What rights are you referring to?  The police seem to have done everything correctly.  These were individuals who were being detained pursuant to an investigation of an ongoing crime.  The police did <i>not</i> search the inside of the house without a warrant - though, it&#x27;s unclear why not - if they had strong belief that there was a crime in progress, they had every legal right to do so.<p>I guess the only thing in question is whether &quot;missing child&quot; was precise enough to be upgraded to &quot;crime&quot; in this jurisdiction.   I think that, given the evidence, the police did everything correctly; being detained pursuant to an investigation isn&#x27;t a great inconvenience (though, some accommodation should be made to allow people to use washroom facilities if investigation is extensive - just obviously not in the house under investigation.)