According to this article here, homeowners were surprised when their condo was broken into by the Mesa County and Grand Junction SWAT. They were there because of the previous owner was the person they were looking for. Lucky for the homeowners their front door, windows and carpet are being replaced.
It is time to end the drug war, so that this and other SWAT raids do not happen in the first place. If I were sheriff, I would have sent a deputy to the address to talk to them. If it turns out the confidential informant's information is old or incorrect, then no SWAT raid. Wasted time and resources that could have been used for, I don't know, actual crimes.
I think it would be preferable to actually have police officers do old fashioned leg work. The drug war needs to end, but in the meantime, if officers actually go to the door to find out if the person they are looking for is actually there. Just because an informant tells you something, you have to verify the accuracy of their report. If you are looking at computer records, that is only a snapshot in time. I have never been trained in investigations, but to me this seems like common sense.