It is sensible that police officers should not have to apply for a search warrant to respond to emergencies. Some cases are easy: an officer sees a violent attack like a shooting or a rape and we would expect the officer to stop it immediately before further harm occurs. The hard cases are those that explore the contours of the "exigent circumstances" rule.

Discuss a real-world case from the news (provide a link to the story), where the police had a "close call" for exigent circumstances. Explain how you think the officer acted correctly or incorrectly. Also explain the merits of the opposing view as well. The response should try to look at the situation from all sides.