Veteran is victim of agents at the wrong address
Ramsey Tossa, a former Army translator, woke to the sound of over-anxious DEA agents pounding on his door of his home near Detroit, according to Detroit’s Fox2;
“As soon as I opened the door, somebody grabbed me and took me outside and put me on the grass,” Tossa said. “The first thing I thought was they were terrorists who want to kill me because I served in Iraq.”
Apparently, the agents were looking for Tossa’s landlord’s son. Nice recon work, there, DEA.
Agents Raid Wrong House in Sterling Heights: MyFoxDETROIT.com
Category: Veterans Issues
Kinda like the recon work done in Pima County a couple months ago?
DEA SOP
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He’s right. His house was raided by terrorists.
So I’m guessing that since the man looks nothing like the wanted suspect that the DEA is blind as well as stupid.
It would take all of two hours of surveillance to determine that the guy they were looking for wasn’t there. Unless he was cross-dressing as Tossa’s daughter. But, that would be expecting way too much from the DEA, apparently.
And, “there was likely cause to search the house”? WTF, is that asshat from the DEA serious? Or, did the anchorette mean he said “probable cause”?
at least they “pounded on the door” for a change.
The DEA is known for its ferocity. And they have absolutely NO sense of humor — about anything.
I am sorry, anyone pounding on my door in the dead of night and then accosting me will meet the business end of a pistol. They will not have time to identify themselves as DEA once they assault me, that would need to be done BEFORE making physical contact.
#1 O.T.
Yeah, that was my first thought also. If you work for “the Man,” you can do whatever you want and the plebes just need to shut their pie hole and take it…
I see soooo many small town cops patrolling in Black fatigue type uniforms, guns velcroed low on the leg, and they are only patrol officers. One local told me that they dress like this because they are DEA connected, and may have to go do a DEA stop at any time. Guess body armor under a regular police uniform isn’t as protective as blackops costumes.
Makes about as much sense as general officers working in DC in cammo fatiques, (yes, I know there is a more modern name for the uniform, but I am old school, pre-cammo days, when guys went to ‘Nam wearing white t-shirts and their namestrip was white, full color.) instead of the Classy class A’s of the desk duty days of yore.
To me it brings them down a bit. Less respect from the civilians, etc.
To expound on my comment above. By and large, cops today are not out there for respect, but to put fear in the populace.
“By and large”? Really, you surveyed a majority of the “cops today”? Or, just one or two hot dogs in your community?
If they’re riding around in black or navy BDU’s or whatever they now call them, maybe the chief/sheriff decided that something that can be thrown in the washer, then the dryer, makes much more sense economically than something that has to be dry-cleaned. Not to mention, the policy when I retired was that if you got blood or puke on your uniform, it had to be haz-mat disposed of, because it couldn’t be cleaned like wash and wear clothing can be.
“By and Large” being many, many cities, in several states. North to South, East to West. I have been told: “You’re SUPPOSED to respect me.” And responded with: “You are SUPPOSED to earn my respect.”
Yes this is not a localized observation, and on the wash n dry vs dryclean, I have asked of that same aspect and been told that these days all the uniforms are synthetic and wash n dry.
I must admit that I have to exclude the Northeast states from my observation as I try my best not to go north of Richmond nor East of Cleveland in my travels.
Dealing with a good cop is like dealing with a good doctor; it gives you a feeling of confidence and trust, to deal with that level of professionalism.
I’ve had the privilege of knowing several good officers. They were — without exception — honest, proficient in their field, passionate about their work, and humble. They knew the power they wielded, and did everything they could to prevent abusing it.
Two of the men I described above were my mother’s brothers –my uncles. Both were street cops, and both worked in the profession over twenty years.
Yes, there are bad cops, but there are good ones, too. Remember that the news media wants dirt, unless they’re doing a “human interest” story, so publishing stories of good police work doesn’t interest them. It is far more splash for the MSM to publish stories of uniforms when they mess up, than when they get it right.
Yeah, I try to stay west of Detroit, and north of I-94, in the midwest, and west of West Va, in the middle of the country.
As to the uniform issue, not necessarily true, the uniform pants are a wool blend, and that doesn’t wash up particularly well.
In all my travels, I’ve not had much chance to interact with the local PD, must be the way I drive, or something. The ones I do interact with are more like the officers in the following story, not what you describe. http://www.mlive.com/news/grand-rapids/index.ssf/2011/07/surivor_of_dantzler_rampage_de.html
And besides, in my 27 years, I would have jumped at the chance to wear BDU’s, fatigues or whatever. Much cooler in the summer, and you can’t wear a tie with them, and who cares if you get em dirty.
As far as good cop/bad cop, I’ve thought about it for a lot of years. It seems to me that a major error was made when PD’s put all their LEOs in cars.
I think we need to go back to beat cops. Yes, I understand the logistics issue with the AOR and not enough uniforms, but when you see and interact with the same folks in the neighborhood, you get to know them and they get to know you and that will start to put an end to this “us vs them” mentality.
Because eventually, that won’t end well.
hey at least Janet Reno’s not in charge. They’d have burned his house down and been dragging his corpse out by his heel before they realized he wasn’t the right guy.