There in lies the problem. I was an LEO for 25 years and you never use undercover officers to make an arrest. Its just to dangerous as the targets often mistake the undercover officers as a rip team and open fire.
In a typical buy bust the undercover officer makes the purchase and leaves then you send in the uniforms to make the arrest.
In this case they were serving a warrant and had all the time in the world to formulate a safe operation.
This was unprofessional and inexcusable and could have been avoided.
You are correct
My one and only experience in this arena....federal op
The buys were made filmed and recorded
The arrests were made with the usual blue jacket DEA Guys with locals and marine patrol as outer perimeter sentries
And they grabbed them early morning when the main guy went out to get his paper at 6am
Posh tropical neighborhood and they’d been set up for hours including occupying the mansion across the street for days to record and observe
You coulda told them there was 10 tons of cocaine in the home and they would not have raided it baring some confirmation via phone taps or traffic or dogs or surveillance cams
These guys raided this home either by mistake or simply on the word of a neighbor or some tip maybe
Obviously incorrect
This was an old vet and his wife of many years who neither had criminal past...
Why don’t they run them.....they woulda known that
I know this sounds bigoted and I am from Mississippi but this is Houston
I’d like to see the team......