Across the pond…

Susan Garty and Marc McGarry, who live in a ground-floor flat in Park Avenue, were horrified that CID officers got the wrong address in a planned drugs raid.

Susan, who works in advertising sales, said she was first alerted that police were about to knock her door in with a battering ram on Monday while she was at work.

She rushed home to find four cars outside her house and police officers standing in her living room.

“A handyman doing work on some of the flats had noticed the police and said he had a key he could get to let them in, rather than having to knock in the door,” explained Susan.

“They charged through the door anyway.

“I was contacted at my work to say the police were about to break the door down and I rushed home to find these police officers in my living room.

“They realised at once they were in the wrong house.”

Embarrassed officers have apologised to the couple for their error and have vowed to cover all costs of replacing the door.

That’s better than what victims often get over here.

This entry was posted on Thursday, August 31st, 2006 at 9:37 pm by Radley Balko and is filed under Police Militarization. You can follow any responses to this entry through the RSS 2.0 feed. Both comments and pings are currently closed.