Tang Yu-tsui, a social work supervisor at the Nankang ward social services center, points out that even when the social worker is accompanied by a police officer, it is impossible to enter a home without the owner's consent unless a search warrant has been obtained.
南港社會福利服務中心社工督導湯玉翠指出，除非事先申請搜索票，否則即使有警察人員陪同，也不得擅闖民宅，因此，第一線社工員前往案家訪視時，經常都是被隔在門外問話。