Or they could wait until he came out of the house and arrested him there. Just like the arrest of David Koeresh (sp?) at the Branch Davidian compound. The sheriff knew he regularly went out on his own and could have been picked up without an armed raid. The ATF and FBI chose to have a dramatic made for TV raid that backfired badly.
Agreed, in majority of cases, time is on the side of police. I think in Waco they used the phony excuse kids were in danger. If children were actually in imminent danger, then I’d agree with the raid. Of course they weren’t, so don’t get me wrong here.