(08-21-2018 11:16 AM)Attackcoog Wrote:  

(08-21-2018 11:06 AM)Lord Stanley Wrote:  

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."

Im guessing these are break the door down situations involving violet crime suspects presumed to be armed. So the article is correct---these deployments are not a response to an emergency call. However---thats certainly not to say its not an extremely dangerous armed life or death situation. In other words---I don't find their use in those situations particularly unreasonable.

Agreed. I am assuming the special operations units like SWAT aren't used for a typical bench warrant where someone missed a court date unless they have a history of violence.