The issue focused on whether police officers could legally remove items from inside their squad cars after someone complained about what they saw inside the vehicles. That allowed police to raid homes without warrants and seize illegal drugs and guns. They then refused to arrest anyone until they got those items back. That caused many officers to resign or retire and caused police departments to reduce police patrols and alter officers' policing tactics. So even though these incidents happened while drug offenders were behind bars, people living there didn't experience them as seriously as those living