The armored vehicle called a BearCat will be used by SWAT members to enhance their safety during potentially violent ...

BearCats are typically used to transport tactical teams, i.e. SWAT, to and from hostile situations and to assist with the recovery and protection of civilians in harm’s way during terrorist threats, ...

A former Los Angeles Police Department SWAT team member sued the city Tuesday, alleging she was denied a promotion in the ...

A new $392,539 BearCat armored rescue vehicle has arrived for duty in Mansfield and throughout Richland County.

Timothy Colomey said his fellow Los Angeles police officers had a nickname for him after he transferred out of SWAT: "Top Rope." It was a reference to a professional wrestler flinging himself from ...

Santa Fe police deployed the BearCat 17 times in 2023, nine of those being unplanned "SWAT call outs" and eight being warrant operations. The BearCat has been deployed 12 times in 2024 as of ...

While LAPD must give quarterly reports to the City Council on the robot’s deployment, video from the robot is not subject to transparency laws. SPOT made its debut with the SWAT team on August 12, ...

On Tuesday, LAPD received a tip about the suspect's possible location in a Westlake District apartment complex. The suspect did not exit the apartment when officers, prompting a SWAT standoff ...

SWAT teams from the Los Angeles Police Department arrested a man at his Westlake District apartment complex Tuesday after he allegedly shot two security guards at a downtown Target, investigators ...

which was a producer of tactical vehicles in the SWAT realm." Law enforcement acquired a BearCat in 2008, but it has served its purpose. Porch showed off the new BearCat to members of Mansfield ...

“SWAT is the crown jewel of the LAPD,” the suit states. In late 2018, the Internal Affairs unit began an investigation into SWAT based on an anonymous complaint and Grasso was among those ...