Old Dog
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"In Farmington, the officers had initially knocked on the front door of the wrong home and announced themselves as police officers. When there was no answer, they asked dispatchers to call the reporting party back and have them come to the front door."
11:30 pm. Verifying that you're at the correct address would seem to be the first thing to do prior to going up on to the front porch. Communication issues, training issues on the part of the PD. Response to a DV call? I don't know about this particular department, but where I've worked, the RP gets asked by the dispatcher if there are firearms involved or present in the home, and the officers will know prior to arrival, whether the residents own firearms.
You can't put this solely on the residents of the home.
As a side note, we have had, in my state, over the past few years, more than a few instances where home invaders have shown up at homeowner's/renter's front doors in tactical garb (body armor, flashing badges or with "POLICE" on jackets or vests, black ball caps, etc.). This has happened in situations where the criminals believed there were drugs or money -- more than once in the Asian community, notably.
Of course it was avoidable. But again, 11:30 pm. A weekday -- most 52-year-olds are in bed by then. They know they didn't dial 911 and they know they didn't order a pizza.
11:30 pm. Verifying that you're at the correct address would seem to be the first thing to do prior to going up on to the front porch. Communication issues, training issues on the part of the PD. Response to a DV call? I don't know about this particular department, but where I've worked, the RP gets asked by the dispatcher if there are firearms involved or present in the home, and the officers will know prior to arrival, whether the residents own firearms.
You can't put this solely on the residents of the home.
As a side note, we have had, in my state, over the past few years, more than a few instances where home invaders have shown up at homeowner's/renter's front doors in tactical garb (body armor, flashing badges or with "POLICE" on jackets or vests, black ball caps, etc.). This has happened in situations where the criminals believed there were drugs or money -- more than once in the Asian community, notably.
No, you're not the outlier. Same here.
