Keep in mind there area bad guys with guns under their pillows, crippled mothers and in the baby cribs.
If police could really be the mind readers you would wish for them to be, they would probably know by reading minds that they got in rare cases the WRONG DOOR.
I think they need to triple check before it goes to warrant.
They need to verify no mistake was made in the warrant.
They need to have a few people review and be responsible to check addresses before going in.
I think people thought some things were so easy to do that they did them poorly.
Ended up that knowing the correct address is among the most important thing to do.
Probably a mistake like this makes that state more careful
for a year, but they need to make better procedures to do what they can to eliminate this as much in the future, because the bad guys aren't going to turn themselves in all the time.
Why not wait for the bad guy to leave the house?
I know thats too much like police work and not as exciting as a full blown raid.
If you have 10 muzzles pointing at you because you owe $100 on your taxes, it might be excessive force.