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FOX40
April 22, 2018
WEST SACRAMENTO — A SWAT team was called into a neighborhood after police say an officer, responding to an unrelated call in the 600 block of Walnut Street, was shot at in West Sacramento around 6 p.m. Saturday. According to Sgt. Roger Kinney of the West Sacramento Police Department, theÃâà...
KTRK-TV
April 21, 2018
Multiple agencies are responding to the scene of a shooting in northeast Houston. According to a tweet from Houston police, officers and the SWAT team are responding to the 400 block of Fir Ride Drive, where a male suspect has reportedly fired shots at a vehicle. HPD SWAT is en route to a shootingÃâà...
The Star Beacon
April 21, 2018
ASHTABULA — A 45-minute standoff in a westside. neighborhood ended Thursday night. after a SWAT team deployed canisters of pepper spray to. serve a warrant for a man's arrest, police said. Dennis Johnson Jr., 33, of 720 W. 57th St., had an outstanding felony warrant for domestic assault, saidÃâà...
KSN-TV
April 21, 2018
The standoff at a home in the 1300 block of S. Everett has ended. Authorities took one 44-year-old man into custody on a parole violation. Another man, 40, was also arrested at the scene. ---. Wichita police said the SWAT team is at a home in the 1300 block of S. Everett. U.S. Marshals were serving a paroleÃâà...
WSOC Charlotte
April 21, 2018
The FBI confirmed that they were conducting an investigation but would not elaborate. A spokesperson for the agency told Channel 9 that someone was taken into custody by the FBI SWAT team, but said the arrest was made by another FBI office in a different state. Channel 9 could see agents going in andÃâà...
The Patriot Ledger
April 21, 2018
STOUGHTON - A SWAT team and police are responding to a reported armed home invasion on Pearl Street Friday morning. Local police officials said to “stay clear of the area” but declined to comment further at this time. State and local police were called for an armed home invasion in the area of 546Ãâà...
Cresskill-Closter Daily Voice
April 20, 2018
WYCKOFF, N.J. -- A SWAT team surrounded a Wyckoff home Thursday afternoon where a subject apparently was barricaded inside. Police told neighbors of the Martom Road home to remain indoors while cordoning off several blocks around the quiet neighborhood off Van Houten Avenue beginningÃâà...
NorthJersey.com
April 20, 2018
A SWAT team response in Wyckoff ended peacefully after a man barricaded himself in a house Thursday afternoon, according to police. Officers responded to Martom Road at about 12:40 p.m to assist in a mental health screening after being contacted by the Bergen County Mental Health ScreeningÃâà...
KPLC-TV
April 20, 2018
Today, the Lake Charles Police Department Swat Team will be conducting tactical training, says LCPD Cpl. Larry Moss. MOREAdditional LinksPoll. Moss says between 1:00 p.m and 9:00 p.m., LCPD will be in the area of 2300 Broad Street. There will be a large police presence in that area so do not beÃâà...
Chattanooga Times Free Press
April 19, 2018
Chattanooga police SWAT team served a federal arrest warrant at the Meridian Apartments on East Brainerd Road Wednesday evening. Police spokeswoman Elisa Myzal said the SWAT team was called in to serve the warrant due to the suspect's high danger risk. He was taken into custody without incidentÃâà...
Patch.com
March 28, 2018
... armed with a shotgun. He then fired the shotgun through the door. A piece of wood struck the male friend's head, resulting in a minor injury. That's when the victims called the sheriff's office. A Pasco County patrol unit tried to speak with Moran but he would not respond so the SWAT team was summoned.
Index-Journal
March 28, 2018
Newberry County authorities responded Monday to a man who barricaded himself into a Silas Street residence. Submitted. Facebook Ãâ÷ Twitter Ãâ÷ Email; Print; Save. Authorities say they spent four hours negotiating with a man who had barricaded himself inside a Newberry residence and was firing shots inÃâà...
Observer-Reporter
March 28, 2018
Police responded to a report of at least one gunshot Wednesday night in an upscale area of Cecil Township. A Washington County 911 supervisor said . the county SWAT team was on scene as of 9 p.m. following the report, which came in about 7:15 p.m. No injuries were reported. The report came from theÃâà...
