he believed that a suspect or suspects possibly fled back into the house. He stated that law enforcement officers are trained and have experience that drug dealers protect their illegal drugs and money with the use of firearms. Based on the aforementioned circumstances, Constable Waters testified that he reasonably believed that the danger posed to the officers at the time was immediate and any delay of the protective sweep in order to secure a search warrant was unreasonable and extremely dangerous. Accordingly, Constable Waters entered the residence immediately after the two suspects were arrested in the front yard to conduct a protective sweep. Plaintiff does not refute this testimony and merely refers to Constable Water's deposition that he was assigned to protect the front entrance of the houseand was never told to enter the house.
In this case, the Court finds that there was sufficient circumstantial evidence to support a finding of exigency. Although Plaintiff submits evidence, by way of her own affidavit, that she was laying down on her bed when the above events transpired and clearly posed no threat, Constable Waters could not have known at the time of the arrests if Plaintiff Johnson had been alerted to the police presence or whether she, or anyone else that might also have been in the residence, posed a threat to the officers or to others at the scene. When the officers arrived at the residence, they encountered an unanticipated suspect, Edward Neal. Moreover, the officers did not encounter the black female suspect they had been