The no-knock warrants is a result of the drug wars were the LEO’s didn't want the evidence to be flushed. It then progressed to “Officer Safety” through the element of surprise.
The old method of surrounding the house and waiting them out is long gone. However, as a community we need to raise the discussion with our local judiciary regarding their liberal allowance of these type warrants so they are truly only used in rare circumstances.
BTW, do you have two Schutzhund GSDs? I've have two GSD’s trained for protection but not competition. Fantastic animals, they bridge the gap when I don't carry concealed or when I'm in a high risk situation. Example, I brought one of them to the Tea Party, where I parked, I had several “bad” streets to go through. She kept the “stumble-bums” back from bothering me and my daughter. Several other folks on the way to the TP joined us on the walk as a result.
She worked the crowd very well.
However, as noted in the news article from post 95, the suspect was in jail at the time the warrant was served.
They were looking for guns, not drugs. He was arrested for impersonating a police office while working as a repo man. It’s a big leap to go from there to assuming that someone else in his home would resist a search warrant.