Philadelphia ironically nicknamed the City of Brotherly Love is one of the most violent cities in North America for the police that means facing dangerous situations every day [Music] and when the action gets too hot the SWAT team comes to the rescue turn the vehicle off over the back in the back Bill turn the vehicle these super cops have to face shootouts barricades hostage situations and murderers on the loose [Music] they are law enforcement's last hope in situations that sometimes look more like Urban Warfare than police work fears is definitely a factor and everyone has fear if you're not fear you wouldn't be human but I have to say I'm not afraid I'd be lying it I mean not I'm Not Afraid on every job but there's different jobs if you're human you're gonna think you know you're gonna someone's gonna tell you this can be dangerous [Music] going the other way let's slide back to your right side and check them out though Keep Your Hands Up Bill Hunter and John reckner are members of Philadelphia's special weapons and tactics unit between calls for barricade and hostage situations they Patrol the streets of the city's toughest neighborhoods back off when you get into the busier District the cops are there because they want to be there you see all these 25th district cars here every single time and we're racing to beat them there because there's going to be an arrest we're trying to get it and they're trying to beat us here but that's a great that's a good sign foreign [Music] the Philadelphia Police Department helicopter everything looks calm but don't be fooled the City of Brotherly Love has a dark side [Music] in Philly there are twice the number of aggravated assaults and rapes than the national average three times the number of murders there were 348 homicides here in 2003 that's almost one dead body every day [Music] with those kinds of stats police officers don't have to look very hard to find some serious action [Music] 8 7 1958 blackmail [Music] John and Bill heard the call we just received information there was a shooting at uh 1600 Kane Street we received information at the meow who committed the shootings driving a silver Chrysler there's a black male about six foot tall with a black Skully cap and a black hoodie when the police dispatcher gets new information on certain incidents it is instantly broadcast on every police radio in the city it's called flash information that's the term that we use to gather information on our assignment whether we're on patrol and there's a Rob we just occurred the more we know the more chance that we have of making an apprehension the description of the man his car the gun used all that sounds familiar to John that's it he thinks he knows who the shooter might be right here Rachel and Marston Terrace as you turn in it's an Oldsmobile it's the second one and it's it's a great Oldsmobile there's no tag on it so that's the car cool that's the car the gray Oldsmobile is there with a man inside they have to be cautious if it is the gunman he will be armed and both cops know that he probably won't hesitate to use his gun again don't [Music] don't move what's your name don't even move quiet please I will appearance uh if their attitude changes quickly so will mine all right foreign you're okay relax I know relax people don't want to get locked up I mean they don't want to they want to run they don't want to get locked up they know they're doing something wrong and that's their job to run I guess it's our job to catch them I mean it's not always a fight you're just trying to you're trying to place the cuffs on that if they don't want to go it's hard I mean you could be 220 pound guy and there could be a 120 pound guy running you're chasing him you catch him if you don't want to get cuffed there's going to be hard to cuff him I think that's an interesting thing this one piece will make 52 layers watch on mobile devices or the big screen all for free no subscription required download really now [Music] oh he's wanted for a armed robbery shooting so just drove by we had a shooting a little while ago car matches the description he's wanted anyway so he's locked up but we're gonna have somebody come over to see if it's a positive ID or not so all right it's a good hit John calls for backup uh you can make this to 20. at the same time the suspect's family is now Gathering outside among them is the suspect's mother and she has no intention of helping the two cops arrest her son he's got a warrant anyway man just relax man we might there's a warrant for him just relax nothing yes another warrant I stopped stopped for and I spoke to him about something I said there might be a warmth whenever you were out here go for a car yeah I got a car coming just just relax we'll explain it to you just relax you're not going in that car yo shut that door no you're not locking's the car is going with us where's your keys I need the keys man I need the keys ma'am I need the keys in the car don't make things worse your son's not in trouble for the shoes [Music] okay the suspect finally admits that he was at the scene of the crime I know we're just happening yeah him okay you rushed him to the hospital then relax chill out he admitted to us that he dropped the person off the hospital after we shot shots were exchanged from this car and outside at a location we just arrived here so we're not sure we're gonna wait for the uh supposedly there's a videotape at a store so he's locked up anyway for a shooting and a robbery from a previous warrant other police officers are rushing to the scene the suspect handcuffed is placed in another car it's going to be a PA tag of Frank Victor pet John and Bill searched the vehicle looking for evidence dude's got a 45 but it's I've got to find they know that there is a gun somewhere he played the scene too really from the other uh all right well this is the car thanks Bill can't find the 