No-knock raids should be all but eliminated in this country. I can only think of two legitimate reasons for such - matters related to national security and act

No-knock raids should be all but eliminated in this country. I can only think of two legitimate reasons for such - matters related to national security and active hostage situations. Do some detective work, gather your evidence, and arrest these dope dealers, even murder suspects, on the street (away from sleeping families) and then serve a normal search warrant on the suspects home. The end result is essentially the same. Yeah - maybe some drugs get flushed down the toliet while the cops wait for the door to be answered - but at least a kid or family pet doesn't get a bullet. And if they raid the wrong house, no one gets terrified and innocent homeowners don't get gun downed while defending against "masked intruders" aka police in the middle of the night.