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 ...

The move to provide specialized training and new rifles for levee police has drawn concern from watchdog groups and some ...

Former and current LAPD officers are expected to testify in a civil trial stemming from a lawsuit against the city of Los Angeles that alleges the department’s vaunted tactical unit was run by a “SWAT ...

The agency responsible for protecting the city from flooding plans to expand its authority by adding officers armed with ...

Timothy Colomey, a former sergeant in the LAPD’s SWAT unit, filed a lawsuit alleging he faced retaliation for reporting misconduct. Colomey has alleged “unlawful killings” by SWAT members and claimed ...

New Orleans’ levee authority is starting a SWAT-style police unit with rifles equipped with sound suppressors. Critics ...

COVINGTON, La. (WGNO) — The old Hollywood Theaters building in Covington is set to be demolished, but before that happens, the SWAT team with the St. Tammany Parish Sheriff’s Office is utilizing the ...

SANFORD, Fla. – The Sanford Police Department credits a long-running special tactical unit – the “Neighborhood Response Unit” – with lowering crime. The NRU was created by the Sanford Police Chief ...

With a sterling record of busting down doors and arresting armed suspects over her decade in SWAT, Los Angeles police Lt. Jennifer Grasso figured she had a strong case to become the tactical unit's ...

Timothy Colomey said his fellow Los Angeles police officers had a nickname for him after he transferred out of SWAT: "Top Rope." It was a reference to a professional wrestler flinging himself from the ...