Ogden, Utah, SWAT Team Conducts Yet Another Wrong-Home SWAT Raid
BY Herschel Smith
6 years, 11 months ago
Sarah Gray had a rude awakening. It was the middle of the night when the Ogden Metro Swat Unit blew out her back window and began yelling.
“I was just dead asleep and hear a big crash,” she said. “All I hear is them yelling, ‘Search warrant! Identify yourself!”
Turns out, oops, SWAT was at the wrong house.
Sarah says the officers apologized and promised the window would be fixed. But three weeks went by and Sarah’s window is still broken.
“I can’t keep paying a high heat bill,” she said. “I might as well just light money on fire.”
Sarah says she called the city for answers, but can’t seem to get any.
“I want a window. I just want them to correct the mistake, that’s it. I’m not out for vengeance or anything like that.”
Upon investigation, Get Gephardt learned that the mistake is the financial responsibility of the Weber County attorney’s office.
In a statement, Weber County Attorney Christopher Allred wrote that there was a “miscommunication” between Sarah and his office. He claims it took “a couple of weeks” for the window to be made, and when it was ready to install, they attempted to call Sarah, but allege that they were calling the “wrong number.”
But just like that, they found the right number, and just one day later, Sarah had a new window installed.
Wrong home, then wrong phone number. So what if the home owner had deployed a weapon in self defense? They would surely be charged with a crime. But “warrant, identify yourself” isn’t something to hang your hat on. Criminals do this all the time. In fact, the police do it all the time, so I’m being redundant.
Why do I say that the Ogden, Utah, police department conducts yet another wrong-home raid? Because they have a rich history of getting things wrong. They’ve done it before.
But it’s okay, because they are heroes of the community, there to “protect and serve” its citizens.
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On January 23, 2018 at 11:57 am, Longbow said:
Yeah, but they MEANT WELL while they were busting the wrong house and terrifying innocent people! They Meant well! They meant well! So you “civilians” should just shut up!
Don’t you know that a Super Hero Costume and a Magic Shield make them impervious to being wrong?
As Sheriff Teasle wisely said, “People go fuckin’ around with the LAW, and all hell breaks loose!”
On January 23, 2018 at 12:02 pm, Michael said:
I live near Ogden. OPD is well known for their incompetence. Regardless, many of the faithful here in Utah just love and honor the police.
It really makes me sick just thinking about it.
On January 23, 2018 at 12:41 pm, June J said:
The lady was very lucky that:
1. She did not attempt to defend her home with a self defense weapon, which would have resulted in her death by badged incompetents.
2. The intruders were actually the Keystone Kops and not unbadged criminals who would have robbed, raped and possibly murdered her.
On January 23, 2018 at 1:25 pm, revjen45 said:
These Nazi oafs can’t get the right address when they have supposedly planned the operation in meticulous detail. Would you have any faith that they would get it right when you call for help in a life-threatening situation? Me neither.
On January 23, 2018 at 7:35 pm, Yuri said:
@June J,
While you’re probably correct that the “Kops” would have skipped the robbing and raping and gotten straight to the murdering; this seems more like an inability to effectively multi-task, as we know that other “Kops” are quite adept at both robbing and raping (though they heavily favor the robbing). I guess they just can’t get their shit together enough to combine the three in an efficient exercise of serving and protecting.
On January 24, 2018 at 8:53 am, Ned said:
Any “visit” by the blue clad ones is potentially dangerous – even if you’re not home: https://animalchannel.co/family-finds-dog-bleeding-porch-note/?utm_source=gsdc&utm_medium=facebook&utm_campaign=dogs