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By Russ Bynum Associated Press SAVANNAH, Ga. — A gunman who jumped from a Jaguar and barricaded himself inside a landmark restaurant Thursday surrendered peacefully after a three-hour standoff that ...

Operation RAIL SAFE: Ensuring US railway security 3

You have to let your mind go into the deepest, darkest hole of pure evil in order to truly imagine those "worst of the worst" plans the opposition might dream up. ...

Half-truths told about law enforcement and the military 15

In our constitutional republic, there is a critical distinction between law enforcement officer and soldier. ...

Maritime Ops: Overcoming high freeboard

By Phillip Null The first and most critical issue to address in any ship boarding or interdiction is how to get a team on board, a planning concern primarily decided by the freeboard of the vessel. Freeboard ...

Unmanned aerial systems for SWAT

UASs may have a wingspan as large as a Boeing 737 or be smaller than a radio-controlled model airplane, but a pilot on the ground is always in charge of UAS operations. ...

Suspected NM speed van shooter arrested

By Vic Vela Albuquerque Journal ALBUQUERQUE — It was just another Friday at the office for Santa Fe cholesterol specialist Dr. James D. Mickle Jr. — at least until the SWAT team showed up. ...

Mayday, May Day! Preparing for Occupy 2.0 10

The Occupy movement was relatively dormant though the winter, but now that spring has sprung, we can be assured that these events will be back — and possibly back with a vengeance. ...

Wash. police blow mountain bunker, find man dead

Seattle-area tactical officers who slogged for hours over dangerously steep, muddy ground set off explosives along the top of the bunker. ...

Man arrested after armed siege in central London 1

By Cassandra Vinograd Associated Press LONDON — Police snipers and heavily armed officers put several blocks of central London's shopping district into lockdown Friday after a man allegedly armed ...

Report: SWAT tear gas rounds likely ignited Calif. fire 2

By Tony Burchyns San Jose Mercury News Police tear gas launched into a Vallejo home in February during a SWAT-team standoff played a role in starting a fire that caused $60,000 in damage and killed two ...

Blue on Blue: Lessons from a tragic 2007 shooting 6

For those of us who have had to aim our duty weapon at a fellow officer, we know of the conflicting thoughts that can invade the mind during those long moments of decision. ...

Channel won't air video showing French killings 3

The Western Mail A video showing the deadly attacks on soldiers and a Jewish school in France and sent to Arabic TV network Al-Jazeera will not be broadcast, the company said last night. Its response came ...

Police end standoff with Fla. gunman 5

A SWAT team negotiator used a cup of coffee to successfully end a two-hour standoff. ...

Calif. standoff ends with arrest of man wanted in killings

Jason James Reyes is suspected of fatally shooting a 32-year-old man walking March 5 in a Rite Aid parking lot with his 8-year-old daughter in Hanford. ...

French terror suspect shot in head by police 22

Associated Press PARIS — A French prosecutor says that a gunman who claimed responsibility for a radical Islam-inspired killing spree was shot in the head by police. Francois Molins says Mohamed ...

NY SWAT team wrangles escaped gorilla 10

UPI BUFFALO, N.Y. — An escape of a 400-pound silverback gorilla from its cage shut down the Buffalo, N.Y., Zoo for about two hours, causing panic among the visitors. Although Koga, the 24-year-old ...

al-Qaida links claimed by French gunman, police surround home in standoff

By Johanna Decourse Associated Press TOULOUSE, France — French police surrounded an apartment building where a gunman claiming al-Qaida links and suspected in the killings of three Jewish schoolchildren, ...

Hostages in Texas courthouse shooting 'refused to be victims'

Workers trapped inside the building helped to disarm man and let SWAT officers inside ...

Nearly 14-hour standoff in Pa. ends in death of gunman

WHTM ANNVILLE, Pa. — A nearly 14-hour standoff in Lebanon County came to a close Wednesday morning with the death of a gunman who had held police at bay since the previous night. Samuel Snyder, 57, ...

Drone crashes into SWAT vehicle during police test in Texas 32

By PoliceOne Staff MONTOGOMERY COUNTY, Texas — A drone crashed into a Bearcat armored SWAT vehicle during a police test flight near Houston. The Vanguard prototype drone was flying nearly 20 feet ...

Police: Suspect in Calif. bank standoff knew hostage

By Denisse Salazar and Sean Emery Orange County Register BUENA PARK, Calif. — Buena Park police say the gunman and the manager had done business. The gunman shot and injured by SWAT officers apparently ...

Colo. suspect shot by police after taking hostages

By AP Staff Associated Press COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. — A man pulled out a gun at a Colorado Springs medical building Tuesday, holding two people hostage and sending dozens of others fleeing for their ...

Training SWAT for three speeds of operation 10

Even for the team that has made the decision that they will perform all clearing movements at stealth speed, there will come a time when the team will find itself moving at hostage rescue speed. ...

Command and control in tactical environments 2

The lack of command and control we saw in Mumbai is a classic example what can happen without a clear mission with objectives to achieve. ...

Using hemostatic agents in the tactical enviornment 6

Some people enter this career for very basic reasons, like to make a difference in the life of just one person, or save at least one life. On a chilly December day, Deputy Patrick Esser of the Waukesha ...

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