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A Houston SWAT team rescued three people, including a 4-year-old girl, from a southwest Houston apartment Thursday after a family member held them inside at gunpoint, police said.
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Former and current law enforcement chiefs and other experts predicted that Sunday’s shooting could alter the training at many police forces to include more of a focus on the threat posed by high-rise snipers or others who kill from long distances.
Read More →A New York City police officer has been shot and wounded in Brooklyn, but may have been saved from more serious harm by a bulletproof vest.
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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.
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A Waco, TX, officer is in critical but stable condition and the suspect is dead after the officer was pinned under a vehicle while attempting to serve a search warrant.
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Five to 10 armed men escaped police Monday night after robbing a home in north Harris County, TX, and firing dozens of rounds toward responding officers, police said.
Read More →A Nueces County, TX, jury acquitted a man who shot Corpus Christi police officers executing a raid on his home, saying a "botched" operation and contradicting testimony led to their decision.
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A manhunt is underway for a suspect who shot a Chattanooga, TN, police officer three times around 9:30 a.m. Thursday at an abandoned house.
Read More →A bank robbery suspect who took hostages Thursday morning inside a Community First Credit Union in Jacksonville, FL, is in custody and the 11 hostages were freed safely thanks to the SWAT team, according to the Jacksonville Sheriff's Office.
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A robbery suspect exited a convenience store in La Mirada, CA, and opened fire on an L.A. County SWAT team early Tuesday morning, prompting deputies to return fire, fatally shooting him, authorities said.
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