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The owners of a Louisville (Ky.) strip club that closed in 2009 have filed a lawsuit claiming a raid of the premises caused its demise.
Read More →After officers secured the apartment complex, the Kosciusko City/County SWAT Team initiated negotiations with Matthew Prater, who was under the influence of alcohol. Officers then then entered the apartment, and removed Prater and the teller without incident.
Read More →Aiyana Jones was shot in the head by a Detroit tactical officer, as officers entered the house to search for a murder suspect. Officers used a flash-bang device based on a report that the suspect was inside the house and heavily armed.
Read More →The SWAT unit's entry led the the arrest of William Bishop, 46, and the discovery of ammonia, batteries, drain opener, and other ingredients used to make methamphetamine in an outdoor storage shed.
Read More →The Prince George's County Police Department's SWAT unit conducted 195 tactical entries in the final six months of 2009, an average of more than one a day, the Baltimore Sun reports.
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Retired Houston SWAT officer Sandy Wall demonstrated his new The WallBanger bang pole for POLICE Magazine at the Safariland booth at SHOT Show 2010. Wall gives us a hands-on demo of this tactical equipment that deploys distraction devices prior to a building raid.
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Sandy Wall, a 22-year member of Houston PD's tactical unit, developed the WallBanger as a bang pole that could more effectively deploy flash-bang devices.
Read More →During a SWAT raid of a Holiday Inn, Tucson police recovered 2,000 pounds of marijuana and various weapons as they arrested five suspects, including two who hid in the ceiling as officers entered the property.
Read More →The Jacksonville (Texas) Police Department's newly established SWAT unit made its first raid, arresting six suspects after a yearlong narcotics investigation, that the police chief said went off flawlessly, the Daily Progress reports.
Read More →The Orange County (Fla.) SWAT unit rescued an 8-month-old baby from the home of a suspect accused of battering a pregnant woman in an Orlando home before sending tear gas into the property, WESH.com reports.
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