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SWAT
February 1, 2012
SWAT
Talking Strategy and Tactics
I’m a strong believer that once SWAT takes over a situation, SWAT should determine and carry out the tactics. Period. There are many horror stories where interference and micro managing resulted in bad outcomes and tragedies.
November 25, 2008
SWAT
Moving Forward: NTOA SWAT Standards and Oakland PD
The SWAT community, while still affected by the recent tragic loss of fellow officers in the line of duty, are coming together to improve tactics and do what they do best: stop the bad guys.
June 9, 2009
Special Units
TREXPO East: SWAT School
Officers from throughout Northern Virginia and the D.C. Metro area were drawn to the Dulles Expo Center to learn the latest information about SWAT policies and procedures, anti-terror intelligence, and defensive tactics.
September 30, 2003
Patrol
Urban Counter-Ambush Tactics
The counter-ambush tactics discussed in this article will provide you with simple ways to respond to calls for service so that an ambush is less likely to occur. The tactics discussed are not super-secret SWAT or ERT procedures, nor sensitive military operations plans.
April 13, 2012
Special Units
SWAT in the 21st Century
Equipment, tactics, and technology are obvious changes in SWAT, but there have been much more subtle developments in SWAT philosophy, especially in terms of training and standards.
August 3, 2017
SWAT
SWAT Raids and Searches—Part One
It could be said that a raid is a raid and a search is a search. However, that would be entirely wrong. The raid and search techniques and tactics of patrol officers differ from those of detectives. And the techniques and tactics of SWAT raids and searches are substantially different from those of both patrol officers and detectives.
February 3, 2009
Special Units
Wiley X Eyewear Named Official Eyewear of the U.S. National SWAT Championships
Wiley X Eyewear has been named the Official Eyewear of the United States National SWAT Championships, a series of competitions attracting the best Special Weapons and Tactics teams from law enforcement agencies across the nation and around the globe.
February 26, 2009
Special Units
Origins of SWAT
SWAT teams have been part of the capabilities of police agencies since 1967 when the Los Angeles Police Department organized its special weapons and tactics unit to respond to critical incidents.
April 30, 2003
Special Units
Texas Breakout
The suspect's actions, tactics used, and weapon information is something every SWAT or patrol officer needs to be aware of.
February 28, 2001
SWAT
How to Coexist with a K-9 Unit
Unless there is animosity between SWAT and K-9, or their tactics are incompatible, they should be able to work out mutually acceptable tactics to accomplish most missions.
October 7, 2009
Special Units
Northern Lights Tactical TRACS target system
Northern Lights Tactical
The TRACS remotely operated vehicle system from Northern Lights Tactical is a flexible target platform and tactics training tool created for police, SWAT, civilian, and military uses. Designed to emulate the unpredictable actions of live targets, TRACS is capable of moving as fast as a running man over a wide variety of terrain.
September 30, 2005
SWAT
Crime Blooms in the Spring and SWAT Answers the Call for Crime Suppression
A growing number of tactical teams are increasingly becoming involved in crime suppression. Some established teams have been doing crime suppression for many years, including LAPD SWAT, SFPD SWAT, and NYPD ESU. Advantages of using SWAT for crime suppression include putting them out on the street, available to respond to crime and assist patrol. SWAT’s presence, tactics, and teamwork are highly effective in diffusing potential street confrontations, and are reassuring to patrol officers
May 6, 2008
Special Units
How to Get Into SWAT Shape
Training for any agency’s SWAT team is physically, mentally, and tactically challenging. Add in long and changing shift work hours, family obligations, and not enough time in the day, and your goal of joining a SWAT team appears even more difficult. The goal of this article is to assist those police officers currently on the force in achieving the fitness level of Special Weapons and Tactics (SWAT) officers.
October 31, 2006
Patrol
Limiting SWAT Liability
The good old days of being able to kick down doors, port windows, and throw flash bangs as officers run through a house are over. The modern theories of SWAT tactics now depend less on the old style dynamic entries on every warrant service. Instead, more teams are implementing the concepts of surround and call-out, limited penetration, wait and take down, sustained negotiations, and other similar tactics.
July 31, 2006
SWAT
The SWAT Approach to Searches and Raids
Basic search and raid principles remain essentially unchanged since Sun Tzu wrote “The Art of War” more than 2,000 years ago. Sir Robert Peel’s London Bobbies conducted searches and raids for criminals in the 1800s about the same way we do them now. And today, basic “hammer and anvil” (entry and containment) principles are universal.
There have been some refinements, however. SWAT has created its own unique strategies and tactics, which vary among teams.
July 9, 2007
SWAT
One Team's Innovative Barricade Tactic
Just when we might think all the innovative SWAT tactics have already been tried, a SWAT team comes up with an imaginative, simple and exceptionally effective tactic. It comes under the heading of "why didn't someone else think of this before?"
August 25, 2011
SWAT
What Does Mumbai Mean for Us? (Part 1 of 2)
The Mumbai terror attack was a basic raid. It was a version of the same highly effective tactics employed by most SWAT teams, especially for multiple, simultaneous raids and searches. It was a testament to the devastating and deadly effects of stealth, surprise, shock, and speed.
December 8, 2008
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