That leaves open the question of how police got the address wrong in the first place. What checklist procedures are in place to preclude an armed response and the assumptions that go with one until a positive identification has been established?
Arizona Supreme Court launches task force to study no-knock warrants
A task force in Arizona will study no-knock and nighttime search warrants after the death of a Black woman in Kentucky led to changes nationwide on how warrants are issued for law enforcement.
Breonna Taylor, 26, was shot and killed by Louisville police in March 2020 during a drug search that went wrong. She was unarmed. Her death led the
Kentucky Senate to pass a bill restricting the use of no-knock warrants and similar moves by other states.
On Wednesday, Chief Justice Robert Brutinel of the Arizona Supreme Court issued an administrative order creating a task force to look into search warrants. The task force, composed of lawyers, judges, professors and law enforcement officials from across the state, will study the process of how no-knock and nighttime search warrants are being issued.