That won’t get rid of SWAT. Why? Because they are not using it to take down KNOWN drug gangs in their KNOWN drug houses.
They go after an individual. in a normal house. without pit bulls and automatic weapons and fortified walls and such.
Even though that’s how they SOLD SWAT to all of us.
It’s part of State Dept Publication 5277 “Freedom From War” Stage II/Stage III. Militarization of internal police forces. That’s why they won’t get rid of it. It’s a bait and switch tactic. Claim it will be used for one thing but it’s really put in place for another.
Personally I am with you. End the war on drugs. Let the big drug companies make pure safe drugs for sale. Thing is, when people get addicted, they are locked into a big building and given as much free drugs as they want until they are dead.
I think there are times and places for SWAT (barricade/hostage - the reason it was originally created).
All the SWAT ‘horror stories’ I see involve bungled drug raids. Bad informant info, sloppy warrants, etc.
“Personally I am with you. End the war on drugs. Let the big drug companies make pure safe drugs for sale. Thing is, when people get addicted, they are locked into a big building and given as much free drugs as they want until they are dead.”
Thank you, that is the same ideas I have. Restore the 4th Amendment, take away the cartels and street gangs profit, and it would be far cheaper to have clinics where addicts can do all the dope they want for free. The problem will solve itself.
I am glad that more people are seeing this. Crime will drop off greatly.
FWIW, 16 years as a police officer seeing the never ending craziness has made up my mind. Never hit a wrong door but hit plenty of dry holes and even good pops make absolutely no difference.