LAPD SWAT helped create the modern idea of police tactical teams in the United States. Born in the late 1960s, the unit became a model for high-risk warrants, barricades, hostage situations, and armed ...

The LAPD's black-and-white helicopters have long been a fixture of local skies, allowing the police to track suspects and patrol the city from above. Now, the air traffic is growing more crowded with ...

A Los Angeles Police Department SWAT team on Thursday morning used tear gas to capture a suspected burglar who barricaded himself inside the garage of a Pacoima home for five hours, cops said. The ...