Yeah, SWAT teams were created for a reason, to respond to crises that the regular police were not equipped or trained to handle (that's why it's Special Weapons

Yeah, SWAT teams were created for a reason, to respond to crises that the regular police were not equipped or trained to handle (that's why it's Special Weapons and Tactics). The problem here is just that they're being used for routine policing tasks that really should be the purview of regular patrol officers. We don't have to get rid of them entirely, just limit the kinds of situations that they're allowed to respond to. Sending SWAT teams after suspects with no criminal record and who are not expected to be armed is absurd and wasteful.