| Special Weapons And Tactics |
Los Angeles Police Department SWAT Patch | | Active | 1967–Present | | Country |
 United States | | Branch | Various agencies | | Type | Special Operations | | Role | Domestic Counter-Terrorism and Law Enforcement | | Garrison/HQ | Depends on the agency, some are detached to the SWAT team, some are regular officers and will deploy as needed. | | Nickname | SWAT, SRU, CIRT, ERT, TRT, depends on the agency riot control department | | Colors | Various, depends on the agency. | | Engagements | stand offs | This article is about Special Weapons And Tactics. For other uses, see Swat. SWAT (Special Weapons And Tactics) is an elite unit in many American police departments, which is trained to perform exceptionally dangerous, high-risk, counter-terrorism operations that fall outside of the abilities of patrol officers. These can include serving high-risk arrest warrants, performing hostage rescue and/or armed intervention, preventing terrorist attacks and counter-terrorism, and engaging heavily-armed criminals. SWAT teams are equipped with specialized firearms including assault rifles, submachine guns, shotguns, carbines, riot control agents, stun grenades, and high-powered rifles for marksmen (snipers). They often have specialized equipment including heavy body armor, entry tools, armored vehicles, and night vision optics. Image File history File linksMetadata LosAngelesSWAT.jpg Summary Official seal of the LAPD SWAT. Licensing File history Legend: (cur) = this is the current file, (del) = delete this old version, (rev) = revert to this old version. ...
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Counter-terrorism refers to the practices, tactics, and strategies that governments, militaries, and other groups adopt in order to fight terrorism. ...
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History The development of SWAT started in 1967, with reference in particular to then-inspector Daryl Gates. In Gates’ autobiography Chief: My Life in the LAPD, he explained that he neither developed SWAT tactics nor its distinctive equipment. Gates wrote that he supported the concept, tried to empower his people to develop the concept, and lent them moral support. [1] Year 1967 (MCMLXVII) was a common year starting on Sunday (link will display full calendar) of the 1967 Gregorian calendar. ...
Daryl F. Gates was the Chief of the Los Angeles Police Department (LAPD) from 1978 until 1992. ...
Gates wrote explaining that he originally wanted to name the platoon “Special Weapons Assault Team” or "Special Weapons Attack Team". However, this name was turned down by his boss, then-deputy police chief Ed Davis. Wanting to keep the name "SWAT", Gates changed the acronym to Special Weapons And Tactics. Edward Michael Davis (November 15, 1916 – April 22, 2006) was the chief of the Los Angeles Police Department from (1969-1978), and later a California State Senator from (1981-1993) and an unsuccessful Republican candidate for the United States Senate in 1986. ...
While the public face of SWAT was made known through the LAPD, perhaps because of its proximity to the mass media and the size and professionalism of the Department itself, the first SWAT operations were conducted far north of Los Angeles in the farming community of Delano, California on the border between Kern and Tulare Counties in the great San Joaquin Valley. César Chavez' United Farm Workers were staging numerous protests in Delano, both at cold storage facilities and in front of non-supportive farm workers' homes on the city streets. Delano Police Department answered the issues that arose by forming the first-ever units using special weapons and tactics. Television news stations and print media carried live and delayed reportage of these events across the nation. Personnel from the LAPD, having seen these broadcasts, contacted Delano PD and inquired about the program. One officer then obtained permission to observe Delano PD's special weapons and tactics in action, and afterwards took what he'd learned back to Los Angeles where his knowledge was used and expanded on to form their first SWAT unit. Los Angeles and L.A. redirect here. ...
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John Nelson was the officer who came up with the idea to form a specially trained and equipped unit in the LAPD, intended to respond to and manage critical situations involving shootings while minimizing police casualties. Inspector Gates approved this idea, and he formed a small select group of volunteer officers. This first SWAT unit initially consisted of fifteen teams of four men each, for a total staff of sixty. These officers were given special status and benefits. They were required to attend special monthly training. This unit also served as a security unit for police facilities during civil unrest. The LAPD SWAT units were organized as "D Platoon" in the Metro division. [1] John Nelson was the founding father of the SWAT special forces. ...
