Officers fired after raiding wrong home

The family had lived in the apartment just four months when they say police smashed the door in.

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[alexandersears]

Everytime there is a wrong house raid, every officer involved should be fired. Why? Because third graders are taught to double check their work. How hard is it to confirm the address matches BEFORE kicking the door in? It amazes me that mailmen, fed ex drivers, ups and food delivery people have better basic comprehension skills then law enforcement. That, or LEOs just don't care.

[emeraldmorgan]

When I order pizza they have no problems finding where I live. So how is it that with all the state of the art technology the officers can't get the right house? Tell you what, the next time the police wants raid a house, they should have the pizza guy lead them.

[kendallcoleman]

"We can do better. We will do better". Great speech Chief. If only it were true.

[codybrown]

Honestly, three cops fired and an actual apology. I'm shocked she got that much.

[buffdaddy]

This is pathetic. Remember this is a search warrant that was issued for a 16 year old for a minor property crime. The officers look like there after a suspect for murder ! You know how you issue a warrant like this . You knock on the door and wait for someone to answer then tell them you have a search warrant for the child in question .

[Demanicon]

This is another example of why qualified immunity needs to be a thing of the past. Hold them accountable and charge them with the crimes they commit, just like they would do to us.

[thermalchill]

WE have an EPIDEMIC of "wrong house violence " by your heroes !!!!

[jacquelineweil]

I’m glad this family survived. Until police are smart enough to read numbers, addresses, they can’t be on the streets.

[erickjohnson]

Your chance of survival are more when a thief enters your home as oppose to these paranoid trigger happy narcissists.

[zachhamm]

and your telling me someone in their own home is not allowed to defend themselves?

[johnturcsik]

If you doing a search warrant, you should always double check to make sure you have the right address to prevent stuff like this from happening

[Dapper_Dean]

The moral of the lesson is. Don't be so aggressive before corroborating the right address and/or knowing the level of the crime. 🙄

[xila-man]

"The warrant was not related to a violent crime"

[KevinP]

and if she would have fired a weapon to defend her life they would have murdered her and her children. this is wrong on so many levels. hope she gets a great lawyer. someone needs to got to jail for this.

[Spongeboobie]

Home Invasion with a deadly weapon. That’s what they all should be charged with.

[Rick-orkq]

I watched one where the cops had the wrong house, and the homeowner was trying to call police to tell them someone was trying to break in.

[solice]

This is the same as a surgeon removing a cancerous organ from the wrong patient in the wrong hospital room. You don’t make those kind of mistakes, EVER!

[excusemenoexcusemeno]

Its time for cops to start paying an insurance policy out of their pensions...It should compensates victims of their terror tactics when ever they use this type of warrants

[jeffw.]

So strong and efficient in breaking into homes. But so stupid to not be able to get the correct address.

[kamilhorvat]

There are so many cases of wrong house raid, that it makes me wonder: Do they ever manage to get to the right address?