Which of the following statements is incorrect regarding the knock and announce rule under common law?

a. English common law required police offices to announce their presence and wait for the home owner to open the door.
b. English common law permitted police officers to break down the home owner’s door if the home owner refused to allow them in the home to execute the warrant.
c. English common law did not require that police officers wait for the home owner to open the door and allow entry—they simply had to announce their presence and proceed to enter the home.
d. The English common law approach is the basis of the modern day knock and announce rule.


c. English common law did not require that police officers wait for the home owner to open the door and allow entry—they simply had to announce their presence and proceed to enter the home.

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