45 caliber revolver but the search is just beginning you want to get towed and infring it for Prince and probably part of a crime scene it's a good hit the suspect has a history he was previously arrested for attempted murder but was released sometimes like let's say you lock them up for attempted murder that person that they they shot has to show up in court and what happens sometimes is they will get to them before they go to court and threaten them and they are intimidated and they will not show up when they don't show up and the charges are pronoun so now he's back on the street uh please later on John gets a call from one of the detectives who is searching the suspect's car uh in the trunk they recovered a bulletproof vest uh some ski mask uh we have information that there's another vehicle involved the detectives are going to look into that vehicle and hopefully they can recover some more evidence maybe find another gun we had some information that there was a 45 caliber handgun that was used and I also had information from an informant that he was carrying a 45 caliber handgun with a bulletproof vest and a ski mask found in his car getting him off the streets may have saved someone's life is let's grab a seat you could back at Police Headquarters Lieutenant Mangini is working hard to set up a complex SWAT Operation they have a warrant to arrest a man wanted for murder he is presumed to be armed and dangerous what's more he'll be coming out of a big concert and there will be a lot of people around attention is to head down to the Wachovia Center for a concert and naturally we do not want him to get inside there so we need to intercept him before he makes his way to that location the operation is extremely risky and will demand absolute precision an armed man with nothing to lose standing in the middle of thousands of innocent people could spell disaster we're going on a premise that he could and should be armed and dangerous just another damn parody Bill and John will be part of the strike unit this is a different job this isn't a house this is another job that it's going to take a little work we're going to sit down for a while we're actually going to come in early and we're going to think about what we're going to do because it's not a house we're going to be actually waiting for somebody to show up and he's going to be in a car so it's going to be totally different than what we're used to I'm excited about it and I hope things go well the hour has come the show will be starting soon close to 20 members of the unit are part of the operation this is a high visibility high risk maneuver Captain cross is briefing the guys the guy we're looking for you're all going to get copies of this guy okay changes his hair a lot with the seed goes [Applause] those crew crew cut three different pictures of them right he's 21 homicide he hangs his boys are the Young Guns who are performing at the center tonight show starts at seven o'clock we're gonna have two guys right here in plain clothes everybody has to identify themselves when they come in off 11th Street and go down that ramp so we're gonna have two guys along with some Spectrum security taking a look looking in there and iding these guys okay if this guy is in one of these limos we're gonna have a truck down here we're gonna take him down right on this ramp here okay when they spot them he's gonna call in the troops we're going to take this guy down we don't want to do it inside the building there's too many people inside the building these are bad dudes coming in here so don't everybody concentrate when we get this guy take him down four or five get them grab them the rest should be turning towards the trail make sure nobody's jumping our backs or anybody's owning if I were turned around all right just so in case we need the uniforms or some extra muscle we'll have them in this area so besides us we'll at least have 10 uniforms to help us out Bill and John like all the officers get their assignment for the operation that includes what kind of weapon they get to carry with them owner Regner same 112 you'll have an MP5 and one carbon okay you're gonna post yourself on 11th Street Bill and John won't need to put on high protection body armor but they will wear a bulletproof vest capable of stopping a projectile going 3000 feet per second [Music] their weapons the MP5 in the longer range M4 have been the workhorses for the Army and law enforcement agencies everywhere for a long time they are semi-automatic assault rifles that can shoot over 10 bullets every second fears is definitely a factor and everyone has fear if you're not fear you wouldn't be human but not to say I'm not afraid I'd be lined it I mean no I'm Not Afraid on every job but there's different jobs if you're human you're gonna think you know you're gonna someone's gonna tell you this could be dangerous but I do it [Music] [Applause] everyone is at their strategic location they now have to wait for the suspect to show up it's time for some last minute studying I've never met him before but uh I've been studying the photo now on the different photos that I have and I have picked out a couple features that I'm going to look for so if I do see him I'm sure that I would be able to recognize it yo you look at the face you look at a feature that the guy's nose or change yeah you can't change your lips your nose your ears just different things you can pick out the crew is in place and waits [Music] for three hours we're sitting here we're just waiting I mean that's all you can do a lot of times wait longer than that we'll wait on a barricade there's sometimes seven eight ten hours [Music] and finally it's coming our way though oh man it's us the suspect's ban has been spotted and it's going right by where John and Bill are posted everything is going according to plan [Music] foreign the van is immediately surrounded by the