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Command - Summer 2006

Command-Spring 2006The Summer 2006 issue of Command magazine is in mailboxes now! Your Fall 2007 issue is slated to be mailed out shortly!

Command Editor

Suggessted Best Practices

In an effort to provide some guidance in improving the professionalism and proficiency of SWAT teams, the TTPOA developed a Suggested SWAT Best Practices program. more.......



Team Assessment Program

In order to continue to elevate the professionalism of the SWAT industry in the State of Texas, the TTPOA desires to provide SWAT Teams with constructive feedback on the status of their team/unit by conducting on-site assessments/inspection.

Assessment Program Info



National SWAT News
Police Blotter: Suspicious Electrician and SWAT Team Dispatched (Flathead Beacon)
Description: 8:58 p.m. A man climbed a telephone pole on West Meridian. It didn’t appear as though he worked for any agency equipped to deal with electrical problems. 12:18 a.m. The Flathead County SWAT team was sent to Harmony Road home where, reportedly, a neighbor heard a loud gunshot. The witness also reported seeing a man grab a woman and drag her back into the house that she was trying flee. SWAT was ...
Publish Date: Thu, 07 Aug 2008 23:08:51 GMT

Loganville SWAT Situation Ends, Suspect Found Dead (FOX 5 News Atlanta)
Description: GWINNETT COUNTY, Ga. (MyFOX Atlanta) -- A SWAT situation in Gwinnett County ended Thursday evening. Police said they found a shooting suspect dead in his home after an attack that shutdown an entire Loganville neighborhood.
Publish Date: Thu, 07 Aug 2008 22:47:57 GMT

Mayor wants federal probe after SWAT raids house, kills dogs (CNN.com)
Description: A Maryland mayor is asking the federal government to investigate why SWAT team members burst into his home without knocking and shot his two dogs to death in an investigation into a drug smuggling scheme.
Publish Date: Thu, 07 Aug 2008 22:52:50 GMT

EPD officers to join SWAT team (Eureka Times-Standard)
Description: The Humboldt County Sheriff's Office may soon have a few new members on its SWAT team, courtesy of the Eureka Police Department. The Eureka City Council voted unanimously Tuesday to approve a memorandum of understanding between the city and the
Publish Date: Thu, 07 Aug 2008 08:33:50 GMT

Police Arrest Biker Gang Members In Raids (CBS 2 Los Angeles)
Description: SWAT teams have raided several Orange and Riverside county homes to arrest members of a Christian motorcycle gang in connection with several stabbings. Anaheim police Sgt. Tim Schmdit says eight members of the "Set Free Soldiers" gang were taken into custody early Wednesday for investigation of attempted murder.
Publish Date: Thu, 07 Aug 2008 04:25:26 GMT

SWAT Training (KVEW Kennewick)
Description: KENNEWICK -- They are four letters that signify an elite status among law enforcement. SWAT stands for specials weapons and tactics. The Los Angeles Police Department established the first team in the 1960s.
Publish Date: Thu, 07 Aug 2008 00:50:08 GMT

Red River Valley SWAT team training exercise planned at NDSU on Thursday (Fargo Forum)
Description: FARGO - The Red River Valley SWAT Team, in conjunction with the North Dakota State University and Fargo police departments, will hold a joint training exercise at 12:30 p.m. Thursday on the NDSU campus. Advertisement: GREEN MILL RESTAURANT Receive $5 off any order greater than $20! TEXT this to your phone and bring it in to GREEN MILL to receive $5 off any order greater than $20!
Publish Date: Wed, 06 Aug 2008 17:59:46 GMT

Police hunt killer (The Post and Courier)
Description: SMOAKS — Anthony Buchanan was already having a sleepless night at home Wednesday when he heard the breathless announcement over the police radio. "Officer down! Officer down!" an unknown voice shouted. Buchanan, a corporal with the Colleton County Sheriff's Office, began putting on his SWAT gear when deputies told dispatchers over the radio not to call him to the scene.
Publish Date: Thu, 07 Aug 2008 04:40:17 GMT

Md. mayor to call for federal probe after SWAT team raids his house, shoots his dogs (USA Today)
Description: A local politician plans to request a federal investigation into the actions of police officers who raided his house and shot his dogs last month during a drug investigation, according to The (Baltimore) Sun. The Washington Post reports that investigators...
Publish Date: Thu, 07 Aug 2008 17:57:13 GMT

School bombers killed in Pakistan's Swat valley (Stuff)
Description: Three Islamist militants were killed by their own explosives while planting a bomb at a girls' school in Pakistan's northwestern Swat valley, police said.
Publish Date: Wed, 06 Aug 2008 12:47:59 GMT