Opinion ID: 1121806
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Heading: Truax's Rights and Duties as a Parole Officer Investigating a Parolee.

Text: In the instant case, Truax, as Anderson's parole officer, had reasonable grounds to enter the apartment to determine whether it was Anderson's established residence. Anderson's wife had told him that Anderson lived in the apartment, and Truax knew that Anderson reported a different address to the parole board. The investigation made by Truax established that the manager of the apartment had given rent receipts to Anderson and knew that he was living there. Accordingly, the search of the apartment was reasonable. The seizure of the merchandise tags, under the circumstances which are before us, and the subsequent seizure of the television set was not proscribed by the Fourth Amendment. U.S.Const. amend. IV. In our view, the seizure of the tags was within the scope of a reasonable search and, therefore, not subject to exclusion. See Coolidge v. New Hampshire, 403 U.S. 443, 91 S.Ct. 2022, 29 L.Ed.2d 564 (1971). The seizure of the television set, pursuant to a search warrant which was predicated on the tags, in this case, complies with Fourth Amendment requirements. The fact that a person is on parole does not justify a search without a warrant by any law enforcement officer, other than a parole officer. People v. Thompson, 252 Cal.App.2d 76, 60 Cal.Rptr. 203 (1967). A parole officer, however, may cause a police officer to accompany him when a search is being made. Moreover, the police officer does not have the broad power to supervise parolees that is granted to parole officers. People v. Thompson, 252 Cal.App.2d 76, 60 Cal.Rptr. 203 (1967); People v. Quilon, 245 Cal. App.2d 624, 54 Cal.Rptr. 294 (1966); People v. Gastelum, supra . Evidence seized within the scope of a reasonable search by a parole officer, even though unrelated to the parole violation, is admissible in the prosecution of another crime. United States ex rel. Santos v. New York State Board of Parole, supra .