In a recent case in Minnesota, an issue arose as to whether a response to a burglar alarm justified a search and seizure. Law enforcement officers were dispatched to a private business based on the activation of a warehouse burglar alarm. The first to arrive was a Minnesota State Trooper. He drove onto the driveway leading to a parking lot until he arrived at the front of the warehouse.

A video recording from the dash camera showed the warehouse as the trooper drove into the parking lot where he observed the following: the warehouse building had no inside or outside lights on; the warehouse garage door was open; the warehouse burglar alarm was activated; an SUV was parked in front of the open garage door; the engine of the SUV was running with the rear door open; a man was walking out of the open warehouse garage door.