Tag: SWAT Tactics: Page 12

Technology

The Fifth Element

Welcome to the new battleground. Called "fifth-dimensional battlespace," it takes the old three-dimensional battlefield (the spatial dimensions of length, width, height or depth of an area), and the temporal dimension of time, and adds the fifth dimension of cyberspace.

July 31, 2002

Patrol

Centers of Higher Learning

Although most agencies supply their officers with basic firearms training, there are reasons that law enforcement officers are some of the most active attendees of specialized gun training academies.

March 31, 2002

Special Units

Repercussions

On a muggy summer night in Georgia, it feels like you can reach out and squeeze water out of the air. Such were the conditions on July 23, 1999, when officer Jorge Mestre of the Cobb County Police Department was dispatched to a house in the Atlanta suburb of Austell, Ga.

February 28, 2002

Patrol

Going Waterborne

Large bodies of water, including waterfronts, oceans, lakes and rivers, make up significant areas of responsibility in many police jurisdictions. They also present unique challenges to law enforcement officers who must deal with water-based criminal activities.

November 30, 2000

Weapons

Shoot for Excellence: Sniper Team Objectives

Many police hierarchies operate under the erroneous assumption that their organizations don't need sniper units.

April 30, 2000

Special Units

Putting a Good Bite into K-9 Deployment

As the law enforcement community is well aware, police service dogs have proven to be a valuable tool to law enforcement over the last 15 to 20 years. The key word to this statement is "tool." Many SWAT's personnel are not aware of their K-9's capabilities in certain situations and some of the handlers have never been trained in SWAT tactics. COVER PHOTO: TERRI CAVOLI (© 1999)

March 31, 1999

Special Units

SWAT's Small-Town Question

Whether you work for a metropolitan police department with thousands of officers or small-town agency with only a handful of personel, an incident requiring the response of a special weapons team can happen in your town. How prepared are you and your agency?

March 31, 1998