Quote:First of all--SWAT teams are not regularly deployed anywhere. They are only called upon in specific situations where a more military type police presence would be helpful to preserve life. Usually hostage and armed stand off type situations or large events or locations that are at high risk of terrorism

I make no judgement as to the veracity of the reporting, however the article does claim that "the vast majority of SWAT deployments occur in connection with non-emergency scenarios, predominately to serve search warrants."