SWAT
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The officers’ injuries are not life-threatening
Minguell Lembrick was suspected of shooting and killing a Ga. officer and critically wounding another
The effectiveness of robotics on the battlefield may ease the path for Americans to accept robotics as a tool for policing in the near future
A man who said he was investigating a conspiracy theory about Hillary Clinton running a child sex ring out of a pizza place fired an assault rifle inside the restaurant
As the suspect held a girl as a human shield, his movements exposed him to a sheriff’s marksman who targeted him through a window and killed him with a shot to the head
The rise of the extremely potent drug is a troubling new reality for a country already reeling from an opioid epidemic
Visualization techniques help prepare police officers for rapid reaction during high stress, critical incidents
Eleven people were hurt, one critically, and police said they were investigating the possibility it was a terrorist attack.
New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo announced initiatives to combat hate-based crime and harassment, including a special team to investigate hate crimes statewide
The armed man was holding his estranged wife’s 2-year-old daughter hostage
A man who entered a mental health facility stabbed six people before he was shot by police and taken into custody
The shooting “had nothing to do with the ballot or voting”
As tactical teams move to the role of support units during an active shooter incident, the Rescue Task Force concept is evolving to become a key part of MCI response
The publicly-funded Summit County Police newsletter published a photo depicting SWAT posing with presidential candidate Donald Trump while carrying military-like rifles
SWAT made several attempts over the course of a 12-hour standoff to make contact with suspect John Felix, who was holed up in his family’s residence
The telephone death threats to the home of Officer Dominique Perez began soon after he and an Albuquerque police detective ended a hillside standoff by opening fire
No officers were injured
Mayhem in another American city continues as pushers of false narratives infect the national narrative and invade vulnerable cities to commit acts of terror on the streets
The man suspected of holding about a dozen people against their will Thursday remained inside a Mississippi boarding house
The police department is in its first year of reforms
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SWAT teams should keep a watchful eye on the future in order to prepare for the worst
Regional SWAT teams aren’t for every agency, but they can provide a great service to those who need it
A flash-bang grenade tossed into an alleged stash house kicked up powdered fentanyl and heroin that SWAT officers breathed in
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Individual skills qualify a person for SWAT, but the ability to operate within a team during high-risk operations is what makes a person become SWAT
Many trainers are either forgetting a very important element of active shooter tactical response or are simply unaware of it
Brown was arrested on suspicion of assault with a deadly weapon after a 14-hour standoff with LAPD
Police and the news media have coordinated on many projects historically, from the common ride-along to NBC’s “To Catch a Predator”
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