SWAT units are generally trained, equipped, and deployed to resolve "high-risk situations", often those regular police units are not trained or equipped to handle, such as shootouts, standoffs, raids, hostage-takings, and terrorism.

Feb 3, 2009 · How individual SWAT teams prepare for searches and raids is a product of training, experience, team and/or departmental policy, and geography. Preparation for searches and raids starts long before SWAT is ever requested.

A SWAT (Special Weapons and Tactics) team is an elite unit within a police force, used for exceptional situations that require increased firepower or specialized tactics. Find out how SWAT team members train, what gear they use and how they conduct raids.

FBI SWAT uses a variety of armored SWAT vehicles, including the Lenco BearCat, Humvee, various MRAP models, and occasionally tracked armored personnel carriers.

Jul 9, 2007 · In 40 short years, SWAT has succeeded in transforming searches and raids into an art form, emulated by a growing segment of the law enforcement community. Continued success depends on strict adherence to the highest professional standards expected by all SWAT teams, no matter how large or small.

A SWAT standoff at a home near 35th Drive and Cheery Lynn Road in west Phoenix ended Thursday morning as DPS, Phoenix Police and SWAT executed a search warrant as part of an ongoing vehicle theft ...

SWAT weapons are often fitted with tactical accessories such as flash lights, laser pointers, foregrips and various optics. Tactical gear carried by SWAT teams includes flashbang stun grenades, battering rams, haligan tools, ballistic shields, tactical radios and flexi-cuffs.

Feb 3, 2009 · While many SWAT/Tactical teams have been conducting drug raids for decades, others began doing so in the 1980s with the nationwide explosion of crack cocaine and fortified “crack houses,” often guarded by armed individuals.

4 days ago · A family suing the city of Mobile over a fatal SWAT raid filed an amended complaint in federal court Thursday, naming the officers involved in the incident.

Feb 25, 2025 · A Denver police SWAT team raided the wrong home nearly two years ago, held family members at gunpoint, locked two elementary-aged girls in a police car and then tried to cover up the mistake in...