Comments on: SWAT http://www.gunpundit.com/1738.php Thu, 18 Mar 2010 18:11:38 -0400 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: Capt. Bob Martin http://www.gunpundit.com/1738.php/comment-page-1#comment-4180 Capt. Bob Martin Tue, 14 Apr 2009 01:24:39 +0000 http://www.gunpundit.com/?p=1738#comment-4180 I recently had to attend a SWAT training in Florida and got to listen to national SWAT expert Larry Danaher speak. Not only is he interesting, he's funny too. He told the story of how the Baltimore Sheriff's Department used a SWAT raid to serve a misdemeanor naracotic warrant. Unfortunately there was a death involved in this incident to a woman. Mr. Danaher said, "I don't know what they would have done if it would have been a felony warrant. Call in an air-strike?" There is an ounce truth in all humor. However, Larry Danaher hit the topic nail on the head. If more cops would have had pilots licenses, I am sure the Navy would have given old F-14 Tomcats to police departments for SWAT teams when they downsized the military in 1990's and all this craziness started. I recently had to attend a SWAT training in Florida and got to listen to national SWAT expert Larry Danaher speak. Not only is he interesting, he’s funny too. He told the story of how the Baltimore Sheriff’s Department used a SWAT raid to serve a misdemeanor naracotic warrant. Unfortunately there was a death involved in this incident to a woman. Mr. Danaher said, “I don’t know what they would have done if it would have been a felony warrant. Call in an air-strike?” There is an ounce truth in all humor. However, Larry Danaher hit the topic nail on the head. If more cops would have had pilots licenses, I am sure the Navy would have given old F-14 Tomcats to police departments for SWAT teams when they downsized the military in 1990’s and all this craziness started.

]]> By: mostlygenius http://www.gunpundit.com/1738.php/comment-page-1#comment-3290 mostlygenius Thu, 11 Dec 2008 10:28:35 +0000 http://www.gunpundit.com/?p=1738#comment-3290 Thanks for the link. An "opposed dynamic entry" is only worth while if their is something in the structure that is worth risking lives for. Entries are risky, not just because of the potential threat inside but the high-stress, high-speed, low-light environment makes it easy to make mistakes. Those mistakes are compounded when the intelligence for the raid is suspect as well. Nobody wants a bunch of guys with sub-guns running around in the dark throwing flash bangs, especially in the wrong house. Thanks for the link.

An “opposed dynamic entry” is only worth while if their is something in the structure that is worth risking lives for. Entries are risky, not just because of the potential threat inside but the high-stress, high-speed, low-light environment makes it easy to make mistakes. Those mistakes are compounded when the intelligence for the raid is suspect as well. Nobody wants a bunch of guys with sub-guns running around in the dark throwing flash bangs, especially in the wrong house.

]]> By: Bram http://www.gunpundit.com/1738.php/comment-page-1#comment-3288 Bram Thu, 11 Dec 2008 03:55:54 +0000 http://www.gunpundit.com/?p=1738#comment-3288 When I was in the Guard, we cross-trained with a regional SWAT Team. That team is used very sparingly - I've only seen them on the news once. A hostage situation that obviously called for snipers. I cringe whenever I see SWAT used to serve warrants and I despise the idea of "no knock" warrants. It is plain laziness. In the past cops would have staked out the house, waited for the suspect to leave, arrested him on the street, then searched the house at their leisure. When I was in the Guard, we cross-trained with a regional SWAT Team. That team is used very sparingly – I’ve only seen them on the news once. A hostage situation that obviously called for snipers.

I cringe whenever I see SWAT used to serve warrants and I despise the idea of “no knock” warrants. It is plain laziness. In the past cops would have staked out the house, waited for the suspect to leave, arrested him on the street, then searched the house at their leisure.

]]> By: Jose Gigante http://www.gunpundit.com/1738.php/comment-page-1#comment-3274 Jose Gigante Wed, 10 Dec 2008 20:47:58 +0000 http://www.gunpundit.com/?p=1738#comment-3274 Special Weapons And Tactics, what is it about SPECIAL that they don't get? If SWAT were for general law enforcement usage, wouldn't they be GWATs? Special Weapons And Tactics, what is it about SPECIAL that they don’t get? If SWAT were for general law enforcement usage, wouldn’t they be GWATs?

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