Pardon me if this question has been asked before.

Following the tragic death of Detective Jerrod Shivers while serving a search warrant in Chesapeake, Virginia, there has been some discussion and debate about the use of so-called "no-knock, no-announce" warrants. (granted, details are still forthcoming on the Chesapeake case, and it is yet to be determined as to whether this warrant was served in this way) This follows cases in Atlanta (Kathryn Johnston) and Mississippi (Cory Maye), in which either police or citizens were killed in the course of warrant raids of this type.

I have a number of questions about these types of warrants. Specifically,
1) How often are these types of raids? Is it true that no-knock, no-announce warrant entries are common in many jurisdictions in drug cases? Who makes the decision about how the warrant is served? (judge? officers?) What criteria is used to make that decision?
2) What sort of precautions do officers take, in general and in cases in which a forcible entry is used in particular, to see that they are properly identified and announced to occupants of the dwelling as police and not burglars? Under what circumstances, if any, might officers not announce and identify themselves?
3) How do officers, in general feel about the risks present in this type of warrant service? Do no-knock warrants present risks to officers and civilians (including suspects)? How do these risks balance against whatever needs are served by such tactics? Who makes the determination on that balance?

Thank you for your time and responses, and for your service.

Cal Tom... its up to each individual Team/Jurisdiction on how they are served.. certain protocol for certain Incidents.. I wont elaborate any more as dsponder1980 has stated... We cannot divulge OPS info on this site.

i wonder if this question was asked for information with a guilty mind?

Wow, you guys type faster than me, lmao. Apologies again.

Here is an important white paper on "no-knock" raids.

http://www.cato.org/pub_display.php?pub_id=6476

The type of raids that Shivers died in are all too common, all too un-necessary, and as a result both innocent civilians and cops are dying.

the answer is not to keep increasing the use and power of these types of raids, but to decrease them. The of raid that Shivers died in shouldn't have ever happened.

Rob, topo, court..... I see you are back.

robscottw said:

Here is an important white paper on "no-knock" raids.

http://www.cato.org/pub_display.php?pub_id=6476

The type of raids that Shivers died in are all too common, all too un-necessary, and as a result both innocent civilians and cops are dying.

the answer is not to keep increasing the use and power of these types of raids, but to decrease them. The of raid that Shivers died in shouldn't have ever happened.

All search warrant executions are dangerous, but you would not know this, because you have never done one. Just what we need is another civilian telling the cops how to do their job.

i hope JIMROC and hcgale will read the white paper.

robscottw said:

i hope JIMROC and hcgale will read the white paper.

I have executed over a thousand search warrants. I don't think I need some piss-ant telling me how to do my job. So take your so called "White paper" and wipe with it.

hcgale said:

i wonder if this question was asked for information with a guilty mind?

robscottw said:

JIMROC's attitude is one of the reasons that Shivers died needlessly.

Robscottw is a waste of skin. Why were you born again?

Hosnegotiator said:

formerladycop said:

Robscottw is a waste of skin. Why were you born again?

Four differnt identities = Foreskin?

Good examples of cops here I'm sure. JIMROC teaches but has no desire to expand his knowledge, ok, thats reassuring.

btw, Shivers died serving a warrant for which no drugs have been found. Don't know how that qualifies as saving my ass. And the cops that killed the 92 y/o woman in Atlanta (http://www.alternet.org/story/51151/), who's ass were they saving?

But I can see there is no point in this either. I know now why its called "law enforcement" and not "criminal justice" (as when I was in school) - the cops today are interested in the former, not the latter, and its a distinction most don't seem to understand.