A report issued by the Los Angeles Police Department, following a shootout with the Symbionese Liberation Army in 1974, offers one of the few firsthand accounts by the department regarding SWAT history, operations, and organization. [2] The Symbionese Liberation Army (S.L.A.) was an American self-styled urban guerilla warfare group that considered itself a revolutionary vanguard army. ...
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On page 100 of the report, the Department cites four trends which prompted the development of SWAT. These included riots such as the Watts Riots, which in the 1960s forced police departments into tactical situations for which they were ill-prepared, the emergence of snipers as a challenge to civil order, the appearance of the political assassin, and the threat of urban guerrilla warfare by militant groups. “The unpredictability of the sniper and his anticipation of normal police response increase the chances of death or injury to officers. To commit conventionally trained officers to a confrontation with a guerrilla-trained militant group would likely result in a high number of casualties among the officers and the escape of the guerrillas.” To deal with these under conditions of urban violence, the LAPD formed SWAT, notes the report. Teamsters, armed with pipes, riot in a clash with riot police in the Minneapolis Teamsters Strike of 1934. ...
The term Watts Riots refers to a large-scale riot which lasted six days in the Watts neighborhood of Los Angeles, California, in August 1965. ...
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The report states on page 109, “The purpose of SWAT is to provide protection, support, security, firepower, and rescue to police operations in high personal risk situations where specialized tactics are necessary to minimize casualties.”
On February 7, 2008 a siege and subsequent fire fight with a gunman in Winnetka, California led to the first line-of-duty death in the 41 years of the Los Angeles Police Department's elite SWAT team.[3] is the 38th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ...
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SWAT duties SWAT duties include: - Protecting emergency personnel against snipers;
- Providing high-ground and perimeter security against snipers for visiting dignitaries;
- Providing controlled assault firepower in certain non-riot situations, e.g., barricaded suspects;
- Rescuing officers and citizens captured or endangered by gunfire
- Neutralizing guerrilla or terrorist operations in U.S. cities.
- Catching people that could be involved in undercover work.
- Resolve high-risk situations with a minimum loss of life, injury or property damage,
- Resolve situations involving barricaded subjects, (see specifically HBT )
- Stabilize situations involving high-risk suicidal subjects,
- Provide assistance on drug raids, arrest warrants and search warrants,
- Provide additional security at special events,
The first significant deployment of LAPD's SWAT unit was on December 9, 1969, in a four-hour confrontation with members of the Black Panthers. The Panthers eventually surrendered, with three Panthers and three officers being injured. By 1974, there was a general acceptance of SWAT as a resource for the city and county of Los Angeles. A Hostage Barricade Team (HBT) is a police unit that handles hostage negotiations. ...
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The Black Panther Party (originally called the Black Panther Party for Self-Defense) was an African American organization founded to promote civil rights and self-defense. ...
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On the afternoon of May 17, 1974, elements of a group which called itself the "Symbionese Liberation Army" (SLA), a group of heavily-armed leftists, barricaded themselves in a residence on East 54th Street at Compton Avenue in Los Angeles. Coverage of the siege was broadcast to millions via television and radio and featured in the world press for days after. Negotiations were opened with the barricaded suspects on numerous occasions, both prior to and after the introduction of tear gas. Police units did not fire until the SLA had fired several volleys of semi-automatic and fully automatic gunfire at them. In spite of the 3,772 rounds fired by the SLA, no uninvolved citizens or police officers sustained injury from gunfire. is the 137th day of the year (138th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ...
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The Symbionese Liberation Army (S.L.A.) was an American self-styled urban guerilla warfare group that considered itself a revolutionary vanguard army. ...
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The Symbionese Liberation Army (S.L.A.) was an American self-styled urban guerilla warfare group that considered itself a revolutionary vanguard army. ...
