In Illinois, no-knock warrants are criminal and are issued on the discretion of a pass judgement on. State legislation stipulates that the pass judgement on who indicators a warrant “may authorize the officer executing the warrant to make entry without first knocking and announcing his or her office” if the officer believes {that a} weapon could be used or if there's an “imminent” threat that proof could be destroyed. The Chicago Police Department calls for officials who’ve been issued a no-knock warrant to first visit a SWAT group manager prior to executing the warrant. The CPD’s use of no-knock warrants has come underneath scrutiny in recent times, with a number of complaints filed in opposition to officials who allegedly used