SWAT

First Responder Wellness Week

Legs, shoulders, joints & core: A SWAT fitness checklist

Stop focusing on the glamour muscles and prep what really counts to achieve functional fitness

December 21, 2021 01:00 PM

Warren Wilson

SWAT

Situational de-escalation and escalation of force for tactical teams

The primary challenge for the Richland County Sheriff’s Department Special Response Team going into 2022

December 18, 2021 07:29 PM

W. Thomas Smith Jr.

SWAT

The value of Jiu-Jitsu for SWAT operators

The level of control needed during this martial art is the same as when responding on a SWAT call

December 15, 2021 03:44 PM

Pete Goode

Patrol Issues

Legend of the Texas Ranger and the unruly crowd

June 16, 2009 12:02 PM

Lt. Dan Marcou

Gaining the Edge on Crime with a New Class of Armored Tactical Response Vehicle

June 09, 2009 06:19 AM

SWAT

Why the action is on the perimeter

Whether the call out is for a barricaded gunman, a robbery in progress, a high-risk arrest, or a search warrant, a perimeter is essential

June 04, 2009 06:03 AM

Lt. Dan Marcou

Body Armor

Body armor meeting NIJ .06 standards now available

June 03, 2009 11:30 AM

Doug Wyllie

SWAT

Calif. SWAT chief denies dodging deadly raid

June 02, 2009 06:24 AM

Boston mayor says no to M-16 patrol units

June 01, 2009 04:17 AM

Police join forces for metro Atlanta crime sweep

May 28, 2009 09:01 AM

Officer Misconduct / Internal Affairs

LAPD officer raided by SWAT team in ’06 still has questions

May 28, 2009 05:27 AM

K-9

Puppies train to smell bombs, narcotics and missing people

May 28, 2009 04:37 AM

Explosives - EOD

N.Y. police seek clues to explosion at Starbucks

May 27, 2009 04:03 AM

Carry an interior door key for house searches

May 21, 2009 09:40 AM

Police Training

P1 Photo of the Week: Tubular assaults

May 21, 2009 07:43 AM

Police Photographers

Chicago’s $20 million grant upgrades emergency responder radios

May 21, 2009 06:12 AM

Terrorism Prevention and Response

FBI, NYPD foil terrorist plot to bomb temples

May 21, 2009 04:02 AM

Terrorism Prevention and Response

N.Y. police, firefighters drill to shut down WTC area

May 15, 2009 06:04 AM

Full-sensory realism

May 13, 2009 08:44 AM

Charles Remsberg

Police Training

Cognitive thinking and the tactical warrior

May 13, 2009 06:06 AM

Sgt. Glenn French

SWAT

Oakland SWAT captain seeks reassignment after losing team’s confidence

May 13, 2009 05:04 AM

Police Heroes

LAPD officers in standoff to be honored

May 12, 2009 04:54 AM

Police News

Maine officers awarded for defusing standoff

May 08, 2009 10:28 AM

Police News

New Zealand police retrieve officer’s body during lengthy standoff

May 08, 2009 04:16 AM

Patrol Issues

Pittsburgh looking at equipment, police training after shootings

May 04, 2009 06:39 AM

Calif. standoff ends with flash grenade, one dead

May 04, 2009 06:05 AM

Semiautomatic rifles ordered for Pa. patrol officers

April 28, 2009 06:38 AM

SWAT

Utah officers train to be part of elite SWAT team

April 28, 2009 05:49 AM

New Dates Announced for the 2009 Original S.W.A.T. Tactical World Cup

April 27, 2009 09:13 AM

School safety triple play

April 27, 2009 06:43 AM

The Office of Justice Programs’ National Institute of Justice (NIJ)

Search & Rescue

Fla. police launch first paragliding search team

April 22, 2009 04:30 AM

Wisc. man who fired on police sentenced to 48 years

April 21, 2009 12:44 PM

Lt. Dan Marcou

Airway and Transit Policing

Jamaican police capture gunman holding Canadian jet hostage

April 20, 2009 04:47 AM

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