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Three days after a BCSO SWAT team member killed 46-year-old Joseph Ramos, spokeswoman Jayme Fuller-Gonzales would not say whether Ramos had a gun or what led to the shooting.
Police officers responded to a 9-1-1 call following up on a report that two people were using drugs in a car in a parking lot and that the man in the car was waving a gun in the air. Officers confronted Ramos at the location, and with video showing Ramos having his hands in the air, [27] an officer shot him with a bean bag round. Soon after ...
Ramos rammed a sheriff's vehicle as he fled the area and proceeded to drive the wrong way down on a freeway. Spike strips were set up and Ramos crashed his vehicle and ran into nearby cornfield where he was shot by police for reasons currently unknown. Deputies performed CPR, but Ramos died at the scene. The incident is under investigation. [31 ...
A 44-year-old Fort Worth man accused of shooting at his neighbors was arrested Monday night after a standoff with SWAT and other law enforcement officers, police said.
A former LAPD sergeant has sued the city of Los Angeles, alleging he faced retaliation after calling out senior members of the department's SWAT unit over a culture of violence, secrecy and cover-ups.
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 Panthers and three officers being injured. By 1974, there was a general acceptance of SWAT as a police resource in Los Angeles.
FBI SWAT teams are specially trained to serve warrants and intervene in high-risk incidents such as active shooters, barricaded suspects, or protection for personnel or dignitaries. [1] [5] [6] [7] FBI SWAT teams are trained to a national standard and utilize the same equipment which enables a team to provide assistance to another Field Office ...
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