Tag: Hostage Situations: Page 11

SWAT
Engaging a Suspect With Explosives and Hostages
Per protocol, MCPD's patrol officers requested SWAT and negotiators, who responded quickly to take over the situation. The clock is always ticking when explosives are in the hands of unstable suspects.
September 6, 2010
Special Units
Discovery Channel Gunman Dead, Hostages Released
Numerous sources are reporting that police shot and killed a man who took three people hostage at the company's headquarters this afternoon.
August 31, 2010
Patrol
Man Holds Mother Hostage For Failing to Iron Clothes
The man was charged with aggravated assault and false imprisonment in the June 30 incident. The man threatened the mother with a gun, after she refused to iron his clothes, a task he described as "woman's work."
July 7, 2010
SWAT
How SWAT Handled the Sacramento Standoff
Sacramento County Sheriff's SWAT was called out to what turned into a 56-hour standoff—the longest in Sacramento history—at an 82-unit apartment complex. The suspect shot at SWAT officers, a robot, and the Armored Rescue Vehicle (ARV) on at least eight occasions.
June 14, 2010
Special Units
Sacramento Officers Rescue Infant After 56-Hour Standoff
On Friday at 7 p.m., the tactical team used explosives to open a side wall of the apartment where 26-year-old Anthony Alvarez was holding his cousin's son. Officers then used improved sight lines to shoot Alvarez and safely rescue the infant.
June 12, 2010
Special Units
Robbery Suspect Takes Infant Hostage, Barricades Against Sacramento SWAT
An armed robbery suspect who is holding a 16-month-old boy hostage in an Arden Way apartment is being "uncooperative," a Sacramento sheriff's spokesman said at noon today.
June 10, 2010
Special Units
Indiana Tactical Unit Rescues Kidnapped Bank Teller
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.
June 2, 2010
Special Units
California Snipers End Mother's Day Stand-off With Suicidal Son
Contra Costa County Sheriff SWAT officers ended a Mother's Day standoff involving a suicidal son who held a gun to his mother's head by shooting the man.
May 9, 2010
Patrol
Shots Fired: Reno, Nevada 02/23/1984
Hastings walked to the Fireside Lounge on the corner of Fourth and Lake Streets, dialed up his favorite federal agent on a pay phone, and fessed up to having some 13 stolen antique knives and a stolen Beretta on his person. Oh, and he wanted to turn himself in.
February 22, 2010
Shots Fired 36
Special Units
Buffalo SWAT Takes Out Gunman Who Shot Hostage Negotiator In the Face
Detective John Garcia, a member of the Hostage Management Team, was struck in the face and parts of the upper body by about a half-dozen pellets while trying to defuse the situation.
February 3, 2010
Special Units
Calif. Tactical Unit Kills Bank Robber Who Took Hostages And Shot Customers
The shooting of the 47-year-old man by Shasta County sheriff's SWAT deputies ended a three-hour stand-off that involved the suspect dragging a female hostage into the bank vault.
December 15, 2009
Special Units
Florida SWAT Unit Clears Hostages From T.J. Maxx After Standoff
SWAT members helped hostages leave the store and were seen using a blanket to drag out a women who had been injured when one of the gunmen pushed her to the ground.
November 17, 2009
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