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Chief Michel Moore has ordered an internal review of SWAT team operations to determine whether "any potential problems or patterns" exist in how the unit uses force.
The report found that of SWAT's 1,350 deployments between 2012 and 2022, only 105 deployments used any force (fatal and non-fatal), and that during that ten-year period, only 20 SWAT officers were involved in on-duty shootings.
To deal with these under conditions of urban violence, the LAPD formed SWAT, notes the report. The report states on page 109, "The purpose of SWAT is to provide protection, support, security, firepower, and rescue to police operations in high personal risk situations where specialized tactics are necessary to minimize casualties." [12]
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 Special Investigation Section was formed in 1965 as a stakeout unit and the Detective Bureau's equivalent of the Metropolitan Division's then-new SWAT unit, in response to an increase in crimes committed by the same suspects in different locations across the city, which the LAPD was then unable to effectively respond to. [2]
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Tático Integrado de Grupos de Repressão Especial (TIGRE) – is a SWAT type tactical unit that specializes in hostage rescue operations in the state of Paraná [29] Coordenadoria de Recursos Especiais (CORE) – is a paramilitary police unit within the Civil Police of Rio de Janeiro State [ 30 ]
A lawsuit by former SWAT officer Timothy Colomey accused leaders of the LAPD tactical unit of working to conceal unlawful killings and retaliating against him when he spoke to internal investigators.