The house in which X resided was located on a busy street. From time to time, vandals had broken into his garage and stolen tools and equipment he had stored there. One evening, just at dusk, he saw someone enter his garage. He quickly rushed out to the garage, closed the door, locked it, then called the police. When the police arrived, X discovered that he had locked the municipal building inspector in the garage. Discuss the legal position of X and the building inspector