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Special Units

Sheriff's Tactical Team Ends Six-Hour Standoff at Meth House

The SWAT unit's entry led the the arrest of William Bishop, 46, and the discovery of ammonia, batteries, drain opener, and other ingredients used to make methamphetamine in an outdoor storage shed.

April 7, 2010

Special Units

Maryland Tactical Unit Conducted 195 Raids In Six Months

The Prince George's County Police Department's SWAT unit conducted 195 tactical entries in the final six months of 2009, an average of more than one a day, the Baltimore Sun reports.

February 24, 2010

Special Units

See Safariland's New WallBanger Bang Pole on Video

Retired Houston SWAT officer Sandy Wall demonstrated his new The WallBanger bang pole for POLICE Magazine at the Safariland booth at SHOT Show 2010. Wall gives us a hands-on demo of this tactical equipment that deploys distraction devices prior to a building raid.

February 1, 2010

Special Units

SHOT Show 2010: Safariland's WallBanger

Retired Houston SWAT officer Sandy Wall demonstrated his new The WallBanger bang pole for Police Magazine at the Safariland booth at SHOT Show 2010. Wall gives us a hands-on demo of this tactical equipment that deploys distraction devices prior to a building raid. Visit Wall's website for a video clip of The WallBanger in action. Video shot by Paul Clinton and edited by Heather Hendrixson.

January 31, 2010

Special Units

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.

January 19, 2010

Special Units

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.

January 7, 2010

Special Units

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.

November 23, 2009

Special Units

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.

November 9, 2009

Special Units

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.

September 29, 2009

Patrol

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.

September 21, 2009

Special Units

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.

August 18, 2009

Special Units

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 Pasadena Star-News reports.

June 23, 2009