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Swat teams : explosive face-offs with America's deadliest criminals / Robert L. Snow.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Snow, Robert L.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Police--Special weapons and tactics units--United States.
- Police.
- Police training--United States.
- Police training.
- Police--Special weapons and tactics units.
- United States.
- Police administration--United States.
- Police administration.
- Criminals--United States.
- Criminals.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (x, 307 pages) : illustrations
- Place of Publication:
- New York : Plenum Press, [1996]
- System Details:
- text file
- Contents:
- 1. Why Have a SWAT Team?
- 2. Qualities and Selection of SWAT Team Members
- 3. Snipers
- 4. Intelligence and Planning
- 5. Command Post Operations
- 6. Discipline and Teamwork
- 7. Equipment
- 8. Training
- 9. Perimeters and Security
- 10. Hostages and Hostage Negotiations
- 11. Site Assault
- 12. Mobile Threats and Hijackings
- 13. High-Risk Warrant Service
- 14. Interagency Cooperation
- 15. Some Failures of SWAT
- 16. The Many Successes of SWAT
- 17. The Future of SWAT.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 293-295) and index.
- Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, MI Available via World Wide Web.
- Description based on print version record.
- Local Notes:
- Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Lipman Criminology Library Fund.
- ISBN:
- 9781489960481
- 1489960481
- Publisher Number:
- 99989108513
- Access Restriction:
- Restricted for use by site license.
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