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IF YOU can pass this simple test, you may be qualified to run a federal SWAT team.

1. You are assigned to serve search and arrest warrants on a man who lives in a building with 126 other people, including many women and children. Your job is to search the premises for illegal weapons. In the past, whenever government agents have asked to look around the premises, the man has always complied immediately. Once, the man was arrested, and he surrendered peacefully. The premises to be searched are on a ranch outside of town. The man you want to arrest regularly goes jogging along a lonely road; he also goes into town frequently. The best way to serve the search and arrest warrants is to

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Dave Kopel

David B. Kopel is the research director of the Independence Institute and an adjunct law professor at the University of Denver.

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IF YOU can pass this simple test, you may be qualified to run a federal SWAT team.

1. You are assigned to serve search and arrest warrants on a man who lives in a building with 126 other people, including many women and children. Your job is to search the premises for illegal weapons. In the past, whenever government agents have asked to look around the premises, the man has always complied immediately. Once, the man was arrested, and he surrendered peacefully. The premises to be searched are on a ranch outside of town. The man you want to arrest regularly goes jogging along a lonely road; he also goes into town frequently. The best way to serve the search and arrest warrants is to