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During the gun battle, a fire erupted inside the residence. The cause of the fire is officially unknown, although police sources speculated that an errant round ignited one of the suspects' Molotov cocktails. Others suspect that the repeated use of tear gas grenades, which function by burning chemicals at high temperatures, started the structure fire. All six of the suspects suffered multiple gunshot wounds and perished in the ensuing blaze. Molotov cocktail is the generic name for a variety of crude incendiary weapons. ...
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 By the time of the SLA shoot-out, SWAT teams had reorganized into six 10-man teams, each team consisting of two five-man units, called elements. An element consisted of an element leader, two assaulters, a scout, and a rear-guard. The normal complement of weapons was a sniper rifle (apparently a .243-caliber bolt-action, judging from the ordnance expended by officers at the shootout), two .223-caliber semi-automatic rifles, and two shotguns. SWAT officers also carried their service revolvers in shoulder holsters. The normal gear issued them included a first aid kit, gloves, and a gas mask. In fact it was a change just to have police armed with semi-automatic rifles, at a time when officers were usually issued six-shot revolvers and shotguns. The encounter with the heavily-armed Symbionese Liberation Army, however, sparked a trend towards SWAT teams being issued body armor and fully automatic weapons of various types. Image File history File links Size of this preview: 603 × 600 pixel Image in higher resolution (928 × 923 pixel, file size: 179 KB, MIME type: image/jpeg) Author: Cyril Thomas. ...
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The Columbine High School massacre on April 20, 1999 was another seminal event in SWAT tactics and police response. As noted in an article in the Christian Science Monitor, “[i]nstead of being taught to wait for the SWAT team to arrive, street officers are receiving the training and weaponry to take immediate action during incidents that clearly involve suspects' use of deadly force.” [4] Columbine High School is a secondary school in unincorporated Jefferson County, Colorado. ...
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The article further reported that street officers were increasingly being armed with rifles, and issued heavy body armor and ballistic helmets, items traditionally associated with SWAT units. The idea is to train and equip street officers to make a rapid response to so-called active-shooter situations. In these situations, it was no longer acceptable to simply set up a perimeter and wait for SWAT. Active shooter was a phrase coined by law enforcement. ...
As an example, in the policy and procedure manual of the Minneapolis, Minnesota, Police Department, it is stated, "MPD personnel shall remain cognizant of the fact that in many active shooter incidents, innocent lives are lost within the first few minutes of the incident. In some situations, this dictates the need to rapidly assess the situation and act quickly in order to save lives." [5] Minneapolis redirects here. ...
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With this shift in police response, SWAT units remain in demand for their traditional roles as hostage rescue, counter-terrorist operations, and serving high-risk warrants.
Organization The relative infrequency of SWAT call-outs means these expensively-trained and equipped officers cannot be left to sit around, waiting for an emergency. In many departments the officers are normally deployed to regular duties (such as the Manteca Police Department in California), but are available for SWAT calls via pagers, mobile phones or radio transceivers. Even in the larger police agencies, such as the Los Angeles PD, SWAT personnel would normally be seen in crime suppression roles - specialized and more dangerous than regular patrol, perhaps, but the officers wouldn’t be carrying their distinctive armor and weapons.
By illustration, the LAPD’s website shows that in 2003, their SWAT units were activated 255 times, for 133 SWAT calls and 122 times to serve high-risk warrants. LAPD and L.A.P.D. redirect here. ...
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The New York Police Department’s Emergency Service Unit [1] is one of the few civilian police special-response units that operate autonomously 24 hours a day. However, this unit also provides a wide range of services, including search and rescue functions, and vehicle extraction, normally handled by fire departments or other agencies. New York City Police Department Hummer. ...
The need to summon widely-dispersed personnel, then equip and brief them, makes for a long lag between the initial emergency and actual SWAT deployment on the ground. The problems of delayed police response at the 1999 Columbine High School massacre has led to changes in police response, mainly rapid deployment of line officers to deal with an active shooter, rather than setting up a perimeter and waiting for SWAT to arrive. Events of 2008: (EMILY) Me Lesley and MIley are going to China! This article is about the year. ...
