Does that sign say “Deaf Child Area”????? And they went into the neighborhood with a SWAT team?
BTW, the fire station is literally right around the corner from the street listed in the article. Not even a five minute drive.
Not long after we moved in to our current house, we had a visit from unidentified LEOs. My wife was home alone with my son. Two guys with no badges, and no ID showed up asking for someone with the same first name as me (no last name given). My wife asked who they were, why they were there, and what it was about. They never showed ID, but they didn't force the point. My wife said the only thing was an acronym on their jacket.
After they left, she called me at work and told me about it. It took me three calls to the different local agencies (two to the city and one to the county) to figure out who they were. They were legit, but they were wrong in not showing badges/ID.
Apparently, they were looking for someone who'd missed an appointment with his PO. The address was the right number, but they were on the wrong street. The person I talked to apparently was their boss, so I called him on the BS of not showing ID/badges, and why his guys had the wrong street. He had no answers.
To this day, I wonder, if my wife had not been home, if we would have had a visit in the middle of the night, and what the outcome would have been.
The house in question is actually to the right of that Deaf Child Area sign. It is on a street corner with the side of the house on the street in the photo. The fire department/ambulance station is literally within a 90 second run or less. It is 2 blocks though the blocks are not normal sized blocks.