San Francisco's SWAT Team Ranks High With Asian Americans AsianWeek (5/12/1995)
...AsianWeek 05-12-1995 San Francisco's SWAT Team Ranks High With Asian Americans...What do you think of the acronym SWAT? Maybe an organized police unit...and three-year member of its SWAT team. "For the last six to seven...approximately $20,000. The San Francisco SWAT team is comprised of 32 ...

SWAT teams especially busy during holidays Deseret News (Salt Lake City) (12/15/2005)
...SWAT-team attention, regardless of the time of year. The Lehi SWAT team has been called out eight times this year. "A tactical...said Pleasant Grove Police Capt. Cody Cullimore. Once a SWAT team arrives, the first order of business is to establish...didn't answer the door or phone calls, but eventually ...

Analysis: LAPD SWAT team under investigation after shoot-out death of toddler NPR All Things Considered (7/22/2005)
...A.T." television program because it did not portray what SWAT was all about. They also had great equipment, and SWAT had lousy equipment. DEL BARCO: Former police chief Daryl Gates formed the first SWAT team back in 1966 after LA police found themselves outgunned...officers and had them train with the ...

HOOKED ON SWAT FUELED WITH DRUG ENFORCEMENT MONEY, MILITARY-STYLE POLICE TEAMS ARE EXPLODING IN THE BACKWOODS OF WISCONSIN A SPECIAL REPORT.(FRONT) The Capital Times (Madison, WI) (8/18/2001)
...becoming increasingly active. Since January 2000 alone, six SWAT teams were put into action in the state, most recently in...just over 9,000. A survey by The Capital Times located 83 SWAT teams in the state, 28 of them formed in the past 10 years...alone, and seven in Waukesha County. But most of the new ...

SWAT TEAMS TEST METTLE AS 9 SQUADS FACE OFF.(NEWS) Daily News (Los Angeles, CA) (9/9/1997)
...drill designed to show the capability of Simi Valley police, SWAT team members stormed a van Monday and snatched a hostage...Bob Velez, an organizer of his department's fourth-annual SWAT Competition. ``And the fastest time yet.'' In 116 seconds...was a little too real for Simi Valley Sgt. Ron Chambers, a ...

SWAT MERGER ENCOURAGING SIGN OF TIMES Dayton Daily News (6/30/2003)
...manager Jim Dinneen said merging the SWAT teams for the Dayton Police Department...have that. It's about quality control. SWAT stands for special weapons and tactics, and teams organized around the acronym perform high-risk duties including hostage...collaborative partnerships." In the SWAT ...

LAPD SWAT: Los Angeles' finest choose Kimber's Custom II. American Handgunner (1/1/2003)
...And Tactics Team, it formed an acronym that would influence law enforcement around the world -- SWAT. Operating out of the LAPD's...Metropolitan Division, today's LAPD SWAT team is a different animal than...resolution. Which is why LAPD SWAT remains the most respected group...

SPEEDY CRAFT FOR THE COAST GUARD'S NEW SWAT TEAM.(News) Seattle Post-Intelligencer (Seattle, WA) (7/3/2002)
...BARBER P-I reporter When the Coast Guard commissions its first SWAT team in the nation in Seattle today, it will embark on the...on local waters, are nicknamed Defenders. Their Coast Guard acronym is RBHS for response boats, homeland security. But they are...the Coast Guard's waterborne version of a special ...

Woman takes step toward the world of the SWAT team: Officer jumps hurdle in seeking to be county's 1st woman on select police team. Baltimore Sun (Baltimore, MD) (1/31/2007)
...Sarah Kayser knew the county's three-week SWAT school wasn't for the weak. The 27-year-o...runs the school, but active and hopeful SWAT team members from across the Washington-Baltimo...told to get in there and do her share. SWAT teams -- the acronym stands for Special Weapons and ...