“How easy and inexpensive would it be with an unmarked car/van conducting surveillance on the suspect location, until he walks out to leave. He’s away from the home, outside the door, with no access to anything inside, and simple put him under arrest, then search the home if a legitimate warrant has been secured.
No innocent neighbors shot to death or close to it, no stray rounds into the neighbors homes, no citizens hitting the floor from armed commando swat teams opening up in the neighborhood, no command posts, no tanks or armored vehicles, flash bangs, etc. “
And miss out on all that FUN?
I thought the original Swat teams were to handle very dangerous criminals, in the most dire circumstances.
Now, they send 10 cops out to arrest a 130 pound runt,break down the door when they can see you are unarmed through the glass, and trash your house, even after they know the perp is not there!!
Then, once you make a monkey out of them, in a fit of desperation, they check your arms for track marks....bunch of child/bozos!!
You'd think this type of response would be reserved for armed dangerous hostage takers, mass murderers, and international terrorist.
Unfortunately, this is not the case, as there are now hundreds of military swat raids in neighborhoods, all over this country, every single day.
An extremely disturbing state of affairs.
It’s all about BUDGETS. If the SWAT Team isn’t used almost daily, their budget is cut. Presto gizmo, it’s used almost every day, where normal cops used to do the same things. Now, it’s like a military raid. “Use it or lose it” applies to SWAT budgets.