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.
They are meant for daily and critical decision-making and apply to officers, supervisors and managers in patrol and special operations
This lightweight, gimmick-free shield, is designed to protect an individual officer on the move from rifle rounds
When you are dealing with someone in crisis, you must make contact with them so you can begin to build a rapport
Safety Department officers are patrolling I-75 watching for vehicles traveling too closely to commercial trucks and trucks tailing vehicles
More than 150 were arrested as the crowd broke windows and knocked down fences
The celebration was largely accident free besides a few incidents
Wisconsin’s undaunted ALERT Team is equipped and prepared to respond to and mitigate terrorist, WMD, or other catastrophic events
Hostage rescue operations in a mobile environment is perhaps the toughest challenge any tactical team can encounter
Two cops have been released from the hospital with non-life threatening injuries and the third is in critical condition
Two officers fled the apartment, then went back inside to retrieve their wounded comrade, who they carried down the stairs
Two officers fled the apartment, then went back inside to retrieve their wounded comrade, who they carried down the stairs
Vanguard Defense Industries’ ShadowHawk provides a serious strategic advantage for any agency that deploys it
The 48-hour continuous competition was held at dozens of sites around the Bay Area from Oct. 15-18
Demonstrators in the crisis prevented garbage trucks from unloading at the local dump for days
An active-shooter situation doesn’t absolve you of putting a plan together; it just has to be a hasty plan
This year every team came away with the winning experience of working with members of EMS and Fire teams in a host of high-speed training scenarios
Already one of the top SWAT exercises in the world, Urban Shield has become a national template to evaluate regional public safety preparedness
Officers used tear gas to clear the demonstrators
Among their many benefits, devices designed to muffle the report of a firearm help preserve hearing, improve operational ability, and simply make the coppers safer
The first words the hostage negotiators heard were, “I have a bomb strapped to my chest and I’m ready to die!” What would you do?
“This is another embarrassment for our department, another in a long list, unfortunately”
SWAT officers put the campus on lockdown
A teller was kidnapped from his home by robbers who strapped a suspected bomb to his chest and used him to steal money
The man, who was reportedly unhappy with his mother’s treatment, also shot a faculty physician
Bullet trajectories and the hostages’ wounds indicate that some of the passengers may have been hit by ‘friendly fire’
Police declared the protest an unlawful assembly and ordered the dozens of protesters to disperse
James J. Lee reportedly wrote that ‘Humans are the most destructive, filthy, pollutive creatures around and are wrecking what’s left of the planet’
The building was evacuated after reports that the man has something strapped to his chest
Dozens of police officers heavily cordoned off the square where the rally was held and hauled away protesters as they chanted “Down with the police state!” and “Russia without Putin!”
The company made a name for itself back in the early 1970s by producing durable waterproof work boots
