SWAT Calls: The Cost Of Keeping You Safe
When they speak, criminals listen, especially when the voice is booming from a loud speaker, “Yakima Police Department. You are surrounded.”
SWAT Sgt. Chad Stephens
“Obviously you don’t need a SWAT team at every call you go to, but when you do need one there’s really nothing what can replace it,” says SWAT Sgt. Chad Stephens.
Which leaves the obvious question: how do you decide in a given situation when the SWAT team is going to be deployed?
“Well, it’s based on the the amount of danger and risk to an officer and civilians that are dealing with the situation and are involved in it at the time,” Stephens explains.
That doesn’t just mean gang-bangers and drug dealers. SWAT was on the scene in December for robbery suspects. And just last week, a SWAT call for an illegal immigrant holed up in a home. Clearly not every call involves violent criminals.
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Glad I clicked on the article, saw the photo of police state excess and the costly $700 hour at minimum tab for our government masters’ “protection.” Others may disagree, I vote no.