Or they could pick him up on the street or at barber’s or whatever and escort him to the place to be searched.
The sure as shit don’t need to be doing it in the middle of the night as a regular practice. It’s the very definition of “unreasonable”.
It’s called the element of surprise.
Kind of reminds me of Waco. Could have picked up Koresh on almost any day when he left the compound to pick up the mail. Not quite flashy enough, so let’s get some of us, and a lot of them killed.
I’ve met two honest cops in 59 years, forgive me if I’m not churning at the bit to back the blue.