context: In this circuit, however, there is a definite standard regarding the forced, warrantless removal of a person from his own home for "community caretaking" reasons.
citation_a.signal: see also
citation_a.identifier: 586 F.2d 1288, 1290
citation_a.parenthetical: routine community caretaking functions of police include "responding to calls to assist persons in need of immediate aid"
citation_a.sentence: See also United States v. Nord, 586 F.2d 1288, 1290 (8th Cir.1978) (routine community caretaking functions of police include “responding to calls to assist persons in need of immediate aid”).
citation_b.signal: see
citation_b.identifier: 153 F.3d 591, 596
citation_b.parenthetical: holding that police officers acting at the request of a social worker were entitled to qualified immunity when they removed a frail, elderly woman from her home because they had sufficient information to lead them to reasonably believe that the woman was in need of immediate aid
citation_b.sentence: See Collins v. Bellinghausen, 153 F.3d 591, 596 (8th Cir.1998) (holding that police officers acting at the request of a social worker were entitled to qualified immunity when they removed a frail, elderly woman from her home because they had sufficient information to lead them to reasonably believe that the woman was in need of immediate aid).