ABSTRACT
Law enforcement officers, specifically drug enforcement investigators, are always looking for innovative ways to combat the drug trade. Historically, drug enforcement officers have utilized traditional methods of narcotic enforcement, such as the use of informants, undercover operations, surveillance, wire intercepts, and reverse sting drug operations. Never did the drug enforcement officer imagine that merely knocking on a drug dealer’s door and asking if he or she would surrender drugs to police officers or allow the police to search their residence for drugs would really work. In the early part of our careers, never did we think that this would be an option, much less a reality.
