Tag: SWAT Tactics: Page 5

Technology

Police Cell Phones and Social Media

Unbelievable as it may sound, this was probably the first recorded tactical law enforcement call-out conducted over Facebook. Even though I rarely use Facebook, I knew my officers did and better yet they monitored it. The call-out was successful and the suspect was apprehended.

March 19, 2014

Special Units

Police Product Test: Gerber Downrange Tomahawk

Gerber has deemed the Downrange Tomahawk a "three tiered" breaching tool. The axe head serves as a hammer, chopper, and leverage point for prying.

December 22, 2013

Special Units

Video: Ark. Man, 107, Shot at Officers Before Being Killed

The Pine Bluff, Ark., officer who fired the shots that killed 107-year-old Monroe Isadore on Sept. 7 told the special prosecutors assigned to the case he did not know how many rounds he fired, but said he had no other choice because the man was shooting at him and fellow officers,

November 24, 2013

Special Units

Escape International AirTEP Platform

Even when the AirTEP is deployed and hanging from a helicopter carrying a full load of passengers, it's possible to fly the craft at up to 100 knots for several miles until everyone can be brought to safety.

November 3, 2013

SWAT

Suicidal Active Shooter: The Answer

You've only got two options with the information you've received. Shoot the suspect or get him to place his weapon on the floor and submit to arrest.

October 16, 2013

SWAT

Suicidal Active Shooter: What Would You Do?

Your team responds to a suicidal teenager at the local high school. When he points a gun at his head, it's decision time. Give us your solution to this dilemma.

September 11, 2013

SWAT

Campus IED Attack: The Answer

With this SWAT blog, we're answering a question proposed in the May 29 blog, "Campus IED Attack: What Would You Do?" You told us how you would handle the scenario of a campus active shooter suspect with IEDs. Here's the answer.

June 13, 2013

Special Units

Video: Phoenix Police Ram Kidnapping House

The Phoenix Police Department's tactical unit rammed a house where a kidnapping suspect held his 3-year-old son and several adults hostage to help end a standoff that began Monday night.

May 20, 2013

Special Units

ACLU Questions Police Agencies About Militarization

The ACLU will request information about SWAT teams, such as how often and for what reasons they're deployed, what types of weapons they use, how often citizens are injured during SWAT raids, and how they're funded.

March 5, 2013

Training

Rethinking Active Shooter Response

The threat of active shooters is on the minds of both the public and law enforcement. Now that so many people in law enforcement and the public are looking for ways to prevent active shooter attacks, it's time to rethink the way that we respond to these attacks.

February 24, 2013

Special Units

Sheriff: Charred Body Is Dorner's

San Bernardino County (Calif.) Sheriff's officials have positively identified the charred remains found in a mountain cabin Tuesday as being the body of Christopher Dorner.

February 13, 2013

SWAT

Inside the FBI's Alabama Bunker Raid

The carefully orchestrated raid that ended a hostage standoff at a survivalist's bunker in Midland City, Ala., was a SWAT tactic of last resort for the FBI's Hostage Rescue Team (HRT).

February 4, 2013