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The Columbine High School massacre occurred on Tuesday, April 20, 1999, at Columbine High School in unincorporated Jefferson County, Colorado (the CDP of Columbine) near Denver and Littleton. ...
Active shooter was a phrase coined by law enforcement. ...
Training SWAT officers are selected from volunteers within their law enforcement organization. Depending on the department's policy, officers generally have to serve a minimum tenure within the department before being able to apply for a specialist section such as SWAT. This tenure requirement is based on the fact that SWAT officers are still law enforcement officers and must have a thorough knowledge of department policies and procedures. The United States Mint Police is the law enforcement agency responsible for the protection of the United States Treasury and the United States Mint. ...
SWAT applicants undergo rigorous selection and training, similar to the training some special operations units in the military receive. Applicants must pass stringent physical agility, written, oral, and psychological testing to ensure they are not only fit enough but also psychologically suited for tactical operations.
In addition, applicants must successfully pass a stringent background investigation and job performance review. Emphasis is placed on physical fitness so an officer will be able to withstand the rigors of tactical operations. After an officer has been selected, the potential member must undertake and pass numerous specialist courses that will make him or her a fully qualified SWAT operator. Officers are trained in marksmanship for the development of accurate shooting skills. Other training that could be given to potential members includes training in explosives, sniper-training, defensive tactics, first-aid, negotiation, handling K9 units, abseiling (rappelling) and roping techniques and the use of specialized weapons and equipment. They may also be trained specifically in the handling and use of special ammunition such as bean bags, flash bang grenades, tasers, and the use of crowd control methods, and special less-than-lethal munitions. Of primary importance is close-quarters defensive tactics training, as this will be the primary mission upon becoming a full-fledged SWAT officer. This article does not cite any references or sources. ...
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Summary An electroshock gun or stun gun, is a weapon used for subduing a person by administering an electric shock. ...
SWAT equipment SWAT teams use equipment designed for a variety of specialist situations including close quarters combat (CQC) in an urban environment. The particular pieces of equipment vary from unit to unit, but there are some consistent trends in what they wear and use. It has been suggested that this article or section be merged with Hand to hand combat. ...
Clothing and Tools Individual clothing and equipment usually consists of fire-resistant Nomex coveralls or jumpsuits, or BDUs (battle dress uniform), if need be, a body armor vest with Aramid or HMPE, an outer tactical load bearing vest (Omega style vest, LBV, or Plate Carrier [picture to right: Omega vests are being used]) for carrying ammunition and specialist gear and equipment, Nomex or other tactical gloves, balaclava or protective face covering (not always), protective eye goggles, Twaron/Kevlar helmet (PASGT) and/or gas mask, flashlight (usually a Surefire or similar brand), combat steel reinforced boots, flexi-cuffs, and thigh ammo/utility pouches and/or holsters. They often use drop leg holsters, while some officers prefer hip holsters. NOMEX® is the brand name of a flame retardant meta-aramid material marketed and first discovered by DuPont in the 1970s. ...
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Weapons While a wide variety of weapons is used by SWAT teams, the most common weapons include submachine guns, assault rifles, shotguns, and sniper rifles. The MP5 is a third-generation submachine gun that is widely used by law enforcement tactical teams and military forces. ...
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Tactical aids include flash bang, Stinger and tear gas grenades. Semi-automatic handguns are the most popular sidearms. Examples may include, but are not limited to: M1911 pistol series, Sig Sauer series (especially the Sig P226 and Sig P228) Beretta M9 series, and H&K USP series. Flash-bangs are a types of grenades that can blind and deafen a person, usually temporarily. ...
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Popular submachine guns used by SWAT teams include the 9 mm Heckler & Koch MP5 and 10 mm MP5/10 (used by the FBI's Hostage Rescue Team and by United States Capitol Police), with or without suppressors. The H&K UMP has begun to replace the MP5 due to its lower cost and larger caliber, though albeit at the cost of a somewhat shorter effective range and more recoil. This article does not cite any references or sources. ...
