that communities want their government to be able to respond in this way. You can send me whatever you believe to be helpful. Chuck Charles W. Thompson, Jr. General Counsel & Executive Director D: 202-742-1016 P: (202) 466-5424 x7110 M: (240)-876-6790 [facebook icon]<https://www.facebook.com/InternationalMunicipalLawyersAssociation/>[twitter icon]<https://twitter.com/imlalegal>[linkedin icon]<https://www.linkedin.com/company/international-municipal-lawyers-association-inc./> [logo]<https://imla.org/> 51 Monroe St. Suite 404 Rockville, MD, 20850 www.imla.org<http://www.imla.org/> Plan Ahead! IMLA's 2021 Mid-Year Seminar<https://imla.org/seminars/>, April 23-26, 2021 in Washington, DC! IMLA's 86th Annual Conference<https://imla.org/annual-conference/>, Sept. 29-Oct. 3, 2021 in Minneapolis, MN!