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Another article about SWATting. And here in NL that pretty much never happens. Wonder how much of it is due to the police needing to be better armed than their expected opponents and thus needing to effectively have military grade gear with military style tactics in countries with high gun ownership.
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Also, is it just me or does it sound absolutely bonkers when the police storm into a property without first doing some reconnaissance to determine the expected resistance and location of civilians?
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@verius From the beginnings of SWAT teams in the 1970s, they were militarized. Back then, they were rarely used (only when seizing a known to be armed person). These days, SWAT teams can be called for trivial events involving unarmed people.
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@n0admin @verius (Replying from the wrong account.) CC: @lnxw48a1