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P.G. Co. police raid a mayor's home without knocking, mistakenly thinking they had a no-knock warrant

By John Wesley Hall, Jr.

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Washington Post for Wednesday, Aug. 6th has the story of P.G. County's Berwyn Heights Mayor Cheye Calvo being the target of a no-knock search warrant, except that the police didn't have one like they thought: Pr. George's Officers Lacked 'No-Knock' Warrant in Raid. Prince George's County authorities did not have a "no-knock" warrant when they burst into the home of a mayor July 29, shooting and killing his two dogs -- contrary to what police said after the incident. Judges in Maryland can grant police the right to enter a building and serve a search warrant without knocking if the judge finds there is reasonable suspicion to think evidence might be destroyed or the officers' safety might be endangered in announcing themselves. A Prince George's police spokesman said last week that a Sheriff's Office SWAT team and county police narcotics officers were operating under such a warrant when they broke down the door of Berwyn Heights Mayor Cheye Calvo, shooting and killing his black Labrador retrievers...continue to full post

Full post as published by Fourth Amendment on August 05, 2008 (boomark / email).