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The Annoyed Man wrote:

Soccerdad1995 wrote:

The Annoyed Man wrote:

TreyHouston wrote:

PriestTheRunner wrote:

Soccerdad1995 wrote:According to my wife, skipping the "like" button is fightin words!

In all seriousness though, this is something I worry about where BG's will announce that they are LEO's. Could lead to a very tricky judgment call. Are they just at the wrong house, or is this really a home invasion?

Which is exactly why "no-knock" raids should be illegal.

I was thinking the EXACT SAME THING! How you you supposed to know????

Also, I can’t help but think that 99 times out of 100, everyone concerned would have been better served if police simply surround the home and used a megaphone to call the individual out. Where’s he going to go? Eventually, he has to come out. Better yet, set up in concealment down the street and wait for the subject to leave the house of his own accord, and arrest him out in public where he has no fortress around himself. In the meantime, use that time waiting to double and triple check that you’re at the right address.

You mean like in Waco where the ATF could have just picked up Koresh on one of his morning jogs?

Simple answer. It's hard to justify the need for a SWAT team unless you use them from time to time.

Yep. BTW, I am not suggesting that there is no need for a PD to have some kind of response team that is trained and equipped to a higher level, for the rare occasion when there really IS a need. But the problem with too many PDs is that SWAT is like their hammer, and when you have a hammer, pretty soon everything looks like a nail.