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.
Panelists shared lessons learned, leading practices and cutting-edge approaches that can assist agencies in dealing with unplanned critical incidents
Adapt these competitive shooter techniques to improve your skills
Is a suspect more likely to go to the blind corner or somewhere else in a room in an attempt to ambush an officer?
Sometimes talk is cheap, but when a police negotiator is involved, talk can quickly become priceless
Repetition in training develops memory — memory fosters confidence, decisiveness, and decision-making speed in combat
Whether you’re a SWAT cop or you’re out working patrol, some of these items will help you be successful, and also help keep you safe!
Legal requirements to establish a multi-jurisdictional police tactical team
During a complex and changing major incident, the entire specialized unit package must act, think, and work as one in order to succeed
What can you do to prevent your unit from falling beneath the budgetary axe?
If all team members are trained to a common standard, every one of them should be interchangeable within the team
Suspect in gun battle had clashed with neighbors
The SWAT officers prevented serious harm to a suicidal gunman
One officer remains in critical condition on life support
Man found dead in Sandy sexually abused boys, police said
Current SWAT selections and training practices may need a complete revision
A University of Alabama woman opened fire and killed three, injured three others
When it is time to select the next tactical leader to fill a key position on your department’s tactical team, who will it be?
In an open area of the woods known as “the shooting range” Officer Vann Streety survived a deadly ambush through his own sheer force of will
Police say the suspect got bullets inside store
Hundreds of thousands of cops have been impacted by a seminar that began with a dozen officers crammed into an elementary school classroom
There were no reports of injuries as SWAT surrounded the building
The SWAT team responded to the incident only to find a cap gun
The emergency drill is part of a broader effort to bolster security in the rail system
There are few situations that scream out, “damned if you do, damned if you don’t” like the case of the lone, barricaded, suicidal gunman
The Joint Operations Center houses more than 200 officers from 68 agencies
A note on a wall threatens that black students would be killed Feb. 2
How has policing changed in the past 10 years? We collected responses from P1 members and columnists
