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Avon Protection Sponsors U.S. National SWAT Championships
Avon Protection Systems, a leading designer and manufacturer of respiratory protection products, will once again sponsor the 2010 U.S. National SWAT Championships (USNSC) held June 21-26 at the US Shooting Academy in Tulsa, Okla.
April 25, 2010
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
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SWAT
February 1, 2012
Technology
DHS Authorizes First National Certification of a SWAT Training Center
The Government Training Institute in Boise, Idaho, is the first nationally certified SWAT team training system in the United States. This course is now pre-approved to receive U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) grant funds, allowing state and local law enforcement agencies to attend the training using DHS grant monies to pay for tuition, overtime, meals, lodging, and associated backfill costs.
January 18, 2006
Patrol
Mexican Nationals Used Dive Scooters To Illegally Enter U.S.
At about 8:45 p.m., the crew of an aircraft piloted by the Customs and Border Protection's Office of Air and Marine spotted two suspicious subjects in wetsuits who were carrying the self-propelled underwater devices. The males were walking north on the beach, south of Seacoast Drive.
February 3, 2011
Photo courtesy of U.S. Customs and Border Protection.
Patrol
U.S. Armor Announces National Sales Director
Jana Sturgeon has joined U.S. Armor Corp. as national sales director to "provide the critical interface and marketing support functions between our manufacturing operations and our key dealers and regional sales coordinators," according to the company.
April 12, 2010
Special Units
U.S. Marshals and Cleveland SWAT Corner Fugitive
Members of the U.S. Marshals Northern Ohio Violent Fugitive Task Force (NOVFTF) and officers with Cleveland Police SWAT have arrested one of the leaders of the Heartless Felons gang.
January 6, 2012
Patrol
U.S. MPs Train Iraqi SWAT Team
Baghdad’s 42-member Emergency Service Unit will become Iraq’s first professional SWAT team, with the help of tactical training from United States Military Police.
October 16, 2003
Patrol
FBI Announces Launch of National Use-Of-Force Data Collection
The FBI says that the goal of the collection is not to provide insight into specific use-of-force incidents, but instead to offer a comprehensive view of the circumstances, subjects, and officers involved in such incidents nationwide.
November 22, 2018
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Arizona SWAT Negotiator Competing to Become Miss USA
September 28, 2023
Officer Candace Kanavel of the Tempe Police Department is competing in the Miss USA pageant as Miss Arizona USA.
Special Units
U.S. Supreme Court Hears SWAT Texting Case
U.S. Supreme Court justices began discussing the merits of the firing of a California SWAT sergeant for receiving sexually explicit text messages on his department-issued pager.
April 19, 2010
Special Units
SWAT Deputies Used Hot Gas on Dorner
When cold gas failed to flush Chris Dorner out of a remote cabin, San Bernardino County (Calif.) Sheriff's SWAT deputies used hot gas, an incendiary tool that could have caused the fire that engulfed the cabin.
February 12, 2013
Weapons
International Police Association, USA hosts national and international events
August 31, 2000
Patrol
Leading LE Organizations Release National Consensus Policy on Use of Force
A press release put out by 11 law enforcement organizations announces that the groups have worked together to create a National Consensus Policy on Use of Force.
January 17, 2017
Special Units
NJ Man Charged with Using Flamethrower Against SWAT Team During Standoff
When police arrived at 4:13 p.m. Tuesday, he turned a flamethrower on members of a Bergen County Regional SWAT team.
May 5, 2022
Patrol
Congresswoman Proposes National Standard for De-escalation Training and Use of Force
“We want our officers using force really that [is] proportional to the situation,” Moore said in an interview on Wednesday. “This is about giving police officers additional training assets with regard to encounters that don’t necessarily have to end up with a use of deadly force.”
May 13, 2016
Special Units
LAPD SWAT Rolls To Miley Cyrus' Home In 'Swatting' Prank
The Los Angeles Police Department's SWAT team responded to the home of Miley Cyrus after receiving a report of a possible home invasion in a false alarm believed to be a "swatting" prank.
August 1, 2012
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National Memorial Concert
PBS' 2002 National Memorial Day Concert will pay special tribute to the Americans who are serving in the war against terrorism and the victims and heroes of Sept. 11.
February 20, 2002
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