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The MP5 is a 9 mm submachine gun of German design, developed in the 1960s by a group of engineers from the West German arms manufacturer Heckler & Koch GmbH (HK). ...
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The Hostage Rescue Team (HRT) is the United States Federal Bureau of Investigations Counter-Terrorism tactical unit. ...
The United States Capitol Police (USCP) is a police force charged with protecting the United States Congress within the District of Columbia and throughout the United States and its territories. ...
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Common rifles include carbines such as the Colt CAR-15 and M4, H&K G36C and the Heckler & Koch 416[citation needed]. While affording teams increased penetration at the cost of accuracy, for dealing with well-protected criminals, the compact size of these weapons is essential as SWAT units frequently operate in CQB environments. The Colt M16A2 can be found used by Marksmen or SWAT officers when a longer ranged weapon is needed. The H&K G3 series is also common among Marksmen or snipers, as well as the M14 SOCOM[citation needed]. Many different variants of bolt action rifles are used by SWAT, with a few occasions of the usage of a .50 caliber sniper rifle. For other uses, see CMC. Colts Manufacturing Company (CMC--formerly Colts Patent Firearms Manufacturing Company) is a United States firearms manufacturer founded in 1847. ...
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Heckler und Koch GmbH (H&K) is a German weapons manufacturing company famous for various series of small firearms, notably the MP5 submachine gun, the MP7 personal defense weapon and the G3 and G36 assault rifles. ...
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Heckler & Koch GmbH (H&K) (pronounced IPA: [1]) is a German weapons manufacturing company famous for various series of small firearms, notably the MP5 submachine gun, G3 and more modern G36 assault rifle, the MP7 personal defense weapon, USP series of handguns and the high-precision PSG1 sniper rifle. ...
The HK416 is an assault rifle designed and manufactured by Heckler & Koch to be an improved version of the M4 carbine pattern firearm. ...
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To breach doors quickly, battering rams, shotguns, or explosive charges can be used to break the lock or hinges, or even demolish the door frame itself. SWAT teams also use many less-lethal munitions and weapons. These include tasers, pepper spray canisters, shotguns loaded with bean bag rounds, and Pepper ball guns. Pepper ball guns are essentially paint ball markers loaded with balls containing Oleoresin Capsicum ("pepper spray"). Replica battering ram at Ch teau des Baux, France A battering ram is a weapon used from ancient times. ...
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Pepper spray (also known as OC spray (from Oleoresin Capsicum), OC gas, capsicum spray, or oleoresin capsicum) is a lachrymatory agent (a chemical compound that irritates the eyes to cause tears, pain, and even temporary blindness) that is used in riot control, crowd control and personal self-defense, including defense...
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Pepper spray is a non-lethal chemical agent which is used in riot control and personal self-defense. ...
Pepper spray (also known as OC spray (from Oleoresin Capsicum), OC gas, capsicum spray, or oleoresin capsicum) is a lachrymatory agent (a chemical compound that irritates the eyes to cause tears, pain, and even temporary blindness) that is used in riot control, crowd control and personal self-defense, including defense...
Vehicles Well-funded SWAT units may also employ HAPC (Heavily Armored Personnel Carriers) for insertion, maneuvering, or during tactical operations such as the rescue of civilians/officers pinned down by gunfire. Helicopters may be used to provide aerial reconnaissance or even insertion via rappelling or fast-roping. To avoid detection by suspects during insertion in urban environments, SWAT units may also use modified buses, vans, trucks, or other seemingly normal vehicles. For other uses, see Helicopter (disambiguation). ...
Mixed reconnaissance patrol of the Polish Home Army and the Soviet Red Army during Operation Tempest, 1944 Reconnaissance is the military term for the active gathering of information about an enemy, or other conditions, by physical observation. ...
In British English, abseiling (from the German abseilen, to rope down) is the process of descending on a fixed rope. ...
Fast-roping is a technique for descending down a thick rope. ...
Autobus redirects here. ...