SWAT team Bill runs up to the van turn the vehicle off open it back in the back Bill turn the vehicle turn the steering wheel my man he knows that if the suspect is in it he may be armed and dangerous the operation went down perfectly except for one small detail the suspect is not in the van and obviously nobody in the van knows what is going on standby well obviously the guy wasn't the guy looking for is not there he may have got word that we were out here there was five people in the van when it went in 134 when it left but the guy that supposedly the guy we were looking for in the red was the guy was inside the van but it wasn't him they all had ID it wasn't him we don't think he's here I mean if he knows by now if we stop all these they're on their phones we didn't let them use their phones but now they're probably using them so they're probably off telling them they're probably talking to them right now get him another day he's hiding it's gonna be hiding for the rest of his life and these guys are going to keep traveling around with him he's going to get caught it's just a matter of time but today was his lucky day I guess [Music] the suspect wasn't where he was supposed to be and that is very frustrating for the cops not only did they waste several hours but more importantly a suspected murder is still on the loose John and Bill will put away their assault weapons and go back to patrolling the Streets of Philadelphia [Music] action is non-stop within minutes they have to respond to a call for a robbery in a shooting Pizza Philadelphia there is a robbery or a theft committed every nine minutes the victims were held for more than 15 minutes by men who they never thought would Rob them [Music] all right to get inside the house the robbers said they were cops wearing badges guns and even bulletproof vests down election on top of that shirt he's gonna have a uh well that could be twofold that could be one that make people think they're cops and two maybe they're ready for a shootout they said dark range fabulous yeah some bystanders may have seen them yes these guys get older see the same flat by aluminum yeah for now hey guys how you doing what we're looking for is a dark Chevy Lumen as you seeing them go by kind of gray yeah they just robbed somebody put a gun down the street yeah all right thank you all right thank you sure you will Bill sees a car matching the description given by the victims it's parked in front of a takeout restaurant this car right here [Music] it doesn't feel like it was running it's not Warren it's not warm Bill what it's not warm the guys don't even have time to finish their search when the fake cops strike again people they just said they said that they were police officers and they appropriate they broke into the house they locked them in the house and they robbed so that's the second one today so we're gonna go see if you can find the car three black males one was heavy set but the trio of robbers know that the cops are breathing down their necks so they choose to stay quiet for the rest of the night [Music] 12 hours later bill and John returned to duty [Music] back to work [Music] as soon as the guys set foot in the building they are assigned to a barricade once again it is a home invasion maybe they will catch the suspects from last night this time they put on the heavy protection a bulletproof helmet and a heavy duty vest [Music] right now the situation is not clear two men were arrested but one Robber is missing a baby may have been shot when we go to a barricade or a warrant information would be the person that we're looking for how many other people are in the house what kind of they have dogs in the house what kind of weapons are registered to the house the more we know the better we can do our job all right we'll turn one down Lieutenant Mangini gives the lowdown nobody heard gunshots one guy came out saying no one guy came out and said pointed to his head said they shot my child in the head nobody heard him glitch right but that don't mean it right all right these people know a gunshots with three armed suspects reported here John quickly makes the connection with last night's Trio of police imposters three males poses police officers every day and if it hit drug houses with money okay they don't hit these houses right exactly I don't see a car the car is supposed to be uh it looks like a cop car Bill gets in a strategic position forget anybody comes out if there's a shot to be taken it'll be yours if the robber decides to come out running Bill may have to shoot [Music] that's just me you have to go in man you have to go in man there's so many in there come on you got a shot on the porch yeah yeah they're on the porch [Music] and then some new information makes things even more complex uh there's somebody in the house next door to not answering the phone so they think they went in the house next door uh I don't we don't know yet so we're actually watching both properties at national team to present if we get a response from the original Target location bill John and the lieutenant decide to go to the house next door and make sure that the people there are safe the snipers are ready to act if this turns into a shootout police police the police [Music] police man it's been an hour since the SWAT unit was deployed two guys are caught walking out so there should be one more in there supposedly a kid was supposed to be shot in heaven no nobody's talking about detectives and a negotiator arrive with new information so their next move is this using a handheld PA system The Negotiator is trying to make contact with the third suspect who is presumed to still be hiding in the house it's been two hours now and there's still no sign of the robber there were three males that entered the house and so far two of them have been apprehended we're not sure where the third person is whether he got out or whether