Wichita Eagle
March 28, 2018
Wichita's police chief has issued an apology after explosives were used in training exercises in a residential area. The Explosive Ordinance Disposal team conducted a training exercise in the area of Douglas and West Parkway on Tuesday, and a SWAT team conducted a tactical exercise in the same areaÃâà...
Bryan-College Station Eagle
March 28, 2018
Carrison serves as tactical physician for the Las Vegas Metro SWAT team and has prestigious positions with the Departments of Emergency Medicine at two Nevada universities, while Walters is a sniper and armorer. The law enforcement professionals spoke to their Texas counterparts on what theyÃâà...
The Daily Nonpareil
March 28, 2018
The city's police emergency services team and negotiators were called to the area of First Avenue and Seventh Street in the Bluffs for a wanted man inside an apartment building. The man, 21, was wanted on a warrant for domestic abuse, an aggravated misdemeanor. He was reported to be armed and inÃâà...
Community Impact Newspaper
March 27, 2018
Just three years after its formation, the Central Texas Regional Special Weapons and Tactics, or SWAT, negotiation team won first place at the 28th annual Texas Association of Hostage Negotiators Competition in January. Central Texas Regional SWAT, or CTRS, is composed of members from theÃâà...
WTVM
March 27, 2018
GULF SHORES, AL (WALA) -. UPDATE: Gulf Shores Police said the standoff ended peacefully around 4 p.m. Officers said both people came out of the home and no one inside was being held against their will. No one was injured. Gulf Shores Police did not file charges against the man and woman, but oneÃâà...
The Suburban Times
March 26, 2018
“While certain situations unquestionably require specialized responses by well-equipped specialists,” as the report before the Council claims, it's also possible that the proliferation of SWAT teams across the US and “their significantly expanded utilization” may be as much a matter of image and control, thanÃâà...
KABC-TV
March 25, 2018
A standoff ended in Chino after a police SWAT team entered a home and found a suspect dead hours after a stabbing that left a woman fatally wounded. (KABC). KABC. By Leanne Suter and ABC7.com staff. Saturday, March 24, 2018 11:48PM. CHINO, Calif. (KABC) --. A standoff ended Saturday evening in Chino after aÃâà...
WGBA-TV
March 25, 2018
The Fond du Lac SWAT team was called to help for the safety of everyone involved. Just after 8:00 PM, the SWAT team got into the home and the suspect, a 35-year-old Fond du Lac man, into custody. They say he was sent to the hospital for medical attention and will be held in the Fond du Lac County JailÃâà...
WeAreGreenBay.com
March 25, 2018
FOND DU LAC, Wis. - The Fond du Lac Police Department SWAT Team arrested a 35-year-man involved in a domestic violence situation Saturday night. At 5:37 p.m. on N. Boardman Street, police were notified of a domestic violence dispute involving a man who was acting aggressively towards a womanÃâà...
Patch.com
March 24, 2018
The explosion that rocked Ingalls Park Thursday night was from the SWAT team breaching a wall as a part of some training. By Geoff Dempsey ... Patch has learned that the Thursday night explosion was the Will County Sheriff's Office SWAT Team breaching a wall in some training. "They blew a hole out ofÃâà...
WYFF Greenville
March 24, 2018
A Greenville County SWAT team surrounded a home located on Fork Shoals Road in Simpsonville, the Greenville County Sheriff's Office confirms. Advertisement. Several witnesses called the newsroom to report a heavy law-enforcement presence in the area. The Sheriff's Office says Deputies respondedÃâà...
Chicago Sun-Times
March 22, 2018
A SWAT team was called to the scene for the barricade situation. Sanderlin, who lives in the same block, eventually came out of the home and was arrested about 8:50 p.m., police said. He was charged with a felony count of aggravated battery with a firearm and was expected to appear in bond court onÃâà...
KTIC
March 22, 2018
(AUSTIN, Texas) — The alleged serial bomber who terrorized central Texas for nearly three weeks, killing two people and injuring four, died early Wednesday when he detonated one of his homemade bombs in a his vehicle alongside a highway near Austin as police were moving in to arrest him, officialsÃâà...
