Swat teams
Subtitle: explosive face-offs with America's deadliest criminals
By: Robert L. Snow.
Publisher: Plenum Press
Published: 1996
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 307
Subjects: Police -- Special weapons and tactics units -- United States; Police training -- United States; Police administration -- United States; Criminals -- United States
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 293-295) and index.
Table of contents: title: Why have a SWAT team? -- Qualities and selection of SWAT team members -- Snipers -- Intelligence and planning -- Command post operations -- Discipline and teamwork -- Equipment -- Training -- Perimeters and security -- Hostages and hostage negotiations -- Site assault -- Mobile threats and hijackings -- High-risk warrant service -- Interagency cooperation -- some failures of SWAT -- The many successes of SWAT -- The future of SWAT.