he's still in the property so negotiations are going on to determine whether or not he's inside the property at some time if there's no response some will make a determination for us to enter the property and see if he's there I think they're gone why would they wait around I think they had a chance to go if two of them got courts two got caught yeah he's hiding in that house the decision is finally made to make a move an officer goes to get the breacher the breacher's responsibility is to get the doors open for you what we use as a ram our Ram property weighs about 40 pounds and has a two handle bar on there and when it's used correctly on a hinge or a lock it will take it right through the wood they are now seconds away from making the entry once inside Anything Can Happen your guard's always up when you're gonna enter a house you don't know what you don't know what to expect you're really the threat levels here you'll go in and you look around and you actually are also looking for the doer or the big guy you know you're looking I I get nervous about it I always had that touch of you know like the Dizzy feeling in my stomach now and again before you go into a house but you know it keeps you sharp you know you don't want to be not nervous about it you know the more nervous you are sometimes you know it Peaks your senses you know you're more prepared for what happens at moments like these the members of the SWAT team rely on their training and techniques to make a safe entry there's a technique used by the entry team which all bases will be covered by the first man the second man and the third man and this technique will cover all the angles of the room and any kind of threat that they can encounter as they make their entry [Applause] foreign our first man in used a carbon with a shorter version of an M16 which is body piercing armor it's possible that the shotgun or the MP5 might not Pierce body armor I wanted to change they were looking for prints okay well we were there for a few hours or wait it's a waiting game you wait wait and wait in five seconds it's over we made our entry uh the third one was not that however there was a Chrome plated automatically Bob her right in the doorway it had about four assignments where home invasions occurred with three males including Chrome plated automatic weapon yeah normally I believe it's probably the same Defenders and life goes on hey have a great Christmas all right [Music] [Applause] 4 AM and the morning crew of the SWAT unit is about to serve two warrants steady sir Crawford the information about the suspect would send shivers down the spines of most people for the SWAT members it just tells them what they will be up against search War an arrest warrant a 22 year old black male and this house belongs to girlfriend's parents shooting his father he shot his father and then they said I just got off the phone with the detectives the father don't look good most of the people we're dealing with or through with warrants they're wanted it's a high-risk warrant they want it for a serious crime whether this be narcotics we're a robbery or homicide you just always have to be ready as we go in your position in line determines your assignment each person has a different assignment and when you make your entry your main focus is your assignment just listen up the line it's going to stay from containment use a 113 the Petro and MP5 Riley have a handgun at Amaro a shotgun Scott handgun and bring a pry bar with you different weapons are used for different goals of our entry the first man in will usually carry a long gun whether it be a shock on M16 or an MP5 weapon the second man and will usually carry his handgun it makes him more mobile when you carry a long gun being the first man and it makes you less mobile second floor uh Rebel with a shotgun pacettia handgun Lieutenant will have a flashbang flashbang is a diversion technique that we use to catch someone off guard catch them by surprise to give us the edge okay this is a two-story brick row it's a marked property it's got storm door uh a wooden wooden glass inside door Richie makes sure you uh cover yourself up there right uh this detective says uh he's got a real good feel of this gun's in this house all right everybody understand our assignments everybody understand our assignments yes okay okay back from Lehigh the guys all get to a location close to where they will strike and called the staging area they put on their equipment they wear the heavy duty bulletproof vest a bulletproof helmet and an advanced communication system the sergeant meets with the detective in charge of the case to get more information yeah I got three great Witnesses plus that identified plus his father identified him in the hospital coded at least three times he coded on the way to the hospital this guy is just not meant to drive [Music] everyone gets into position some will be part of the entry team others will be the rear and front containment [Music] the entry team sneaks close to the house without making a sound the element of surprise may be their biggest Ally they want to catch him off guard and hopefully away from his weapon team leader bangs on the front door hoping to surprise the suspect on a warrant we will knock and announce and there's a specific time required for them to open the door the door isn't opened in that required time in the breacher will force the door open after a few seconds someone finally opens the door a few more seconds and the SWAT unit would have broken it down it is now safe for the detectives to get inside the SWAT unit has done its job and secured the place that's the girlfriend the SWAT unit serves almost 300 high-risk warrants every year to last in this job you have to walk a thin line between going all out and not taking every job too personally you know we're there and you see where oh you were in the car we're all hyped up