Units such as the Ohio State Highway Patrol's Special Response Team (SRT) used a vehicle called a BEAR which is a very large armored vehicle with a ladder on top to make entry into the second and third floors of buildings. This article is about the U.S. State. ...
The Tulsa Police Department's SOT (Special Operations Team) uses an Alvis Saracen, a British-built armoured personnel carrier. The Saracen was modified to accommodate the needs of the SOT. A Night Sun was mounted on top and a ram was mounted to the front. The Saracen has been used from warrant service to emergency response. It has enabled team members to move from one point to another safely. The FV 603 Saracen was a six-wheeled armoured personnel carrier built by Alvis and used by the British army that became a recognisable vehicle as a result of its part in the policing of Northern Ireland. ...
Armoured personnel carriers (APCs) are armoured fighting vehicles developed to transport infantry on the battlefield. ...
Recon For tactical reconnaissance purposes, a team may be equipped with binoculars, fiber optic cameras (known by brand names such as the Viper, as used by the Los Angeles Police Department), thermographic cameras, or a variety of audio or video surveillance equipment. In nighttime or low-light operations, SWAT units may be equipped with night-vision goggles. Mirrors on extension poles, for looking around corners while not putting an officer directly in the line of fire, are among some of the more unusual and ad-hoc devices used by teams to deal with unique situations. Binocular telescopes, or binoculars, (also known as field glasses) are two identical or mirror-symmetrical telescopes mounted side-by-side and aligned to point accurately in the same direction, allowing the viewer to use both eyes (binocular vision) when viewing distant objects. ...
HFO: Hybrid-Fiber-Optic A term used to describe the connection used by some television studio and field production video cameras that combine all video, audio, data, control, power, and other signals onto two single mode fibers and a few copper conductors in one jacket, allowing one cable to provide...
LAPD and L.A.P.D. redirect here. ...
Image of a small dog taken in mid-infrared (thermal) light (false-color) A thermographic camera, sometimes called a FLIR (Forward Looking InfraRed), or an infrared camera less specifically, is a device that forms an image using infrared radiation, similar to a common camera that forms an image using visible...
Two American soldiers pictured during the 2003 Iraq War Night vison goggles are a type of eye-wear that allows one to see in the dark. ...
SWAT in popular culture This kind of police unit quickly became well known with the premiere of the short-lived television series S.W.A.T. in the 1970s, which was panned as being overly violent and unrealistic with the characters regularly undergoing missions that usually happen only once in a lifetime for actual teams. However, the violence is mild by today's standards. In 2003, the movie S.W.A.T. starring Samuel L. Jackson and Colin Farrell was released in theaters as an update of the TV series. A television program is the content of television broadcasting. ...
A 1970s American television series about the adventures of the Los Angeles Police Departments Special Weapons And Tactics (S.W.A.T.) team. ...
The 1970s decade refers to the years from 1970 to 1979, also called The Seventies. ...
Year 2003 (MMIII) was a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. ...
S.W.A.T. is a 2003 action crime movie and is a take on the television series of the same name. ...
Samuel Jackson redirects here. ...
Colin James Farrell (born May 31, 1976) is an Irish actor who has appeared in several high-profile Hollywood films including Daredevil, Miami Vice, Minority Report, Phone Booth, Alexander, In Bruges. ...
The SWAT Series of computer games by Sierra Entertainment and developed by Vivendi Universal and Irrational Games started off as an interactive movie follow up of the Police Quest series which was narrated by retired Chief Daryl Gates, and was continued as a real-time strategy game and two first person shooters in the vein of Rainbow Six. All but one featured endorsements by the LAPD. The SWAT series are the follow up of Sierras classic adventure game series Police Quest. ...
Sierra Entertainment is an American computer game developer and publisher headquartered in Los Angeles, California. ...
Vivendi Universal (VU) is a French conglomerate active in media and communications with activities in music, television and film, publishing, telecommunications and the Internet. ...
