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Originally Posted by UGAalum94
And that's the thing about the whole "police act on anonymous information all the time" argument. They do, but to come and search your home, you'd like to think it took more than one anonymous phone call that even after the search couldn't be substantiated or connected to real and specific person. Perhaps the police would serve their reputations well if they promoted the other facts that gave them cause to be suspicious in addition to the phone call.
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Perhaps to flesh it out a bit, police do act on anonymous tips all the time, but not necessarily on anonymous tips alone. Remember that they have to have a search warrant for your home. A judge is going to want more than an anonymous tip alone, but an anonymous tip, viewed in the context of other things that the police may know, may well be sufficient. Likewise, an anonymous tip that contains enough verifiable information as to suggest that the tipster is trustworthy may also be enough.