I completely agree...and be replaced by the roving crowds of armed, crazy 18 year old thugs who rob stores, beat up clerks, bash in cops’ heads, break down your front door and kill your dog (oops, that is only the cops who kill dogs). But, I like your “handcuff the evil LOE” and make certain that the Muslims are free to traffic children for sex-slavery and visit your neighborhood so you can hold hands and sing Kum-By-Yah. You’re going to love your brave new world.
And, of course, there's no middle ground where a cop seeking a warrant has to attest, under pain of penalty, that their information is solid, they have the right address, there is no other way (such as, for example, simply surrounding and waiting); a middle ground where the judge issuing the warrant must swear, under pain of penalty, that he has thoroughly satisfied himself that the cop has presented a sufficiency of evidence as to circumstances and methods.
Per you, our only choices are to carte blanche cops firebombing babies in their cribs in the dark of night or letting vast mobs run wild in the streets.
Dutchboy88, please explain why SWAT is used to arrest someone who skipped a bench warrant for drug use. Not dealing, use only. For this we need eight officers, two dogs and a MRAP vehicle. When the officers show up at the wrong address at 4AM, bust in the front door while other officer toss in a few flash bangs, everybody walks away from the mess holding their heads high in the air as if they have actually accomplished something to be proud of.
There’s no concern by the officers for the broken household they caused, no concern for the dead husband who was trying to protect his family, no concern that the kids will never trust another cop in their lives, with damn good reason I might add.
Why do you think you deserve community respect and heaven forbid that you should die during a high speed chase, a heroes funeral parade?
A surreptitious camera placed in the vicinity of the home with a monitor back at the dispatchers desk could maintain an eye on the suspects vehicle and front door. Local officers could then perform a common traffic stop, arrest the suspect and take him to jail.
No 4AM storm trooper tactics are ever needed to arrest anyone.
Next time, try lithium.