A former Los Angeles Police Department SWAT team member sued the city Tuesday, alleging she was denied a promotion in the unit in retaliation for telling Internal Affairs investigators that a small group of members showed favoritism to those loyal to them and maligned the reputations of those reluctant to use deadly force.

Participation has surged year after year, with 73 teams competing last year, 55 teams in 2023, and 34 teams in 2022

The Simi Valley Police Department’s SWAT team went to a mobile home park in the city Sunday to talk a man believed to have fired a gun inside his unit into coming out peacefully.

A man involved in a standoff with police in Westmoreland County last month is now facing new charges. Our news partners at the Trib said New Kensington police withdrew previous charges against 26-year-old Burnell Johnson stemming from the standoff on Taylor Avenue.

Sgt. Duy Bui said the special weapons and tactics team went to the Simi Country Mobile Home Estates in the 1500 block of Rory Lane after receiving a call at 1:40 p.m. Police borrowed an armored vehicle from the Ventura County Sheriff’s Office to make sure they had adequate protection in the compact area, he said.

A man is dead and a North Fulton SWAT officer was injured in a shootout while attempting to execute a search warrant on Friday afternoon.

GRAND JUNCTION, Colo. (KJCT) - On January 19 at 7:11 p.m., the Grand Junction Police Department (GJPD) was dispatched to a report of an assault that had occurred after the injured party was transported to the ER by a neighbor.

A multi-day incident at a home just outside of Haysville ended early Saturday morning with SWAT team members finding the 79-year-old suspect dead inside with an apparent self-inflicted gunshot wound, the Sedgwick County Sheriff’s Office said.

A tip from police in California and a surveillance operation by two SWAT teams on a private parcel along Highway 20 east of Bend led to the arrest of an assault suspect wanted on a nationwide felony warrant,

A Dalton man was arrested after domestic violence led to gunfire at an apartment complex on Saturday night. Dalton police arrested Mark Lee Sims, 29, with assistance from the Georgia State Patrol’s SWAT team after a standoff that lasted nearly two hours.

A K-9 officer with the Jefferson Parish Sheriff's Office died Wednesday morning after helping to apprehend a suspect during a SWAT roll in Harvey, according to authorities. Macho, an 8-year-old Belgian Malinois, was rushed to a MedVet emergency care in Metairie but could not be saved, said Jefferson Parish Sheriff Joseph Lopinto.

Police in an Atlanta suburb say say a bulletproof vest saved a SWAT officer's life just before he returned fire and killed a fleeing man.