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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 ...
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 ]
SWAT continues its operations in Florida under the guidance of four Regional Tobacco Prevention Coordinators. Florida received another tobacco settlement in 2005 and on November 7, 2006, Floridians voted to pass Amendment 4 requiring 15% ($57 million) of the settlement to be used to fund a statewide tobacco education and prevention program.
A deputy shot and killed a man Tuesday after he took people hostage and claimed to have a bomb at a Florida bank, authorities said. The Lee County Sheriff's Office responded to a Bank of America ...
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In the United States, a SWAT (special weapons and tactics) team is a generic term for a police tactical unit.. SWAT units are generally trained, equipped, and deployed to resolve "high-risk situations", often those regular police units are not trained or equipped to handle, such as shootouts, standoffs, raids, hostage-takings, and terrorism.
In 1991, Cuban inmates at Federal Correctional Institution (FCI) Talladega, Alabama rioted and took several hostages. The BOP responded immediately by deploying several SORTs, and received additional assistance from the FBI's Hostage Rescue Team (HRT), along with several regional FBI SWAT teams. As the situation grew more tense, the order was ...