[steve-b]

The officers on the entry team are not at fault.

Puh-leeze. Anyone with a multidigit IQ can figure out that if you have an ambiguous description of the target, you go back and get a clarification.

[One Proud Dad]

Guys on teh entry team are not actively involved in the investigation, they are called to perform the raid only.

Training to perform entries involves learning how to make it through a house ( any soze and floorplan ) and secure all persons inside in the quickest amount of time for two reasons. One, every one's safety and two, the preservation of evidence.

I too have "secured" persons in the dark ( some raids are perform in the night and you do not turn on the lights as you run through the house ) that after the fact I realize I was a bit to rough on, but that is the nature of the job. The first time you relax and slow down is the time someone sees you coming and fires shots through the door at you, hits you with a baseball bat, takes a hostage, or jumps out a window.

[Atlas Sneezed]

Anyone with a multidigit IQ can figure out that if you have an ambiguous description of the target, you go back and get a clarification.

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But when you have an adrenaline hard-on, and no real accountability, the urge overcomes.