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Newsby Staff WriterJanuary 20, 2010

SHOT Show 2010: Safariland Brings Breaching Tool

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.

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Videosby Staff WriterJanuary 8, 2010

Early Morning Raid For Weapons and Ammo

Detectives with Spokane PD's gang unit executed a warrant on a suspected gang member's home. The tenant got a rude awakening courtesy of the SWAT.

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Newsby Staff WriterNovember 24, 2009

Tucson SWAT Raid Nets 2,000 Pounds Marijuana, 5 Arrests

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.

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Newsby Staff WriterNovember 10, 2009

Texas Town's New SWAT Unit Arrests Six In First Raid

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.

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Newsby Staff WriterSeptember 30, 2009

Orange County SWAT Rescues Baby During Standoff

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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Newsby Staff WriterSeptember 22, 2009

Florida Officers May Have Compromised Arrest by Playing Wii Bowling During Raid

As investigators searched the home for drugs, some drug task force members found other ways to occupy their time. Within 20 minutes of entering Difalco's house, some of the investigators found a Wii video bowling game and began bowling frame after frame.

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Newsby Staff WriterAugust 19, 2009

Condemned Homes Provide Minn. Tactical Unit Training Opportunity

The Dakota County (Minn.) SWAT unit is deploying today to a neighborhood of West St. Paul to practice their building-search skills in several buildings that have been identified for demolition, KSTP TV reports.

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Newsby Staff WriterJune 24, 2009

Deputies Exonerated In Shooting of Mayor's Dogs

The Prince George's County sheriff's office has concluded that SWAT deputies did nothing wrong when they charged into the home of the mayor of Berwyn Heights during a drug investigation last summer and fatally shot his family's two dogs, the <em>Washington Post</em> reports.

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Newsby Staff WriterJune 24, 2009

Armed Suspect Sneaks Out Before SWAT Ends 7-Hour Standoff

After what they thought was a seven-hour standoff with an armed suspect, an Arcadia (Calif.) Police Department SWAT team stormed a house to discover the man they were looking for left before police arrived, the <em>Pasadena Star-News</em> reports.

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Newsby Staff WriterDecember 4, 2008

Suicide Ends Manhunt in Philly Kmart Shooting

The man accused of shooting a Kmart store worker Tuesday shot and killed himself yesterday as police tried to arrest him in Northeast Philadelphia.

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