Hmmm...just a few hours ago I kicked in a door on a place that a wanted person was hiding in. There were firearms in plain view from the outside of the place. Keep in mind this idiot is a domestic batterer x2. There was also a infant sleeping in a car seat by the front door. The mom and POS boyfriend fled to the rear of the place when we knocked and refused to answer, leaving the infant at the front door.. NP..called and got a warrant and entered the place 30 minutes later. We would have probably been justified entering under exigent circumstances due to the infant...maybe. But we decided to play it safe and just kept a eye on the infant and got the warrant. Seized a bunch of guns, got a infant out of a bad place and took three people into custody on a variety of charges. The new bill if passed will NOT prevent forced entry into a home. There will be some people that will believe it does.
In my 12 years of policing I have never been on a no knock warrant. Yea they happen. But not as often as people think they do, at least in the county I work.
The problem with the proposed new bill is there will be someone that will use it for a valid warrant service. Kinda like the people that think you can smoke someone for entering their home. The forget the reasonable force part. While I agree 100% that a person should be able to use force for illegal police entry, many people aren't capable of making the distinction. There could well be some dead citizens over this thing. I am kind of divided on the logic of the thing.
In my 12 years of policing I have never been on a no knock warrant. Yea they happen. But not as often as people think they do, at least in the county I work.
The problem with the proposed new bill is there will be someone that will use it for a valid warrant service. Kinda like the people that think you can smoke someone for entering their home. The forget the reasonable force part. While I agree 100% that a person should be able to use force for illegal police entry, many people aren't capable of making the distinction. There could well be some dead citizens over this thing. I am kind of divided on the logic of the thing.