No-knock raids have led to fatal encounters and small drug seizures

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

64% : That risk takes on a new dimension in states with high gun ownership or "stand your ground" laws, including Missouri.
62% :Casey Roussel, CloudGavel's president and chief customer officer, said law enforcement likes the technology because it saves time and money.
58% : Software, adopted by hundreds of law enforcement agencies, allows judges to remotely approve requests using computers, cellphones or tablets.
52% : At Clark's home, officers reported finding 8.39 grams of heroin and 0.50 grams of marijuana.
50% : Only one raid recovered more: In 2018 in Fort Worth, officers found more than a pound of marijuana, three pounds of mushrooms and more than 16 pounds of a prescription allergy medicine.
49% : Judges and magistrates are expected to review requests for no-knock warrants -- one of the most intrusive and dangerous tactics available to law enforcement -- to ensure that citizens are protected from unreasonable searches, as provided in the Fourth Amendment to the Constitution.
49% : Officers said they recovered about 9 grams of methamphetamine, 9 grams of marijuana, 4.4 grams of cocaine and a few pills containing hydrocodone.
45% :Criminal justice experts estimate that police carry out tens of thousands of no-knock raids every year nationwide, mostly in drug-related searches.
45% : In 12, officers recovered less than three pounds of drugs combined -- including marijuana, mushrooms and heroin.
45% : Instead, police said they recovered about 1.5 grams of cocaine and 18 grams of marijuana.
43% : Officers killed a 63-year-old Black grandfather, and police said they found just over nine grams of heroin, marijuana, fentanyl and hydrocodone in the three homes combined.
41% : But some criminal justice advocates worry that judicial scrutiny is being compromised for efficiency, said the Rev. Alexis Anderson, a member of the East Baton Rouge Parish Prison Reform Coalition.
36% : Within 30 minutes, officers rushed in and fatally shot an unarmed Black man, seizing a little more than 22 grams of methamphetamine, marijuana, cocaine and hydrocodone.
35% : In the vast majority of the cases, police said they were searching for illegal drugs and expected the subjects to be armed.

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