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.
As an LAPD SWAT team leader and crisis negotiator, Jonathan explains how crisis negotiation skills help officers in tactical situations and everyday patrol
Almost never and only when the conditions are right
Some time spent shooting in competition will make you a better tactical shooter
The officer was shot in the leg and was treated for non-life-threatening injuries
It was the former cop’s last stand after fleeing police on attempted murder charges
Some of this stuff is designed specifically for cops, and some can be adapted for police use
The armored vehicle used to approach the suspected terrorist was vital in his capture and the officers’ safety
The Boston bombers taught the international terrorist audience an important lesson: American law enforcement will not stand for active terrorism in our cities
If you have a proper search attitude, the only time a suspect will ever surprise you is when they are not there
Technology played a big role in aiding the police operation that caught the Tsarnaev brothers
Explosive device was addressed to his downtown Phoenix office, neutralized by bomb squad
Lauren Brown laid in bed, pretending he couldn’t move, until the firemen approached him to help and he revealed a gun
“They’re simply relieved that the situation is over, that their family members are with them and that they’re safe”
Hostages are slightly injured but OK, but one police officer was shot in the hand
The officer complained of shortness of breath, then collapsed
SWAT members surrounded the suspects house for 6 hours after he killed 2 neighbors
The technical college partnered with the police department to make the equipment using donated materials
The suspected shooter shot himself as deputies and SWAT team members surrounded the house where he was hiding
Part two of a four-part series
The suicidal teen exchanged gunfire with police, eventually getting shot in the leg
The man fatally shot a young passenger before taking off with a 3-year-old boy and hiding out in a house
The suspect was holed up in a small room in an abandoned bar when he died in a shootout with police SWAT teams
A gunman killed a man, fired at police, and holed himself up in a home before killing himself
Affiliates will send open records requests to agencies to look at SWAT teams, drones, more
The children were taken from their Fresno home when their mother and stepfather left them alone to go to a grocery store
Part one of a four-part series
He died of a self-inflicted gun wound, ending a 10-hour standoff
