i am sure they ran her name from the address on the package. but that would only show previous arrests/convictions. of which she had none i believe. it would reveal nothing about her job or her husband.
you don't really believe they should have known all of that before they hit the door, do you?
It’s not a kidnapped child or hostage situation or burglary. It was a box of plants shipped to them. Without getting into the dubious idea of prohibition to begin with, if there is clearly no threat to anybody’s life, limb or property why should the situation be escalated to the point of sending in a paramilitary unit into a private residence?
What if there were children inside? What if the homeowner thought he was being robbed and defended himself in the confusion? What if there were two sweet labs residing in the home? None of those very likely outcomes, nor the outcome that occured was anywhere near worth it.
I understand that if life is at risk then they have to do the best they can with the information they have. That was not the case here. In a case without any reasonable threat to life or property then, yes, of course they should investigate first. If this guy is some kind of big time drug dealer an actual investigation might have even netted them bigger fish anyway.
“...it would reveal nothing about her job or her husband.”
Or whether either of them might be a Class III permit holder? One day that’ll bite some SWAT team in the ass in a big, messy way.