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Originally Posted by habernac
scary stuff. I have no idea how I'd react. A childhood friend of mine worked in a restaurant in Vancouver, was the early morning prep guy. Cops burst in (wrong address once again) and my old friend was asleep with his head resting on the prep area table. He was just waking up when the first cop got to him and was, of course, startled. He was beaten within an inch of his life. Lawsuit is pending, and it damn well should.
Where do these guys get their intel? The same guys who found WMDs in Iraq? I mean, come on, at least get the @#$#$%^ address right.
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In most cases, I don't think that they are getting the address wrong with regards as to were to go. Like you say, it is usually poor intel. A lot of times police get intel that says that a person will be at such and such a place at a certain time. They have to gauge the accuracy of the intel and then act upon it. Many times the intel is wrong and that person is not there.
They can't really check ahead because then the people will flee or destroy the evidence. However, if they use excessive force then by all means, the police should be held accountable.