At the Columbine High massacre, officers arrived and, perhaps realizing the firepower being used was too much, called out the SWAT team. It took more than 40 minutes for actual teams to arrive on the ...

More than 20 officers from 12 regional law enforcement agencies, including the La Plata County Sheriff’s Office and Durango Police Department, are taking part in a weeklong Introduction to Basic SWAT ...

WOOD COUNTY, OH (Toledo News Now) - Northern Wood County's new SWAT team will be ready for action next week. The Northern Regional SWAT Team has been in basic SWAT training all week, and on Thursday ...

The Preparedness of State and Local Law Enforcement officers is one of the major initiatives of the United States Department of Homeland Security. This Basic SWAT course provides law enforcement ...

The only mandatory standards for tactical teams typically are what law enforcement agencies impose on themselves. The state agency that monitors peace officers in Texas has a recommended curriculum ...

A recent Basic SWAT School by the Amarillo Police Department tested the physical and mental toughness of law-enforcement officers from throughout the region. Amarillo Police Department and the Texas ...

LAFAYETTE PARISH, La. (KLFY) — Law Enforcement from across Louisiana and beyond are in Lafayette this week for basic SWAT training, but “basic” might not be the best way to describe what these special ...

The Caddo Sheriff’s Office is hosting a Basic SWAT/SRT school this week at the Caddo Sheriff’s Regional Training Academy in south Caddo Parish. Twenty-three participants, including four medics with ...

If you were to Google the term ‘Millennial’, you would come up with varying definitions of the time frame that exist for those Americans. A Millennial, according to the Pew Research Center, is anyone ...

North Port City Manager Jonathan Lewis supports his police chief's plan to create a SWAT-type team for the city. An article in Sunday's Herald-Tribune reported that North Port Police Chief Kevin ...