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>When is the last time you've even seen SWAT deployed that made you think "I wish they didn't deploy SWAT?" Literally 100% of the times I hear about them using
by throwaway0a5e 5y ago
>When is the last time you've even seen SWAT deployed that made you think "I wish they didn't deploy SWAT?"
Literally 100% of the times I hear about them using SWAT in the news I think this.
If someone is truly valuable they tail them and conduct a fishing stop and arrest them. SWAT is all for show these days.
- dragonwriter 5y ago> If someone is truly valuable they tail them and conduct a fishing stop and arrest them. SWAT is all for show these days. While I agree that there is a trend in this direction, an import exception where SWAT is used that isn’t just for show (and where a tail + fishing stop as you describe would not work) is high-threat hostage situations, which do occur.
- asdff 5y agoYou must not be following what SWAT is actually used for. This was from just two months ago in my city (1). You couldn't use traditional police for a hostage situation like this; it reads like a scene in a Tom Clancy novel but this happens in real life too. https://abc7.com/hostage-downtown-la-suspect-dead-police-shooting/11252201/ https://abc7.com/hostage-downtown-la-suspect-dead-police-sho...