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It appears to have been an old-fashioned "raid" where they knock on the door and ask what's going on. Not like the modern "raid" where they kick the door down t

by talmand 12y ago

It appears to have been an old-fashioned "raid" where they knock on the door and ask what's going on. Not like the modern "raid" where they kick the door down treating the whole thing as an excuse to practice full-breach procedures. I would also like to know what the definition of "heavily armed K9 unit" is in this case. Was the officer armed normally for his role on the force or was he decked out as a "coperator" playing soldier? But if this is the result of current policy of enforcing drug laws then I would say this is an improvement over the no-knock nonsense we've been seeing for years now. EDIT: actually, other than the word "raided" there's no real description of the behavior of the police officers involved. Seems to be a badly worded article that goes out of its way to not provide any facts.

dreamweapon 12y ago
I would also like to know what the definition of "heavily armed K9 unit" is in this case. "They were strapped to the gills,” according to the property owner, per the original article the Post referred to.
- talmand 12y ago
  Ok, what does "strapped to the gills" mean?
  - dreamweapon 12y ago
    "To the gills" generally means to "full to capacity" (as in "stuffed to the gills"). And "strapped" would be in the sense of "strapped with weapons."
    - talmand 12y ago
      You still haven't defined what weapons the officers had on hand. What you describe can be completely subjective based on many factors. Where I grew up a "strapped to the gills" police officer would be one with his standard sidearm and a tactical shotgun with lots of ammo for both. In that area most police officers almost always only carried sidearms. In different areas of the country this could be something totally different. For me, the only way to answer the question is to list out the equipment the officers had on hand. Which, as far as I can tell, no one has listed.

by talmand 12y ago

dreamweapon 12y ago

I would also like to know what the definition of "heavily armed K9 unit" is in this case. "They were strapped to the gills,” according to the property owner, per the original article the Post referred to.

talmand 12y ago
Ok, what does "strapped to the gills" mean?
- dreamweapon 12y ago
  "To the gills" generally means to "full to capacity" (as in "stuffed to the gills"). And "strapped" would be in the sense of "strapped with weapons."
  - talmand 12y ago
    You still haven't defined what weapons the officers had on hand. What you describe can be completely subjective based on many factors. Where I grew up a "strapped to the gills" police officer would be one with his standard sidearm and a tactical shotgun with lots of ammo for both. In that area most police officers almost always only carried sidearms. In different areas of the country this could be something totally different. For me, the only way to answer the question is to list out the equipment the officers had on hand. Which, as far as I can tell, no one has listed.