[thefactor]

they get all the intel as it pertains to floor plan, how many people might be inside, what they are looking for and where it might be.

but if has gotten to the point of a raid, there is no doubt in anyone's mind that the intel is solid. so the entry team just wants the facts of the raid. they do not care how the intel was received. probable cause is the job of the investigators and all too often, they take the word of drug abusing crackheads who would give up their mother to avoid felony charges.

so they tell the cops what the cops want to hear and there is little follow-up. but this kind of thing is the exception. that is why we read about it in the papers. there are hundreds of raids executed hourly around the country that produce excellent results.

[William Tell]

thefactor said: "... there are hundreds of raids executed hourly around the country that produce excellent results. "

Care to elaborate on these "excellent results"? I see nothing but turmoil and loss of civil rights.

[Ol' Dan Tucker]

but if has gotten to the point of a raid, there is no doubt in anyone's mind that the intel is solid. so the entry team just wants the facts of the raid. they do not care how the intel was received. probable cause is the job of the investigators and all too often, they take the word of drug abusing crackheads who would give up their mother to avoid felony charges.

So, zhey vere only followink ordahs. Vhat good Storm Troopers zhey make, eh?

[TalonDJ]

but if has gotten to the point of a raid, there is no doubt in anyone's mind that the intel is solid. so the entry team just wants the facts of the raid. they do not care how the intel was received. probable cause is the job of the investigators and all too often, they take the word of drug abusing crackheads who would give up their mother to avoid felony charges.

Those two statments together says a lot about their reasoning and mental capacity.

[supercat]

they do not care how the intel was received. probable cause is the job of the investigators and all too often, they take the word of drug abusing crackheads who would give up their mother to avoid felony charges.

In other words, particularly given that it is well known that police often lack reasonable basis for their warrants, the teams routinely raid houses without a reasonably-held belief in the legitimacy of their actions.