The Killeen City Council could eliminate the use of no-knock warrants by the Killeen Police Department as soon next week, following a discussion on the item at Tuesdayâs workshop meeting.
During the discussion, Councilman Ken Wilkerson said this potential change âshows leadership and upstream thinking in how we can keep residents and the police force safe.â
âI am definitely in favor of totally doing away with no-knock warrants,â Wilkerson said.
Killeen Police Chief Charles Kimble told the council that what he and fellow police officers do is inherently dangerous.
âWe deal with some very bad people at times ⦠and I do have hesitancy to take a tool away from the police officersâ tool box,â Kimble said.
No-knock warrants will be back up for discussion at the Killeen City Council meeting Tuesday, and this time council members will be talking about putting a permanent end to the controversial police tactic.
No-knock warrants â in which police donât announce themselves before forcefully entering someoneâs home in order to arrest the person â have come under fire in Killeen in recent years.
Two people have died in the Killeen raids, which sometimes include broken glass, explosives to blow off doors, and a lot of guns â mostly in the hands of police, but sometimes in the hands of the residents inside.
A status hearing is set for Monday in the case of a Killeen man who has been awaiting a jury trial on a capital murder charge from nearly seven years ago.
Marvin Louis Guy, 56, is accused of shooting a Killeen Police Department detective, who later died, during a no-knock raid on Guyâs residence on Circle M Drive in 2014. Guy has claimed self-defense, saying that he did not know it was police entering his residence.
KPD SWAT Detective Charles âChuckâ Dinwiddie and three other officers were shot on May 9, 2014, and Dinwiddie died in a hospital two days later.
Guy has been held in the Bell County Jail since being booked on May 10, 2014.
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During a hearing for a Killeen man who has been in jail awaiting trial on a capital murder charge for years, a Bell County judge expressed exasperation with trial delays caused by COVID-19 mitigation orders.
Marvin Louis Guy, 56, is accused of shooting KPD SWAT Detective Charles âChuckâ Dinwiddie and injuring three other officers on May 9, 2014, when police served a no-knock warrant at Guyâs home on Circle M Drive.
Dinwiddie died in a hospital two days later.
Marvin Guy
Guy, who is facing the death penalty, has been held in the Bell County Jail since being booked on May 10, 2014. His bonds total $4 million on four capital felonies, including capital murder of a peace officer.