Robert Steinberg, the newly retired team leader of Baltimore County police's SWAT unit, says the "general climate within this country has made policing very, very difficult ...

A whistleblower's lawsuit alleges the LAPD's vaunted tactical unit was run by a "SWAT Mafia" of influential veteran cops who encouraged the use of deadly force. (Al Seib / Los Angeles Times) With a ...

Timothy Colomey said his fellow Los Angeles police officers had a nickname for him after he transferred out of SWAT: "Top Rope." It was a reference to a professional wrestler flinging himself from the ...

Officers told ABC 10News that the SWAT unit was dispatched to the 1400 block of Hotel Circle North after SDPD got a call ...

The Chatham County Sheriff’s Office (CCSO) and Chatham County Police Department (CCPD) plan on sending a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) to four surrounding cities to allow officers in those ...

What began as a late-night assault call in southeast Austin turned into an hours-long standoff early Saturday, ending just ...

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San Antonio SWAT officer Rhett Shoquist was behind the wheel of a police cruiser chasing a felon in a blue Mitsubishi Lancer, a chaotic pursuit that had started in the parking lot of a Southwest Side ...

An active police situation brought Grand Prairie officers and a SWAT team to the 1600 block of Ave. B early Monday, with ...