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With the merger into the OCS, SSU special agents are expected to maintain a higher level of proficiency in tactical firearms and high-risk entry training. Although SSU is not classified as a special weapons and tactics (SWAT) team by California POST standards [11], many of its agents are former SWAT operators from previous agencies or ...
The National Tactical Officers Association, in the Summer 2000 issue of The Tactical Edge, recognized SBCSD's SWAT team as one of the premier teams in the country. All specialty skills derived from SWAT are beneficial to members during their daily duties, which frequently bring team members in contact with violent and/or armed suspects.
When Metropolitan Division was reorganized into platoons, SWAT was given the designation of "D" Platoon, and formally adopted the acronym "SWAT". [25] The first significant deployment of LAPD's SWAT unit was on December 9, 1969, in a four-hour confrontation with members of the Black Panthers. The Panthers eventually surrendered, with three ...
An explosion during an indoor training exercise Wednesday sent 16 members of Southern California's Orange County Sheriff’s Department SWAT team to the hospital, with one person requiring surgery ...
Sixteen members of the Orange County Sheriff's Department SWAT team were injured Wednesday afternoon in an explosion at an FBI training facility in Irvine.
One team member required surgery for a leg injury, while many others had ringing in their ears after the blast.
William H. Adcox (born 1958) is the Chief Security Officer for the University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center and a pioneer of Threat Safety Science in healthcare. He is also the Chief of Police and Security Officer at the University of Texas at Houston Police Department, University of Texas System component.
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