SWAT
The SWAT topic page gives tactical officers and police officers who want to join the ranks of these elite special units a wide variety of news, tips, columns and commentary to achieve the objective.
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Authorities said the suspect barricaded himself in a police vehicle and fired a shot before surrendering to police
Officer David Sherrard, 37, was shot as he entered the apartment
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One deputy was hit in the forearm while another narrowly escaped injury when the bullet grazed his pant leg
A Utah man has filed a lawsuit alleging he was left “profoundly disabled” after two officers TASERed him twice
The lawsuit seeks damages related to the death of Andrew Finch, who was shot by police responding to a man’s call with a fake story about a shooting
One officer was critically wounded in the shooting, police said
Sheriff Tony Spurlock said officers deal with people in mental crises themselves because there aren’t enough avenues for getting them help
The new system, Next Generation 911, will allow people to send emergency information as if they are posting to social media
Authorities allege that a dispute over an online video game led Tyler Rai Barriss to make the ‘swatting’ call
Tyler Barriss is accused of reporting a fake homicide and hostage situation that led to the fatal shooting of Andrew Finch
Police said a man approached the officer and asked him if he was a deputy before stabbing the LEO in the chest
Tommy McNeal, 65, who’s charged in Columbus’ first homicide of 2018, was convicted of killing a Tennessee police officer in 1975
Andrew Finch was shot after a “prankster” called 911 with a fake story about a shooting and kidnapping at Finch’s Wichita home
Wichita Police Chief Gordon Ramsay said the department is determined to learn from the fatal officer-involved shooting of Andrew Finch
The document said Matthew Riehl was hospitalized at the veterans medical center in 2014 after a psychotic episode and escaped but was brought back
Officials said Matthew Edward Riehl made veiled threats against professors of the law school he graduated from
In what may have been a planned ambush attack, a gunman shot several deputies, fatally injuring Deputy Zackari Parrish
Police in Los Angeles have arrested a man they suspect made a ‘swatting’ call that resulted in a SWAT officer fatally shooting a man in Kansas
Brian Krebs said people who make these calls frequently can face stiff penalties, while others often get off free
Police said the hoax call was a case of “swatting,” in which a person makes up a false report to get a SWAT team to descend on an address
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The two LEOs, whose body armor saved them from serious injury, were briefly hospitalized and expected to recover
“In my 16 years as a doctor, I have never seen anyone come back like that,” Lt. Alex Eastman told police
Raiden Aguilera was able to fulfill his dream of becoming a SWAT team member thanks to the Arizona DPS and Make-A-Wish Foundation
Andrea Rebello, 21, was fatally shot by an officer when a gunman broke into her home and used her as a human shield
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