Your question is why we have laws for how police can operate.
Yes, if I were in their shoes, I would not want to knock. Which is why we need to make it a legal requirement to. Don't give them a choice.
The police are playing an inherently rigged game. They operate with one hand tied behind their back, giving criminals an inherent advantage because criminals, by definition, don't worry about following the law. The only reason this works is because the police can bring to bear vastly greater resources and numbers, but their possible actions are much more limited.
And that's how it should be. The term for a place where the police have no limits on what they can do to bring in the bad guys is called a "police state".
I don't doubt that police really really want to handle situations like this with quick and decisive action. Which is exactly why they must not be allowed to.
Yes, if I were in their shoes, I would not want to knock. Which is why we need to make it a legal requirement to. Don't give them a choice.
The police are playing an inherently rigged game. They operate with one hand tied behind their back, giving criminals an inherent advantage because criminals, by definition, don't worry about following the law. The only reason this works is because the police can bring to bear vastly greater resources and numbers, but their possible actions are much more limited.
And that's how it should be. The term for a place where the police have no limits on what they can do to bring in the bad guys is called a "police state".
I don't doubt that police really really want to handle situations like this with quick and decisive action. Which is exactly why they must not be allowed to.