First of all the burden is not on the private citizen, the police can knock, break down your door, arrest you, and generally whatever else they want to do, this doesn't make it legal or in any way acceptable, and you should pursue damages in the case that they police are at fault. 

By the time he intervened, they had destroyed his place, and some of the kids living there had been arrested for arson throughout the neighborhood.      

If my landlord says no pets, I can't be arrested if I sneak my dog in. 

Just wondering, does anyone screen for arrests?

If the cops are called and the tenant gets a disturbing the peace charge, you have some ammunition, but they generally won’t arrest for that without many, complaints.  

Criminal background checks are a good way to see how the prospective tenant respects law, to the extent that there was a complaint or arrest/conviction.

So HUD wants you to actually use some common sense and understand there is a difference between someone arrested for shoplifting 20 years ago, or someone who was caught with a little bit of marijuana and distinguish that from someone who say is convicted of domestic abuse, armed robbery etc.

Did the tenant file a police report and have her arrested?  

Fast forward three months, police are arresting them for fraud and obtaining property by false pretenses.

Only through a loophole did my Attorney get this preplanned scam by a Professional tenant thrown out.Call your Housing Court.I'd be surprised if this Tenant checks out on a Credit Check, Arrest Records, Housing Court Actions & Google.