Improving SWAT Operations

SWAT is under a lot of pressure these days. Budgets for training and equipment have been cut. When SWAT is called out, activists decry its equipment and tactics as too militaristic. And activists, politicians, journalists, and Internet trolls all second guess everything a team achieves or fails to achieve in its missions. If it's hard to be a police officer in the 21st century, it's even harder to be a law enforcement tactical operator.Despite the criticism, SWAT has a long history of positive o