Court rejects notion that community caretaking functions of police create a standalone doctrine that justifies warrantless searches and seizures in the home; reverses summary judgment in favor of officers who entered plaintiff’s home without a warrant after he agreed to go to a hospital for a psychiatric evaluation and seized his firearms believing him to be suicidal; opinion distinguishes situation in which exigent circumstances require entry to render emergency assistance to injured occupant or protect occupant from imminent injury; concurrences note other situations where entry may be necessary to provide medical assistance or determine if someone is in urgent need of medical attention.
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