EXCLUSIVE: Eight important things you must know about SWAT
chuks oti
Oct 14, 2020
SWAT:
READ ALSO: TRAGIC: 17 Soldiers Die In Kenya Helicopter Crash
1. A designated law enforcement team whose members are recruited, selected, trained, equipped, and assigned to resolve critical incidents involving a threat to public safety which would otherwise exceed the capabilities of traditional law enforcement first responders and/or investigative units.
READ ALSO: How To Restructure Nigeria
2. It is a law enforcement team that uses specialized or military equipment and tactics.
READ ALSO: Abia Speaker Condoles With Monday Ubani Over Death Of Father | DETAILS
3. First created in the 1960s to handle riot control or violent confrontation with criminals and later increased during the war on drugs.
4. SWAT teams are increasingly equipped with military-type hardware and trained to deploy against threats of terrorism, crowd control, hostage-taking, and in situations beyond the capabilities of ordinary law enforcement.
READ ALSO: Bloodbath At Wedding: Bandits Kill 13, Abduct Many In Midnight Attack In Kaduna Community
5. SWAT units are often equipped with automatic and specialised firearms and specialised equipment such as submachine guns, assault rifles, riot control agents among others.
READ ALSO: Ofuji Ndị Igbo Sets 2026 Agenda, Promises Greater Community Engagement
6. SWAT units are always called upon to intervene in uncommonly high-risk events such as hostage rescue, counter-terror operations, hazardous engagement, and fugitive tracking.
READ ALSO: Abia Health Village Will Bring Medical Care To Poor Abians' Doorstep - Chikamnayo | READ DETAILS
7. SWAT units are special agents selected from volunteers within their respective Field Offices and undergo unique and rigorous training.
READ ALSO: How a Catholic Priest Slumped and Died While Delivering Homily in Delta Church
8. SWAT operations are not for the weak or faint-hearted; all unit members must be tactically and technically proficient, well beyond more common law enforcement standards and response.
READ ALSO: JAPA SYNDROME: Gov. Otti Unveils Special Welfare Package For Abia Health Workers | READ DETAILS
Credits
Related Stories
Bloodbath At Wedding: Bandits Kill 13, Abduct Many In Midnight Attack In Kaduna Community
"Ikwuano Locked Down For Alex OttiÔÇØ - Monday Ubani SAN Sends Strong Message To Opposition
Mother's Day: Abia Government Liaison Officer Honours Women, Says Mothers Shape Future Leaders
Why ICPC Is Prosecuting Mike Ozekhome Over a London Property Deal That Has Shaken Nigeria's Legal Circle | READ DETAILS
Ofuji Ndị Igbo Sets 2026 Agenda, Promises Greater Community Engagement
How a Catholic Priest Slumped and Died While Delivering Homily in Delta Church
""
— chuks oti