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.
What would you have done differently to have better results if you had received the call to arrest the Dillinger Gang?
The American Sniper Association has produced a defining resource designed to assist SWAT teams in structuring training, buying equipment and planning deployments
As an LAPD SWAT team leader and crisis negotiator, Jonathan explains how crisis negotiation skills help officers in tactical situations and everyday patrol
A citizen who recognized Dennis Michael McKenzie, 58, from photos in the media tipped off deputies, and a SWAT team took him into custody
Sgt. Jeff Salstrom was shot multiple times and managed to return fire, shooting the suspect in the chest
After about an hour and “several unsuccessful attempts” by officers to make contact with anyone in the home, the SWAT team entered and discovered the bodies
Behind the scenes with the countless volunteers who make Urban Shield training so valuable — ‘victims’ will never fully know the good they did this weekend
Scenario #19 at Urban Shield 2013 challenged the competing SWAT teams to incorporate personnel from the Fremont (Calif.) Fire Department into their plans to deal with an active shooter
The Arlington Police stated that the suspect had been taken into custody and that searches of the apartment were under way
35 elite SWAT teams from as far away as Brazil joined up with fire and EMS responders in the annual exercise organized and executed by Alameda County Sheriff Gregory Ahern and his team
The search for Stephon Prather was relaunched at daybreak Thursday, with officers, SWAT team members and even police academy recruits participating
Taking on two squads of attackers who are likely to be trained in military tactics will be daunting for an unprepared police officer
This bicycle turned out to be so smooth and efficient that I’ve started to screen my calls in case Safariland wants it back too soon
Jose Guerena, a former Marine, was killed in May 2011 with an AR-15 in his hands
The Capitol Police department is reviewing an allegation that 4 heavily armed tactical officers were told not to help
The suspect shot two women in a domestic dispute, crashed into a vehicle, killing the driver, then shot himself
3 police officers and an emergency rescue driver were found dead, a fourth officer was wounded
The officer was praised for not returning fire when it would have been justified to shoot back
Officer Jamie Buenting, 37, was hit by a single gunshot Friday morning from a suspect holed up inside a home
A State Police spokesman said the department has declined a request to probe the incident in which the man fired and officers returned fire, killing him
Aaron Terrazas, 34, is recovering in intensive care; Melvin McKinney surrendered and exited the motel unharmed
The officer is expected to survive; SWAT is in contact with the gunman
SWAT released gas into the room when negotiations failed, prompting the elderly man to fire, and was shot dead
Sara Jones suffered a face wound after she was shot by SWAT; an officer was shot in the leg when she returned fire
The American legal system is capable of providing independent evaluations of — and crafting remedies for — police excesses and overreaching when those occur
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