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Originally Posted by MrBottomTooth
Why? If the drugs are in his house he is responsible. Unless there is some strange law that says the suspect has to be home when the search is performed. I don't see why that would be the case.
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Because his attorney will argue he was no at home and had no knowledge of any illegal wrong doing found in his house when he wasn't there. It might be a long shot, but it forms the bases of doubt.
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Originally Posted by MrBottomTooth
Ya, but I think there will not be as many issues when there is no one home. lol. Do you think they can't do some surveillance on the place or investigate a little to determine who is in the house?
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They most likely did so some surveillance.
I'm not sure about you, but I don't want my local PD blowing through $40k of overtime in a single week just to they can have five officers at at time watching the house 24/7 for a week.
No matter what, no matter how long they watch the house, if they have reason to suspect firearms in the house they are going to go in hot and heavy. It's standard practice for law enforcement.
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Originally Posted by MrBottomTooth
I mean just about any situation that doesn't involve busting through a window like a burglar. Hell, a regular traffic stop would do the trick. Wait for him to get in his vehicle at his parking lot at work then box him in and draw down on him with their guns. Just about any scenario I could think of is safer than crawling through a window at 5 am. That's why there's a dead cop and 3 others shot. Do you really think this guy was just some insane cop killer that would kill any cop who farted in his general direction? Or do you think maybe he thought he was being robbed?
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The search warrant was for the house, not the car.
You are saying a "regular traffic stop" would have done the trick, but that is not the case at all. Police most likely knew he was armed, and forcing a full felony stop in public with guns drawn on a suspect they already know is armed should be a last resort in the interests of public safety. I don't want gun battles on my street. Hit 'em fast and catch them off guard.
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That seems to be working out great for them.
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In fact, it is working out great. How many warrants are served a year nationwide, and how many incidents do we have? I have no clue - how many warrants are served a year? Ten thousand? One hundred thousand? Then compare how many issues we've had - I can only think of two in the past year, this one and the baby.