The behavior of vampire police officers

[theprestige]

If a vampire cop has a warrant, do they still need an invitation to enter your home?

 

[shemp]

It depends, is the cop a vampire, or is the cop looking for vampires?

 

[theprestige]

Vampire.

 

[junkshop]

European or Asian?

 

[Norman Alexander]

If Russian, it's wompires.

 

[arthwollipot]

It depends entirely on your setting. If you want them to be able to enter, then they can enter.

If you wanted to argue or establish a plot reason why they can enter, perhaps in your setting the court, through the issuance of a warrant, is empowered to give permission to the vampire enter a private dwelling, overriding the wishes of the resident. This could be the basis of a whole story - the resident gets vamped, and subsequently challenges the legality of the warrant. I'd steal this idea, but I don't have sufficient knowledge of the court system to do it justice.

 

[junkshop]

If Russian, it's wompires.

No, you're thinking of the undead subspecies of Ursus Fossor Beresfordae - Ursus Fossor Beresfordae Sanguisuga.

ETA: The title given to the soulless creatures that suck the life out of tennis is derived from the South-West London dialect form of their common name.

ETA2: The actual Russian term is a 'Vlad'. The etymology of this is unclear, some argue that it is derived from the 15th century Romanian ruler, Vladislav III (Vlad Dracula or Vlad the Impaler), while others believe the origin to be a reference to a more recent monster.

 

[dudalb]

The classic Vampire lore is that a Vamp cannot enter you home unless you invite him or her in. BUffy the Vampire Slayer has a lot of fun with this idea,

 

[The Great Zaganza]

Vampires are the best explanation for the massive concentration of real estate property concentration in the hands of a few in the US.

 

[Myriad]

If a vampire cop has a warrant, do they still need an invitation to enter your home?

Man, the lengths people will go to avoid answering a simple question!

The answer is, yes they still do, but you (the homeowner or legal resident) must issue such an invitation upon demand or else you can be charged with obstruction of the lawful passage of blood, which is an infarction in most jurisdictions.

 

[EHocking]

Lore has it that if the invitation is rescinded, the vampire will be expelled from the premises.

And of course, the “lore” about invitation being required is not universal, merely common in (mostly) European literature and myth,

 

[arthwollipot]

The answer is, yes they still do, but you (the homeowner or legal resident) must issue such an invitation upon demand or else you can be charged with obstruction of the lawful passage of blood, which is an infarction in most jurisdictions.

Subtle.