SWAT teams are an essential part of law enforcement and rescue missions, and have been ever since the first LAPD SWAT team was established in 1967 as a solution to increased occurrences of riots ...

A Los Angeles police pursuit ended in dramatic fashion Friday afternoon with SWAT team members using armored vehicles to box in ... confirm what type of gas was used. The incident took place ...

Just before 1:30 a.m., the Southwest Washington Regional Special Weapons and Tactics (SWAT) team responded and other armored vehicles were used to set a perimeter around the home. According to the ...

The Newport Beach City Council authorized the replacement of the vehicle used by the police department’s SWAT team and crisis negotiators on Tuesday, signed off on the finishing touches for the ...

A group of deputies in tactical gear walked down a long gravel driveway and approached a small house in the rural countryside of Danville on Wednesday — only to be suddenly ordered to fall back just ...

A SWAT team used explosives to take down the garage door. Armed vehicles knocked down the front door and fence. Tear gas grenades launched through windows and walls saturated the interior.