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.
The team ranked 12th out of 55 teams in the Hostage Rescue event, 10th out of 55 teams in the Assault Event and 6th out of 55 teams in the Officer Rescue event
Deputy Sarah Merriman, a Special Response Team operator with the Richland County Sheriff’s Department, is seen during tactical training
Established in the early 1990s, the Dubai Police SWAT team hosts the UAE SWAT Challenge, a highly regarded event in the international law enforcement community
One suspect is reportedly a former police support officer
Despite June deaths of two young boys, boating under the influence charges still into double digits
Police were executing a search warrant for computer equipment, which they said was used to make anonymous and specific online threats against police and their families
Officers found a man armed with an arsenal of weapons — and asleep
Minneapolis police Sgt. David Clifford was charged with third-degree assault and was released Tuesday after posting $15,000 bail
Prominent conservative bloggers are seeing a rise in hoax calls made to police that draw SWAT teams to their doors
A trauma surgeon Wednesday was named a person of interest in a fatal shooting at a Buffalo hospital
Shooter injured two officers and held a store owner hostage
An Alliance police officer was shot early in the standoff and a trooper was wounded later in the morning
Op-ed author: Chicago mob attacks in recent weeks show suburbanites to blame, dangers of assuming ‘thugs’ are the cause
Gunman allegedly dropped into a bank through the roof and zip-tied two employees
Salem police were investigating a report that someome had been menaced with a weapon
A bomb squad sent a robot into the building to handle the package
Authorities announced results of a four-month joint effort dubbed ‘Operation Gideon III’
Charged with assaulting officer; case was dismissed by local judge
Was suspected of an armed carjacking, later jumped from crane cab to his death after 14-hour standoff
Measured response praised by many in city, local law professor says ‘I think they helped their reputation’
Chaos began when a plainclothes officer outside a coffee shop saw a silver Jaguar jump the curb
All snipers, regardless of branch of service or law enforcement agency, share and use the same core skills
You have to let your mind go into the deepest, darkest hole of pure evil in order to truly imagine those “worst of the worst” plans the opposition might dream up
UASs may have the wingspan of a Boeing 737 or be smaller than a radio-controlled model, but a pilot on the ground is always in charge of operations
When making a climb, sometimes all you have is a boat
SWAT team surrounded doctor’s office to find a patient believed to have shot at a speed SUV while wearing a nightshirt
The Occupy movement was relatively dormant though the winter, but now that spring has sprung, we can be assured that these events will be back — and possibly back with a vengeance
Seattle-area tactical officers who slogged for hours over dangerously steep, muddy ground set off explosives along the top of the bunker
British media had claimed that the man was holding people captive, but police said they were ‘not aware of any hostages’
According to the report, the tear gas rounds were non-flammable
Shootout left an officer dead and five other officers wounded
In our constitutional republic, there is a critical distinction between law enforcement officer and soldier
When one of your ‘band of brothers’ leaves the band
