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| SWAT officers spend about 40 percent of their time in training activities. |
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| Specialized skills training occurs within seven officer-staffed cadres: sniper, shooting, climbing/rapelling, negotiations (CNT), self-defense, breachers, and emergency medical technicians (EMT). Each cadre is comprised of officers who receive special training and cross train the remainder of the platoon in that skill. |
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SWAT responds to the following types of missions: VIP protection, hostage rescues, barricaded suspects, high-risk warrant service, and rapid deployment situations. |
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City-issued black-and-white take-home police vehicles are provided to each team of officers and each supervisor. Each officer's equipment and other logistics are stored in the vehicles. Additional equipment is secured in the SWAT truck that's driven to the scene of each tactical incident. |
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| D Platoon is the official
designation for LAPD SWAT. Based out of the Metropolitan division in
downtown Los Angeles, D Platoon consists of 60 officers, six sergeants,
and a lieutenant.
The lieutenant assumes the role of SWAT Commander, responsible to the Chief of Police for the unit's activities. Six sergeants answer to the lieutenant. Each sergeant has a squad of ten officers under his jurisdiction. A squad is comprised of two five-man elements. |
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Each element is led by an element leader who directs the tactical deployment of the team. Element leaders must have a thorough understanding of all team positions and the ability to make quick, effective decisions under pressure. |
| Team members always cross-train and specialize in other areas besides those demanded by their position within the element. In order for the element to function flawlessly as a whole, each officer must thoroughly understand and execute his own individual duties. |
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ENTRY TEAM |
SUPPORT TEAM |
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| The Primary Entry Team consists of
some
members specially trained in hostage rescue techniques, tactical firearms,
and woodland operations, among other specialized areas. All entry team
members are certified instructors in various areas of tactical operations. |
The Support Team is responsible for many tasks during any given operation. This could range from perimeter containment and intelligence gathering, to prisoner extractions. Each member is trained in skills such as cover and concealment techniques, intelligence gathering, surveillance techniques, and land navigation among others.Support team members must also be proficient in firearms such as rifles, shotguns and carbines. In a typical operation, the first personnel deployed contain an inner perimeter. Then, depending on the operation, other members will be deployed as "real-time" intelligence gatherers, a prisoner snatch team, or relief during long surveillance operations. | |
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SNIPER TEAM |
CNT (Crisis Negoziation Team) | |
| The Sniper Operations Team consists
of dedicated people, highly skilled in the arts of camouflage,
surveillance and surgical shooting with state of the art equipment. Their
task is to provide cover and fire support, provide up to the minute
intelligence during missions and to do necessary reconnaissance on
possible raid/arrest locations. This information is crucial in making
decisions regarding assault plans and life threatening situations. Team members must be unique and highly skilled, extremely tough professionals. Because of the southern heat and the physical requirements of the jobs, physical fitness is a cornerstone of the team. |
The unit has some officers including one supervisor assigned to CNT (Crisis Negotiations Team). They are expert in negoziation and psicological profiles. these officers utilize the rescue telephone system in order to comunicate directly with suspect barricated. |
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