The SWAT Team

To begin, the Massachusetts State Police Department in the movie The Departed is an organized police department. The labor is divided in that every staff member has a particular job to do. Colin Sullivan and Billy Costigan are recruited by Staff Sergeant Dignam and Captain Queenan, who are at a higher level than most of the officers at the department. Dignam and Queenan are both supervisors, however, Qeenan has more authority. This shows that there is a chain of command within the department as well as unity of command.

Many of smaller police agencies do not have such units. Because of their massive wealth of information, technology and experience the LAPD often is the go-to agency for all other agencies including State and Federal for technical and investigated support. Many smaller police agencies do not have as many divisions and support units as the LAPD. Have. Because of the LAPD size, they are able to handle many of issues that address policing of the city as the size of the City of Los

Being a police explorer is challenging, but I think the worst would be police Academy. Police Academy is a one week program in UC San Diego where Real Drill Instructors try to break you down mentally and physically. We would get up at 5 in the morning by the Drill Instructors thunderous voice. The first day was so physically hard that I almost cried. (We didn't have access to our phones). I wondered if I was going to make it the next day. However, that night I came to a decision, I will make it no matter what. One of the days in Academy however, was really bad when the drill instructors put tear gas into a house and we had to go through it. The house was a maze so it was harder and the harder you breathe the more gas will go into your lungs.

SWAT. The acronym invokes so many thoughts - danger, fighting crime, shootings, heavily artillery, TV, movies and more. The reality of SWAT is that it is all of that and more. When the acronym is fully expanded it translates to "special weapons and tactics" or as it was originally developed, "special weapons assault team". SWAT is a specialized, elite police unit trained to execute dangerous and specific operations that basic and even intermediate police training is not intended to handle. Commonly, many assume from knowledge gained from TV and movies about SWAT. These assumptions are often skewed because what happens on real missions is not always as entertaining as what is seen on the silver screen.

How can lawmakers maintain a balanced approach while collecting intelligence on United States persons in order to prevent a national security crime and provide full consideration to the rights of said persons? Does the current legislation permit U.S. Army Counterintelligence Special Agents to conduct investigations to the fullest extent or does it hamper their ability to properly investigate? Lawmakers have asked these questions since the inception of government executed counterintelligence operations in order to support our country’s leaders trying to strike the perfect balance of investigative freedom and citizen’s rights. When the Counterintelligence Corps was formed in 1961 there were few laws that governed intelligence collection.

The New Jersey State Police does not experience much turnover. However, within a twenty-five year career, a trooper’s attitude, and how that attitude relates to job satisfaction and output can be measured. While a trooper with 10-15 years experience may be distrustful of command staff, junior troopers (those with 1-5 years) are viewed as zealots. Junior troopers are productive and engaged in their field. A trooper’s job satisfaction can be measured by his/her’s perceived organizational support. Job satisfaction has a direct correlation to employee engagement and perceived organizational support.

The Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF) is a United States federal agency, but more specifically a specialized law enforcement and regulatory organization within the United States Department of Justice. The ATF has had a very dynamic history changing its name and duties many times. It was originally part of the United States Department of the Treasury. It was formed in 1886 as the "Revenue Laboratory" within the Treasury Department 's Bureau of Internal Revenue. Following its formation, the ATF changed its name to encompass its responsibilities, ending finally as the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives after President George W. Bush signed the Homeland Security Act of 2002 in regards to the 9/11

The Los Angeles County Sheriff 's Department is tasked with providing health care services to all incarcerated prisoners within a jail system which at present exceeds 18,500 inmates. Correctional Treatment Center (CTC) provides care and treatment for inmates requiring inpatient medical and or psychiatric care in this 196-bed rated medical unit located in the Twin Towers Correctional Facility in downtown Los Angeles. The inmate population is in poor health, largely due to the lifestyle choices of the inmates which often include substance abuse, violence, and living on the streets of Los Angeles. They require the same basic medical care that all residents of Los Angeles County require, including routine illness to advanced medical issues such as tuberculosis (TB), AIDS/HIV+, heart disease, diabetes, dialysis, paraplegics, and acute mental health problems. Additionally, problems associated with aging are becoming common as the jail population increasingly includes older inmates. In the wake of chronic overcrowding in the county lockups, the Sheriff 's Department has been struggling to provide adequate care for thousands of inmates, many of whom have never been treated, with illnesses ranging from tuberculosis to AIDS to schizophrenia. Reported rates of tuberculosis in jails and prisons are more than six times higher than those for the general population. Jails and prisons concentrate individuals at high risk for TB or noncompliance with therapy, including those who are

