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Technology
Public Safety Dive Teams Display, Demo JW Fishers Equipment at Association Conference
The Washington County (MN) Water Recovery Unit demonstrated the capabilities of its JW Fishers ROV (remote operated vehicle) to public safety dive agencies at the Midwest Public Safety Divers Association Conference.
March 5, 2018
Patrol
Buffalo Police Diver Missing, Presumed Dead After Training Tragedy
The search for missing Buffalo police diver Craig Lehner entered its fourth day Monday morning as boats and dive teams returned to the Niagara River. He is presumed dead.
October 16, 2017
Special Units
My Technology Can... Help You Find Evidence, Bodies Under Water
JW Fishers' submersible tools can be used to find sunken objects and spare dive teams from spending time in dangerous or frigid waters.
May 31, 2019
SWAT
To Rappel or Not to Rappel: That is the Question
From SWAT's earliest days, Hollywood has shown SWAT teams rappelling from great heights, crashing through windows, doing dive rolls worthy of Olympic gymnasts, coming up with long gun in hand, to save the day—lone and unhurt. At least that's how they did it in the 1970s hit TV show "SWAT."
July 30, 2007
Special Units
How to Become a Bomb Tech
Much is known about many of law enforcement’s special teams: dive team, air watch, SWAT. In contrast, the hazardous devices team of your department (if you have one) is one that has intentionally kept itself out of the limelight, for good reason.
April 30, 2006
Patrol
Dive Training: Beyond the Basics
Beyond the basic dive certification that most enthusiasts get from the PADI, an agency will probably have to depend on a more specialized source for training.
April 30, 2005
Patrol
Police Diver Retrieves Evidence, Vehicles From Rivers and Bayous
In addition to his patrol duties, Officer Mark Michaud heads up his agency's dive team, which finds and retrieves stolen vehicles and other evidence. He also trains and assists other agencies in water survival and rescues.
June 19, 2011
Patrol
TX Officer Who Faked His Own Death Arrested in Dallas
An Austin police officer who was believed to have staged his own suicide and fled to the interior of Mexico has been arrested in Dallas.
May 4, 2017
Patrol
Video: Texas Deputy Swept Away in Flash Flood While Trying to Rescue Man
Authorities said Deputy Krystal Salazar stopped to help a motorist stranded in the 11600 block of Oak Grove Road at about 2 a.m. Salazar was wading through the water — which was about 5 feet deep — when both were swept away.
November 27, 2015
Vehicle Ops
Delaware State Police Start Maritime Unit with 2 Vessels
The Delaware State Police have established a maritime unit with two new vessels to patrol the state's 100 miles of waterways. The state police are using a $1.6 million federal grant for port security to fund the effort, which employs three full-time troopers.
November 13, 2011
Special Units
How to Start a Dive Team
There are all sorts of things that can take place in or hide in bodies of water. Some will be the result of criminal actions; some will be accidental. Many will require police to respond in order to recover evidence or further an investigation, and this requires personnel specially trained and equipped for such duty: a dive team.
April 30, 2005
Special Units
Feds Seize $180M in Cocaine from Drug Sub
The U.S. Coast Guard and FBI intercepted a semi-submersible craft in the western Caribbean and seized $180 million worth of cocaine heading for the United States.
July 31, 2011
SWAT
A Tough Year for SWAT Teams
How is your SWAT team doing so far this year? At one extreme, some teams have been called out only a few times this year. Other teams have been called out for hundreds of incidents and operations. Some of these callouts have turned out well, others not so well.
October 27, 2008
Investigations
Underwater Metal Detector Locates Discarded Weapon in Chilean Wetlands
The team uses various types of equipment to locate missing evidence, particularly the Pulse 8X underwater metal detector when suspected dumped evidence is in local waterways. Arriving on the scene with the Pulse 8X, the team was able to locate and identify a long weapon that was submerged with its ammunition still loaded.
November 30, 2022
Special Units
DOJ Issues Guidance on Specialized Police Teams
DOJ wants mayors and police chiefs to assess whether such specialized units are even necessary to solve community problems, to take care that members assigned to them have clean work and disciplinary histories, and to ensure that they're supervised.
January 10, 2024
Patrol
Virginia Cop Dies During Dive Training
A member of the Chesapeake (Va.) Police Department's dive team died during a training exercise at Oak Grove Lake Park on Tuesday.
December 19, 2011
Special Units
SWAT Teams Need Strong Leadership
No police department would ever consider sending police officers onto the street without proper training or equipment to handle routine calls. Without hesitation, police department send their officers to state-of-the-art equipment. This is equally true when it comes to training and equipping high-risk or specialty units such as SWAT teams, gang units, repeat offender units and emergency response teams.
March 31, 1998
SWAT
Four SWAT Teams in Trouble
The knee-jerk reactions of authorities in adopting Draconian practices for their SWAT units are endangering the units, the officers, and the community.
April 1, 2008
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