William Dean A Garner April 7 2013
The Los Angeles Police Department was the first major metropolitan law-enforcement agency in the US to institute a SWAT division. Special Weapons And Tactics.
Special.
Weapons.
And.
Tactics.
Special operations. Special military-trained personnel. Special vehicles, helicopters, training facilities and instruction.
Advanced assault weapons. Supplementary weapons: hand grenades, stun guns, night-vision devices.
Military strategies, masquerading as tactics. Military operations. Military missions on civilian streets and in civilian homes and businesses.
That began nearly more than 40 years ago.