In the paper I’m going to write, I`ll be expressing the life of an FBI SWAT member, The parts I`ll be expressing the most in this paper is how do they connect with family, what is the mental aspect for them, what`s their physical health like and do they have a social life? Man doesn’t your mind just wonder when you hear the FBI? Well of course you will have so many questions like who are they? Why are they so important, how do you get to involved?

The Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department is composed of over eighteen thousand employees. The hiring process is a long and arduous process, consumed with numerous steps. The most pivotal aspect of the hiring process is the background investigation on applicants. Background investigations are a crucial step to deciding if an applicant will be qualified for employment. Unfortunately, even qualified applicants are overlooked, and under qualified applicants are offered employment to meet discriminating hiring quotas. These hiring quotas are a result of a policy known as Affirmative Action.

Good evening Katelyn, good post. I agree with your response. Privatization of police in America is effcient in a way that it allow both public and private police agencies to work together to deter/prevent crimes, investigate a crime/incident, and respond to a hostage situation. A perfect example of private and public agencies working together including government agencies is the Virginia Tech shooting. During the shooting, virginia tech camous police did what they can to keep the situation under control and eliminate the threat. Public police was call to assist as well. After the shooting the FBI including the State Police both arrive on the scene to help provide aid for those in need and made sure the threat was eliminated. Both public and

8). Therefore, although the attacks of 9/11 generated alterations in our national defense strategies, it additionally adjusted law enforcement policies immensely (Brooks, B. E., 2010, p. 113). It is now more common to have squads of police officers, such as SWAT teams, with specialized training in preventing future terrorist attacks. With exceptions to some officers at the local level, many of these specially trained teams are made up of state and national law enforcement. There are several local law enforcement agencies throughout America that do participate in anti-terrorism training, but on a larger scale many of these local departments lack the necessary training needed to prevent such threats. Therefore, local police departments, who lack special training, depend on the departments that are qualified to aid them. Likewise, the training these lower level law enforcement officers obtain varies greatly than that of state and national law enforcement. Despite the quantity of officers in local law enforcement departments, it is essential that each individual officer undergoes the preparations that are essential to be well equipped for reacting to a threat of terrorism. These preparations are crucial in that local law enforcement officers are often the first responders to these attacks, therefore they should be familiar

Since taking over as commissioner in 1994, William Bratton has transformed NYPD into an effective deterrent of crime through a series of strategic organizational changes. Crime rate in New York has decreased by 25.9% in just a year compared to the average national rate of 5.4%. Now, NYPD’s results oriented strategy needs to sustain its momentum and continue to produce results, despite falling budgets, labor disputes and difficulty in getting resources allocated. In this paper, I will review the challenges Bratton faced, analyze his change decisions and discuss his options to confront new issues.

These teams are used in barricade and hostage situations, suicide intervention, initiate the service of high risk warrants for all Department entities (LAPD). A SWAT team is necessary as it handles situations beyond the capabilities of normally equipped and trained department personal; it is all based on unusual circumstances.

The role of the SWAT is to respond to high profile emergencies, such as bank or bank truck robberies, hostage takings, when officers are in distress and need our help badly an example being that they have spotted an armed terrorist vehicle strolling around the bank, and Safehouse/Assasination missions if those are still around. SWAT also gets the better weaponry compared to a normal patrol officer's arsenal of weapons. SWAT has access to stingers, and M136 launchers, which are used to take down terrorist vehicles with ease, compared to using rifles like the M4 or HK416; SWAT is also more tactical and plans ahead more for the worst case scenarios. SWAT is also more strict, you cannot go corrupt(with or without permission) unlike a normal patrol