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The practical problem (in addition to the Constitutional and "wrong address" ones) is that certain groups of people have figured out that raiding homes for cash, valuables, etc. while disguised or announcing as LEOs allows them to steal with less resistance.
Consequently, when someone crashes an armed citizen's door at 0400, it would not be unexpected to encounter armed resistance, even from law abiding individuals against intruders shouting "Police!"
If you have reason to suspect that an individual is doing something serious requiring his apprehension and a search of his home, would it not be tactically more prudent and safer to pop him while he is out of the house and execute a separate search warrant on the home after he is in custody? Was that not where the Waco raid went wrong (tactically)?
I am with TS on this one. Call me and I will gladly come to the station to talk. Serve me a valid warrant and you can enter and search my home for anything in the warrant. Crash my door in the middle of the night without knocking and announcing and I am not going to be the only one getting hurt.
Not sure about allowing the officers into the home following a third party domestic violence complaint. Lots of potential for abuse there as well. We can talk about it outside, but what should happen when the residents tire of talking and just want to go back inside? I am not sure that the officers should be able to follow, absent any indication of domestic violence or escalation to that extreme.
Not being anti-LE here, I know we all have our jobs. I would just like to see this done in a safe manner that respects the rights of the citizens as well as the needs of the law.
TR
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De Oppresso Liber 01/20/2025
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