My Panhandle
March 22, 2018
The SWAT team attempted to reason with Adams to exit the house and turn himself in, deputies wrote. Adams fired two more shots inside the house. After more attempts to convince Adams to exit the house, the SWAT Team used less lethal weapons to enter the house and take Adams into custody, deputiesÃâà...
Sun.Star
March 12, 2018
THE Police Regional Office (PRO)-Zamboanga Peninsula has awarded “Medalya ng Papuri” to the Zamboanga Del Norte Provincial Office (ZNPPO) Swat Team for exemplary performance in the recent Swat challenge. The awarding ceremony was held after Monday's flag raising ceremony at theÃâà...
Myrtle Beach Sun News
March 12, 2018
Horry County Police seized four types of drugs, six guns and made three arrests in a SWAT raid in Loris last week. According to Krystal Dotson, public information officers with the police department, on Thursday, Narcotics & Vice Unit, SWAT and Street Crimes agents used search warrants at 1200 MeadowÃâà...
CBS San Francisco Bay Area
March 12, 2018
NOVATO (CBS SF) – Four suspects were in custody and five remained at large following a series of armed home invasion robberies in Petaluma that led to a pursuit to a neighborhood in Novato where residents are being asked to shelter in place Monday morning, authorities said. Sonoma County sheriff'sÃâà...
Green Bay Press Gazette
March 12, 2018
OCONTO COUNTY - Brown County's SWAT team was deployed Sunday to Oconto County for an undisclosed incident. Details about what ... Brown County Lt. John Bain said the Oconto County Sheriff's Office asked for Brown County's assistance, including the use of its SWAT team. A dispatcher with theÃâà...
Jamestown Post Journal
March 11, 2018
Members of the SWAT team prepare to leave the Jamestown Police Department prior to the execution of two search warrants early Friday. The searches resulted in numerous arrests on Forest Avenue and Bassett Street. Members of the SWAT team practice at least once a month. P-J photo by Eric Tichy.
WPTV.com
March 9, 2018
Miramar's SWAT team had been training in nearby Coral Springs the morning of Feb. 14. The team had been placed on standby after the active-shooter report, but the Broward Sheriff's Office never called for them. Miramar police say the officers' actions created a lack of accountability and potential safetyÃâà...
Lawfare (blog)
March 9, 2018
The FBI defines “swatting” as the act of “calling 9-1-1 and faking an emergency that draws a response from law enforcement—usually a SWAT team.” Swatting is accomplished through a number of different techniques, including caller ID spoofing (concealing a caller's identity through causing a telephoneÃâà...
Wichita Eagle
March 5, 2018
An early Sunday morning police standoff ended when a SWAT team entered a Wichita home and arrested a man, police said. A 30-year-old woman and her 11-year-old son showed up at Patrol North at 21st and Hillside late Saturday night, Officer Charley Davidson said. The woman told police that herÃâà...
CNYcentral.com
February 26, 2018
A man was taken into custody Monday evening after wielding a handgun in Pompey, causing a Swat Team and negotiators to come in. According to the Onondaga County Sheriff's Office, deputies responded to the area of Berwyn Road and Chase Road for a report of a man with a gun around 2:15 p.m. Monday.
WDAZ
December 31, 1999
Medics took Dietrich by ambulance to Sanford Medical Center, where he was pronounced dead. It remains unclear whether there were weapons in Dietrich's vehicle or whether he was armed when he was shot. Two of the SWAT team members who fired at Dietrich were identified as Sgts. Shane AberleÃâà...
Chicago Sun-Times
December 31, 1999
A SWAT team was called after a person was shot Tuesday afternoon in the Rosemoor neighborhood on the Far South Side. The SWAT team was dispatched to a barricade situation following reports of a person shot about 3:30 p.m. after in the 10400 block of South King, according to Chicago Police.
KPLC-TV
December 31, 1999
You can expect to see some new faces on campus for schools in Calcasieu Parish. Two separate teams of SWAT members will be patrolling area schools. On Feb. 28 during a live news conference, Mancuso explained that all public schools in Calcasieu Parish will have SWAT team officers on theirÃâà...