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.
Conducting training days, developing ops plans and letting team members fail are some key ways to develop essential law enforcement leadership traits
Tactical teams need to use their experience and expertise to train and prepare patrol officers, fire and EMS co-responders for active shooter incident response
Richland County (S.C.) Sheriff’s Department Corporal Peter Hart describes what makes RCSD’s Special Response Team unique
Workers trapped inside the building helped to disarm man and let SWAT officers inside
Police said they had information that the suspect intended to cause them harm
Aircraft veered to the right and overshot its landing area
The gunman shot and injured by Buena Park SWAT officers apparently knew the bank manager he held hostage
Local news reports suspect upset over price of puppy he was trying to buy
1 hurt by rock thrown while escorting members of other protest group
SWAT officers were told 52-year-old Travis Henderson had a firearm and planned to harm himself
Since SWAT teams should train for every eventuality, teams should train at all three speeds
The lack of command and control we saw in Mumbai is a classic example what can happen without a clear mission with objectives to achieve.
After leading UHP on a chase, a Calif. man suspected of killing his ex-wife barricaded himself inside his green Saturn Vue
A new handheld device seems to be more science fiction than fact — but ‘tomorrow’ and ‘today’ are sometimes separated by the slimmest margin
El Khalifi went with undercover operatives to a quarry in the Washington area to detonate explosives
James Peters is a 12-year veteran of the police force who has served on its SWAT team
An Indianapolis police officer threatened to kill himself in a park Tuesday
The Warrior track will begin with 16 hours of intimate hands-on sessions spanning the first two days followed by a two-day 16 hour live-fire venue hosted by Orlando City PD
SWAT team used bean-bag rounds after man could not be persuaded to come down
A Spartanburg Public Safety Officer who lost a leg in a crash passed a fitness test and may soon rejoin the SWAT team
Whether it be policy dissemination or whether it be planning and preparation — we need to get the community as a collective on the same page
As we patrol the streets in 2012, let Commander Davis and the men and women of the Detroit Police Department remind us that the will to survive is the cornerstone to survival in an ambush
A police boat assisting in a search for a missing Congolese boy in Australia overturned off a New South Wales beach
For adrenaline junkies, it can be hard to take a pause, but doing so can ensure success for you and your team members
Columbus police SWAT officers received a tip suspect was with girlfriend
Officers were under investigation to determine they were stealing cash or property from the homes in which they were serving warrants
Neeki said it is important for SWAT team paramedics to have advanced training in wound care, airway management techniques, and procedures for spinal injuries
Ventura County Superior Court Judge Charles Campbell gave Jeffrey Stephen Fennell 1,151 days of credit for the time he spent in jail after his arrest
