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Training

FBI HRT Operators Killed In Training Accident

Two members of the FBI's Hostage Rescue Team (HRT) died Friday during a training exercise off the coast of Virginia Beach. Special agents Christopher Lorek, 41, and Stephen Shaw, 40, had served the FBI for 17 years and eight years respectively.

May 18, 2013

Training

Starting a Tactical Team: Goals and Training

We tend to overly stress the tools, equipment, and necessary resources for this specialized assignment. These are important, but you also need to invest in your customer base.

May 5, 2013

Special Units

Ark. Cop Dies During SWAT Training

A Faulkner County (Ark.) Sheriff's deputy died Monday morning after taking part in a training session in North Little Rock. Hans Fifer, 32, participated in SWAT training in North Little Rock and completed the training, when he began complaining of shortness of breath.

April 7, 2013

SWAT

Every Officer Should Be Trained In SWAT Basics

Shouldn't every good basic cop have the ability to quickly stack, flow into a room, hold a position if a SWAT team leader stated, "you two post this hallway," and back-clear or secondary search several rooms?

January 30, 2013

Special Units

SWAT Drill Catches Students Off Guard

Last week, more than two dozen SWAT team members descended on Silver Lake Regional middle and high schools in Kingston, Mass. Their weapons were drawn, but not loaded.

January 27, 2013

Special Units

How To Start a SWAT Team

POLICE

A specially trained tactical unit could be the winning weapon in your agency’s arsenal.

January 25, 2013

Special Units

How To Get Into SWAT Shape

POLICE

Acquiring and maintaining a high level of fitness can make you a better cop, on or off a SWAT team.

January 17, 2013

SWAT

Going 'Hands On' During an Entry

How well prepared you are to make entry into a structure, order subjects to the ground, and transition to hands to place handcuffs or control subjects on the ground?

October 29, 2012

Special Units

N.C. SWAT Team Trains with Marines Special Unit

The Lincoln County (N.C.) Sheriff's SWAT team recently endured an intense, five-day tactical training session alongside the Marine’s Special Response Team (SRT) at Camp Lejeune.

October 9, 2012

Special Units

Todd Young Returns To Full Duty

Almost two years to the day after he was critically wounded in a gunfight with a Norteño gang member, Fremont (Calif.) Police Detective Todd Young returned to the job he knows best—pursuing high-risk gang suspects.

September 5, 2012

Special Units

6 Second Tactical's APB Door

The All Purpose Breaching (APB) Door can be used to train officers and firefighters to perform almost any form of breaching, using rams, hammers, shotguns, Hurst tools, and even door spreaders.

August 20, 2012

Technology

Raytheon Brings Hollywood Motion Capture Technology To LE Training

The VIRTSIM system applies Motion Reality's patented motion capture technology to allow a tactical team of up to 13 individuals to interactively train with complete freedom of motion. Unencumbered by wires or cables in a 360-degree virtual environment, trainees experience realistic sensory feedback as they interact with live people or avatars.

May 24, 2012