SWAT

special weapons and tactics

swat teams are situated in large cities, but some organisations (like the fbi) have similer teams.

swat is somewhat a police special forces, handling situations too dangerous for normal police officers. such as multiple armed suspects, barricaded armed suspects, hostage situations, among others.

side note: although the cops in america seem crooked, the police in england are polite, friendly, and helpful.
“talk, we need swat in here, multiple suspects armed with automatic weapons on the corner of 12th and main”

“10-1 but acknowledged”
special weapons and tactics
call in s.w.a.t!
south west alief texas

area located on the southwest side of houston, texas. sharpstown mall is located here as well as johnny’s jewelry shop. rob g, slim thug, and lil keke came out with the song “reppin my block” which mentions the swat. rob g is also part of a group called swat.
“ayo where’s that party goin down tonight?

“in that swat nomtombout.”
a special police force that has way more power and technology than normal police, they usally come when a normal police force can’t handle the job. it also means “special weapons and tactics”
“did you hear that a swat team had to come in for a dangerous bank robbery?”
special weapons and tactics. a special group of handpicked expert policemen and/or ex-soldiers, these people are only called upon when the situation gets “tactical.” specializing in complex operations, such as hostage rescue, riot control, and urban -ssaults, they are armed with watered down military weapons and specialized equipment, including, but not limited to, c2 door breaching charges, kevlar outfits, gsg-9 boots, gas masks, tear gas, tazers, pepper spray, ltl (less than lethal) weaponry, among other things. they are also trained in various close quarters self defense techniques.

the s.w.a.t. are encouraged not to kill, if possible, and are only authorized to only return fire when either
a) under fire
b) an innocent/teammate is in danger

however, there have been cases where they have overexcercised there right to kill.

to put it simply, just don’t f-ck with them.
the s.w.a.t. have saved countless lives and arrested hundreds of criminals to date.
south west atlanta too strong
local atl rappers – “headed down to swats and campbellton road to flip my brick”
this is an abbreviated form of its whole:
special weapons and tactical team
used by the police for especially dangerous or hazardous situations requiring a specialist approach.

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