Training for the unknown: how officers prepare to serve drug warrants

Published: Friday, Feb. 10 2012 11:10 a.m. MST

KSL's Jed Boal trains for warrant servicing operations with Randy Watt, an expert in police tactical operations.

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OGDEN Drug officers nationwide serve thousands of warrants every year with little trouble. But when Utah officers served a knock and announce warrant in Ogden last month, a drug officer was shot and killed.

"The potential for extreme danger is rare," says Randy Watt, an expert in police tactical operations. "But when they go bad inside these locations, they tend to go very bad."

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