True, and to be quite honest I had no trouble with these guys either. But when you are on a drug task force with a main objective of seizing drugs and arresting those in possession, I had to do what was expected of me. Plus this little business was being run in a neighborhood with no less than 20 children who walk within 25 feet of that thing every day to get on the bus...would you want that in your neighborhood? Not me. I didn't say I NEVER arrested someone for pot. I only mentioned that I had trouble, fought and arrested more drunks than stoners. I was referring to their demeanor and the fact that pot is not something that will typically lead to other crimes. Alcohol by contrast is a contributing factor in most DUI's, bar fights, domestic violence, etc. Marijuana is still illegal and I am still charged with enforcing it. Sorry I almost forgot to answer your question...I felt fine Most of our focus though was on clandestine meth labs, this case was just from a tip we got from a meth head trying to stay out of jail.
Hmm... Ok.. When I read you "another cop" statement missed the "?" making it read like a passive aggressive statement from a person proud of their fine (sarcasm) detective work. I again read and saw "?" making my statement unwarranted..... at least at the time I thought it was. Your tremendous success at being "that" guy however is entertaining.
In my world I have a hard time justifying some of the drug laws and the no-knock searches that accompany the perception of something as innocuous as pot. A meth head trying to stay outta jail is a very scary proposition for me. Have you ever been on the wrong end of an informant?
Honsetly we don't do that many no knocks where I am at...not always needed. We usually have good intel and try to take them down while they aren't at home. The grow operation I talked about was not a no knock...and the meth head gave us the tip but we still had to verify the info as the case built.