# Can the police really commandeer a car?

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-the-police-really-commandeer-a-car/577102>\
**Category:** Factual Questions\
**Created:** [April 4, 2011, 1:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-the-police-really-commandeer-a-car/577102 "2011-04-04T01:29:59Z")\
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> [@HMS\_Irruncible](#):
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> My point is that policemen aren’t soldiers, and commandeering isn’t quartering (living and taking meals in a domicile).

I believe the one landmark case on the 3rd Amendment was about New York prison guards.

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