The STAR team is a specialized unit of paramedics who work alongside SWAT officers to provide rapid medical care in high-risk situations, and must meet strict qualifications to join the team.

While a woman was held hostage in a Bridgewater apartment behind a barricaded door nearly two years, a special team of emergency responders devised a plan to breach the door using an explosive charge ...

Sheriff Ezell Brown and the Newton County Sheriff’s Office graduated 16 law enforcement officers from the agency’s Basic SWAT Training Course, held Feb. 9-13.

Tactical firearms instructor Frank Barile is retired Baltimore County SWAT officer who was on the Palczynski operation (WBAL Photo by Scott Wykoff) With some groups and organizations looking for ...

LAFAYETTE PARISH, La. (KLFY) — Law Enforcement from across Louisiana and beyond are in Lafayette this week for basic SWAT training, but “basic” might not be the best way to describe what these special ...

In any building clearing, SWAT, active shooter response or other “tactical” class you take, there will be discussion of how to best navigate corners, doorways, etc. As you consider the best way to ...

In our first three SWAT Spotlight articles we focused on mid-Atlantic tactical teams; two that had concerns related to the Chesapeake Bay and one only slightly more land-locked but still with serious ...

the Thomasville Police Department’s Officer Harry Bumgarner is as fit and disciplined as they come. He runs 10 miles before bedtime, hits the gym before sunrise, then pulls 12-hour patrol duty. And ...

Following a decade of requests from Pensacola Police, on Wednesday Mayor D.C. Reeves and Pensacola Police Department Chief Eric Randall announced the acquisition of their new Lenco armored BearCat G3 ...

The most dangerous thing law enforcement does is enter a building that might have a bad guy in it, according to Mesa County Sheriff’s Officer Patrol Lieutenant Jim Fogg, who oversees the SWAT team.

PLAINFIELD — A Windham County police department is working toward reforming a regional SWAT team that could include officers from Plainfield. The Willimantic Police Department currently has the ...