The book is being closed on a Fourth Amendment case involving a Cranston resident who had his guns improperly taken by the police.
The city will pay Edward Caniglia and his attorneys from the ACLU nearly a quarter-million dollars in damages and fees.
The United States Supreme Court rejected the Cranston Police Department's assertion that they had the power to seize the guns as part of a wellness check on Caniglia in 2015.
No warrant was issued when police searched his home.
The case came about when Cranston Police went to the home of Mr Caniglia for a well-being check...then taking him to a hospital for a mental health check.
During the call, police confiscated his guns.
The high court ruled that although police were will within their rights to make a wellness check, they overstepped their bounds when they confiscated the guns and did not provide a mechanism for those guns to be returned.
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