A well placed shot from the window for the one in the turret and a little grazing fire and they'll scadder like a flock of birds. First rule off combat never bunch up
Posted on 04/19/2014 6:19:28 AM PDT by Sam's Army
Lakeland Police SWAT team officers looking for stolen motorcycles tried out their newest technologies Friday evening while serving a search warrant on a house in South Lakeland.
Police said detectives have been investigating motorcycle thefts in Polk, Hillsborough and Orange counties.
After conducting surveillance and gathering information for a judge to sign a search warrant, LPD called in its SWAT team to execute the warrant at a house on Empress Way in the neighborhood near Kelly Recreation Center, Sgt. Mike Lewis said.
"We did not know if anyone was inside and we had information that the persons involved were armed," Lewis said. "It was a safety issue."
It was an opportunity for police to see how well their newly acquired Lenco BearCat armored vehicle would perform. City commissioners last year approved the purchase of the 22,000-pound bullet-resistant vehicle to replace a 1967 armored vehicle. The BearCat features new technologies, air-conditioning, cameras and seating for 12 officers instead of six.
On Friday, the SWAT team drove the BearCat down Lakeland streets and onto the front lawn of the house. The officers crouched behind and inside the vehicle, unsure of what was inside the house.
The officers used tactical maneuvers to blow out the front windows, leaving curtains lying in the yard, and they gained entry into the attached garage.
After more than an hour of searching, officers cleared the house. No one was inside, Lewis said.
"(The vehicle) completely revolutionizes things because we can bring cover up to a location," Lakeland Police Lt. Mike Spade said. "We went on the assumption that someone could be armed in the house. We needed to be safe."
Detectives were searching the house Friday night.
Lewis said, so far, about 30 motorcycles across Polk, Orange and Hillsborough counties have been identified as stolen. No one has been arrested.
Tiny Washington, Iowa just took delivery of a Mine Resistant Military vehicle that probably gets 5 miles per gallon. Why ?
Because all the 3 mile per gallon ones were already
taken?
A well placed shot from the window for the one in the turret and a little grazing fire and they'll scadder like a flock of birds. First rule off combat never bunch up
Sometimes I hear in my sleep, "keep five...keep five."
5.56mm
That's certainly what was more likely the case some years ago. Interesting that you slip in the "and/or ownership if(sic) firearms" as a qualifier.
Times, they are a-changin':
"Dozens of federal agencies now have Special Weapons and Tactics (SWAT) teams to further an expanding definition of their missions. It’s not controversial that the Secret Service and the Bureau of Prisons have them.Department of Agriculture, the Railroad Retirement Board, the Tennessee Valley Authority, the Office of Personnel Management, the Consumer Product Safety Commission, and the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service?"
Source: The United States of SWAT
http://www.nationalreview.com/article/376053/united-states-swat-john-fund
Keep u’r intervals , DI still hollering in my ear .
Ping!
the and/or means ownership of firearms would probably make swat serve it even without a history of violent convictions...but normally you try to stop the suspect away from the location...like in a car.
I have no idea why BLM would have a swat. But I am a lowly street cop so that is way out of my lane of travel.
.50 cal slap rounds would go through that thing and the shield turret on top like swiss cheese.
But up agains’t an empty house it works great. :-)
If you’re a street cop God help you hanging around FR.
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"The average salary for Swat Team in Lakeland, Florida is $89,732. If you were to work as a Swat Team in Lakeland, Florida you could expect a starting salary of $73,897. You could expect to make a salary of around $105,567 after some time."
Hey, pretty good wages for strutting around in neat tactical gear, shooting dogs and blowing out windows of unoccupied houses with new military-type toys
It looks like the SWAT team in Mesquite, NV (Near Bundy's ranch) are pikers. Plugging in Mesquite's zip (89027) reveals:
"The average salary for SWAT Team in Mesquite, is $53,786. If you were to work as a Swat Team in Mesquite, you could expect a starting salary of $44,294. You could expect to make a salary of around $63,278 after some time."
Ha...I been a freeper since before I was a policeman.
Nobody makes movies about cops doing the right thing or news stories either. It is why the perception has become out of whack with reality.
Kinda like the movie Airplane isn’t exactly an accurate representation of air travel.
People need to be more concerned about what Eric Holder and Barry’s other hired leftist clowns are doing to policing than the local swat team wearing scary black clothes and helmets.
IT's time to demilitarize 99% of all federal agencies, ALL State & Local police forces all the way down to the locals. Only a few federal agencies need armed police. The ones needing this type equipment the most and has true justification is The Border Patrol. You'll notice they can barely have side arms.
I live in a county where TVA has several major assets. Over a decade ago I can remember hearing on my scanners TVA Security monitoring local Sheriff Dept Radio Comms and in some cases responding as back up to their calls. A new sheriff ended that issue.
Those two statements seem to be at odds with each other.
More likely, the nut case will scour several sources, then either wait for the cops to "go home safe"; or wait until the cop leaves.
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