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The police departments and sheriff's offices of thousands of towns, cities, and counties across the United States have tactical units, which are usually called Special Weapons and Tactics (SWAT), Sheriff's Emergency Response Team, (SERT), or Emergency Response Team (ERT). Some examples are below.
The Columbus Division of Police (CPD) is the primary law enforcement agency for the city of Columbus, Ohio, in the United States. It is the largest police department in Ohio, and among the twenty-five largest in the United States. [2] [3] It is composed of twenty precincts and numerous other investigative and support units. Chief Elaine Bryant ...
Put-in-Bay police called in SWAT teams from three nearby sheriff's offices to help control fights that were breaking out among about 19,000 people who had converged Saturday night on the small ...
A Columbus police SWAT team was sent around 6 p.m., more than an hour after the first officer arrived on the scene. Efforts to make contact with Wheeler by patrol officers and SWAT negotiators ...
The Uniontown Police Department is asking people in the area of Uniontown Community Park, located at 3696 Apollo St NW, to stay in their homes with the doors locked as they search for an armed man ...
The increased use of SWAT teams is a hallmark of increased police militarization. The Cato Institute's Radley Balko wrote that during the 1980s, there were about 3000 SWAT raids a year and as of 2005 there were 40,000 a year. SWAT teams being used for gambling crackdowns and serving a search warrant are routine in some places, like Fairfax, VA ...
Columbus police identified Ricardo Ramirez,16, as the homicide suspect they shot Wednesday afternoon as he ran with a rifle.
The Ohio State Highway Patrol was founded in 1933 under the command of Colonel Lynn Black. Originally, the Highway Patrol used solid black cars with the Flying Wheel on the door. In 1966, white cruisers made their appearance on the Ohio Turnpike .