Bridgeford v. Sorel

Jensen, Justice.

*139[¶1] The Department of Transportation ("Department") appeals from a district court judgment reversing an administrative hearing officer's decision to suspend Bryan Andrew Bridgeford's driving privileges for a period of 91 days. The Department asserts the district court erred in determining a law enforcement officer was not within a recognized exception to the warrant requirement of the Fourth Amendment when the officer entered Bridgeford's vehicle after he failed to respond to the officer's actions outside the vehicle. Because we hold the community caretaker exception applied…