Irrational Games is a video game developer that originated as an off-shoot by three former employees of Looking Glass Studios: Ken Levine, Jonathan Chey, and Robert Fermier. ...
Police Quest is a series of computer games produced and published by Sierra On-Line between 1987 and 1993. ...
Daryl F. Gates was the Chief of the Los Angeles Police Department (LAPD) from 1978 until 1992. ...
A real-time strategy (RTS) video game is a strategic game that is distinctly not turn-based. ...
A first-person shooter (FPS) is a computer or video game where the players on-screen view of the game world simulates that of the character, and there is some element of shooting involved. ...
Rainbow Six is a successful computer and video game series created by author Tom Clancy, based on his novel of the same name. ...
In 2005, a television show debuted on A&E entitled Dallas SWAT, documenting the personal and professional lives of SWAT officers of the Dallas, Texas Police Department. The television show is now being shown on Court TV and in 2006 A&E debuted both Kansas and Detroit SWAT. Biography is one of A&Es longest-running and most popular programs. ...
For other uses, see Dallas (disambiguation). ...
For the Canadian channel, see CourtTV Canada The Courtroom Television Network, more commonly known as Court TV, is an American cable television network owned by Time Warner that launched on July 1, 1991. ...
Nickname: Location in Wyandotte, County in the state of Kansas. ...
Detroit redirects here. ...
Up to and including the 1980s, movies that featured SWAT units (such as Die Hard and Die Hard 2) portrayed them as carrying M16 rifles and wearing black armour and clothing but not wearing protective helmets, goggles, or visors. By the 1990s, SWAT officers were typically depicted in full protection with helmets and goggles/visors, balaclavas, and carrying MP5 submachine guns, with the occasional member carrying a rifle/carbine or shotgun (such as in Face/Off). This article is about the 1988 action film. ...
Die Hard 2, sometimes marketed under the title Die Hard 2: Die Harder, is a 1990 film, the second in the Die Hard series. ...
M16 (more formally United States Rifle, Caliber 5. ...
For the band, see 1990s (band). ...
The MP5 is a 9 mm submachine gun of German design, developed in the 1960s by a group of engineers from the West German arms manufacturer Heckler & Koch GmbH (HK). ...
Face/Off is a 1997 action film directed by John Woo and starring John Travolta and Nicolas Cage. ...
Such police units have also been parodied. During the 1990s, there was also a cartoon TV show called SWAT Kats: The Radical Squadron. The British comic Viz once ran a spoof strip called SWANT (Special Weapons And No Tactics) involving a disastrous SWAT team. A SWAT unit is featured at the end of the movie The Blues Brothers (1980), along with state troopers, the military, the fire brigade, the mounted police, the Chicago Police Department, etc. They chase Jake and Elwood Blues in the Cook County Building, leading the pursuit by all the law enforcement officials throughout the building stairwells. The obvious irony of the whole sequence is that one of the missions of the SWAT teams is to arrest heavily armed, dangerous, criminals while the Blues brothers are unarmed and are only petty criminal offenders. For the band, see 1990s (band). ...
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Cover of Viz (issue 57) Viz is a popular British adult comic magazine that has been running since 1979. ...
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For other uses, see Chicago (disambiguation). ...
Cook County is a county located in the U.S. state of Illinois. ...
Controversies The use of SWAT teams in non-emergency situations has been criticized.[6] In 2006, a SWAT team served a warrant on Salvatore Culosi, a 37-year old optometrist in the Fair Oaks section of Fairfax County, Virginia, a suburb of Washington D.C., who was accused of sports gambling; the attempted arrest ended with his accidental death.[7] The officer who was responsible, Deval V. Bullock, was suspended for three weeks without pay.[8] One notable critic is Radley Balko, a policy analyst at the Cato Institute, author of Overkill: The Rise of Paramilitary Police Raids in America.[9] Dr. Salvatore J. Culosi (December 17, 1968 – January 24, 2006) Dr. Salvatore J. Culosi (Sal) was an optomitrist that lived in Fairfax, VA. He was accidentally shot and killed on January 24, 2006 during a SWAT raid. ...
