Police Perjury

(Picture not from actual raid, but one of the first that 

popped up when I searched Salt Lake City Swat)

The Salt Lake City police detective responsible for a SWAT team ramming the door of a wrong house last year and pointing guns at the elderly woman inside also misled the judge who issued the search warrant, according to documents released by the city.

The narcotics detective, Cooper Landvatter, received a 20-hour suspension for violating search-and-seizure policies, committing conduct unbecoming an officer, and violating what the Salt Lake City Police Department refers to as its "Core Values."

When a regular citizen misleads a judge is it called perjury and they are not violating "Core Values", they are violating the "Law".  When a police officer misleads a judge all it fine and dandy, it's expected, because their job is to convict people of crimes.  A corporations job is to make money for their stock holders, a car sales mans job is to push vehicles of the lot, and a police officers job, once again, is to convict people of crimes.  And just like a used car dealer or a CEO they will make that conviction at whatever cost it takes.  The truth be damned.

"The city has continually described [the raid] as a mistake," Clark said. "It’s not a mistake when an officer swears out a false warrant."

Landvatter also told investigators he felt pressure from his supervisors to obtain and serve a search warrant once a month. He referred to the requirement as a "quota." The review board report called that "a very poor policy," but said it did not contribute significantly to the incorrect raid.

The full story can be read at The Salt Lake Tribune.