Tag: Barricade Situations: Page 12

Special Units

L.A. Sheriff's SWAT Team Arrests Machete-Wielding Man

A barricaded suspect who held another man hostage with a machete eventually surrendered after the Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department's tactical unit was called out.

July 15, 2012

Special Units

N.J. Cop Surrenders After Firing at Pa. Officers

An off-duty Clifton (N.J.) PD police officer surrendered to a negotiator after a 10-hour standoff in which he fired at responding patrol and SWAT officers.

June 17, 2012

SWAT

Domestic Hostage Barricade: The Answer

With this SWAT blog, we're answering a question proposed in the earlier blog, "Domestic Hostage Barricade: What Would You Do?" You told us how you would handle the scenario of a suspect who has taken his ex-girlfriend hostage in a residence. Now, we'll give you the actual outcome from the incident.

June 3, 2012

Special Units

Fla. Mother Kills Children, Self During Standoff

Brevard County (Fla.) Sheriff's tactical deputies entered a Port St. John home Tuesday morning to find a mother and three children dead in a murder-suicide. A fourth child had been fatally shot earlier in the day.

May 14, 2012

SWAT

Domestic Hostage Barricade: What Would You Do?

An ex-boyfriend holds a female hostage at gunpoint as deputies decide whether to enter the house or contain, control, and call SWAT. Tell us how you would handle the situation by adding a comment below.

May 8, 2012

Special Units

Barricaded Suspect Who Shot Calif. Deputy Planned Ambush

The former security guard suspected of gunning down the Stanislaus County (Calif.) Sheriff's deputy and locksmith who tried to evict him had planned an extended ambush of officers.

April 17, 2012

Special Units

Calif. Deputy's Shooting Leads To 11-Hour Standoff

More than 100 officers surrounded a Modesto, Calif., apartment complex, following the fatal shooting of a Stanislaus County Sheriff's deputy on Thursday.

April 12, 2012

Patrol

Shots Fired: Montrose, Colorado 07/25/2009

The door splintered under the boot of Officer Robbie Satterly. The officers rolled into the doorway. And Gurney let loose with multiple blasts from the Benelli. Within the span of two seconds, 36 pellets peppered the doorway.

April 8, 2012

Special Units

Allen-Vanguard Distributes Trio of Macro USA's Tactical Robots

The three platforms include the Beetle, a lightweight Nano-UGV that can be hand thrown onto a roof or into a window; the Armadillo, a slightly larger and multi-purposed Micro-UGV; and the Scorpion, a robust Small-UGV capable of deploying various specialized tools.

March 6, 2012

Special Units

N.C. Police Robots Help End Stand-off with Naked Man

Greensboro (N.C.) Police officers used a pair of tactical robots Tuesday to help end a nearly daylong stand-off with a barricaded naked man at a Lindley Park home.

January 31, 2012

SWAT

How To Recognize a Troubled Operator

Leading a tactical team can be a tedious and mentally draining task. When a tactical member, let alone one of your best operators in the game, suddenly has a life crash, keep an open line of communication with that person.

January 31, 2012

Patrol

Man Assaults Police Dog, Deputies In W.Va. Cabin

Fayette County (W.Va.) Sheriff's deputies shot a man Tuesday who the agency had been investigating on possible child abuse and neglect charges.

January 10, 2012