Fairfax County is a county in Northern Virginia, in the United States. ...
Aerial photo (looking NW) of the Washington Monument and the White House in Washington, DC. Washington, D.C., officially the District of Columbia (also known as D.C.; Washington; the Nations Capital; the District; and, historically, the Federal City) is the capital city and administrative district of the United...
The Cato Institute is a libertarian think tank headquartered in Washington, D.C. The Institutes stated mission is to broaden the parameters of public policy debate to allow consideration of the traditional American principles of limited government, individual liberty, free markets, and peace by striving to achieve greater involvement...
SWAT and other units in the United States -
Though initially confined to metropolitan cities, today virtually every city with a police force in excess of a handful of officers has a paramilitary tactical unit. A variety of abbreviations and acronyms are used for these organizations, which operate at federal, state, and local levels. Most known examples are: Image File history File linksMetadata Download high-resolution version (1347x1890, 1204 KB) File links The following pages on the English Wikipedia link to this file (pages on other projects are not listed): SWAT Metadata This file contains additional information, probably added from the digital camera or scanner used to create...
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Seal of the Air Force. ...
Travis Air Force Base (IATA: SUU, ICAO: KSUU) is a United States Air Force air base in the San Francisco Bay Area of California. ...
Seal of the Air Force. ...
Lackland Air Force Base is a base of the United States Air Force located in the western area of San Antonio, Texas, USA. Lackland AFB is the only entry processing station for Air Force Basic Military Training (BMT). ...
This is a list of Special Response units in the United States. ...
The Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (BATF) is a law enforcement agency within the United States Department of Justice. ...
The DEAs enforcement activities may take agents anywhere from distant countries to suburban U.S. homes. ...
F.B.I. and FBI redirect here. ...
The Hostage Rescue Team (HRT) is the United States Federal Bureau of Investigations Counter-Terrorism tactical unit. ...
F.B.I. and FBI redirect here. ...
The Federal Bureau of Prisons is a subdivision of the United States Department of Justice, and is responsible for the administration of the federal prison system. ...
Pilatus PC-12 aircraft of the ICE The United States Bureau of Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), the largest investigative arm of the United States Department of Homeland Security (DHS), is responsible for identifying and shutting down vulnerabilities in the nations border, economic, transportation and infrastructure security. ...
The United States Department of Energy (DOE) is a Cabinet-level department of the United States government responsible for energy policy and nuclear safety. ...
The United States Department of Energy (DOE) is a Cabinet-level department of the United States government responsible for energy policy and nuclear safety. ...
“U.S. Marshals†redirects here. ...
The Felony Investigative Assistance Team (FIAT) http://www. ...
Branch insignia of the U.S. Army Military Police Corps The Military Police Corps is the uniformed law enforcement branch of the United States Army. ...
The United States Marine Corps (USMC) is a branch of the United States armed forces responsible for providing force projection from the sea,[1] using the mobility of the U.S. Navy to rapidly deliver combined-arms task forces and is one of seven uniformed services. ...
USAF redirects here. ...
Similar units outside the United States - See also: List of Special Response Units
Other law enforcement agencies, both in the US and around the world, also have similar paramilitary units. However, SWAT usually refers to tactical units attached at the municipal level. The term "special weapons and tactics" unit has also become somewhat generic, and sometimes includes some patrol officers trained and equipped to respond to violent threats. // Reparti i Neutralizimit te Elementit te Armatosur (RENEA) Federal Special Operaciones Group / Grupo Especial de Operaciones Federales (GEOF) Australian Special Air Service Regiment (SASR) Tactical Assault Group (West) (TAG West) Tactical Assault Group (East) (TAG East) 1st Commando Regiment Incident Response Regiment Einsatzkommando Cobra (EKO Cobra) Rapid Action Battalion (RAB...
A genericized trademark (also known as a generic trade mark or proprietary eponym) is a trademark or brand name that has become the colloquial or generic description for (or synonymous with) a particular class of product or service. ...
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