fast when it's over it's over then yeah we were all disappointed appointed we wanted to catch him we want to catch the bad guy that's why we're there if you harp on things too much it eats you up inside no luck but Lady Luck Smiles at the last moment the suspect is caught down the street while trying to sneak past the policeman [Music] now you don't got to go to work you don't have to go to work actually when you're serving warrants for like the warrant muster for homicide that's a serious War now this is that's a bad guy I mean he's he killed somebody the SWAT unit goes back to the station awaiting them over there is another briefing for another warrant he's a 21 year old black male he's wanted for murder they had a on the 5th of March they had uh it was a drive-by killing us what it was the uh Carlo to people bought some drugs they didn't look what they got they went back and they uh they did up the corner with a we was in AK-47 every little detail about the house and the surroundings are given to everyone they don't want any surprises got a white uh security door it's got an enclosed porch uh you keep that in mind okay who's the first one in I think the first person in would be the most dangerous because if somebody's waiting in there with a gun you're the first person he sees picture it like a funnel and you're coming through it and if you were to stop in the middle of it everything gets banged up and clogged up behind you we all have an assignment when the first floor people come in the second floor people are right behind them but as like I said everybody has a different assignment and your job is to stick to that assignment as long as you stick to your assignment all goals are achieved [Music] after meeting at the staging area the unit is on its way to the suspect's house we're gonna give him a good morning welcome [Music] [Applause] [Music] the door is quickly answered and this time the suspect is nowhere to be found [Music] every operation of the SWAT unit has to be flawlessly executed every little detail can mean the difference between life and death so for the SWAT unit as with anybody else practice makes perfect being in swats we have outstanding equipment and a lot more training than a regular patrol officer does so I think sometimes the guys in swat are a lot more prepared than a regular Patrol cop [Music] oh [Music] foreign [Music] [Music] you do it right here you're gonna do it right when you're when you're out when you're in your house you're gonna you're gonna aim right you're gonna hit Center Mass where you're supposed to hit that's why we do these drills the analogy that I use it won't be like a pool shooter [Music] who can shoot pool every night on a consistent space and maintains a certain level of proficiency if he doesn't go out and shoot pool for a couple months the first time he walks back in it will lower down the ability to come up here will help us maintain a higher proficiency of handling the weapon I think with the stress a lot of times you will do things without thinking and sometimes you're just your skill kicks in and you might even do a little better [Music] foreign you need much more than a sharp eye and a taste for danger to make the cut as a SWAT member all the protection and Equipment they are wearing can weigh as much as 70 pounds and we first put that stuff along we're out there just observing jobs different warrants I tell you it was heavy but you get used to it anyways like anything else your body gets used to it and the way they work out and that helps us keep it safe [Music] [Applause] back on the streets after their training session Bill and John are assigned to assist some officers who have made an arrest and they respond to the sergeant saw the mail running down the street he was trying to rack the gun he jammed on him he dropped it they apprehended the mail down the street they've picked up the gun it was still jammed they call us for weapons like this I mean it's a military type weapon and if you don't have the know-how to unload it make it sit rather it's safe then it's better just calling SWAT unit will cover in it safe and they'll take it down to ballistics yeah it's Jan you can see it's a double feed as soon as they secure the jammed weapon another call comes in this time it's for a robbery with a possible hostage situation this could be a barricade yeah we're not that far we're in actually pretty good position for this one we're pulling up a street uh what's the Flash [Music] what's going on Frank is that you yes good how you been it's my uncle getting drunk doing the dude again who's in the house now it's my Uncle Billy in there all right he's in there by himself yes hey Uncle Billy yeah everything all right the man who called in is obviously drunk but that doesn't mean that he is not telling the truth [Music] all right bill goes upstairs and finds that the caller was right there is a gun so you got gun door is that what you say is this to go sit there okay is this the one you saw is this the gun you saw does it look like it kind of save me ah no no I'm kind of favorite okay all right no problem you can put your leg in okay okay put your leg in we'll take care of it all oh my God that's what we saw laying on the table I believe you there are some funny situations at occur during our day and I will come home and always tell a funny story because that really breaks up the monotony of what if they have any worries about what I do all day I tell a funny story and maybe they don't want to use one here let me check this there's been some development in the home invasion case a victim recognized one of the three fake cops on a mug shot the detectives followed the lead and found a car matching the description two men fled the third one is hiding John and Bill are on the spot in minutes hoping to catch the elusive criminals all around so they got one person didn't get any of the guys the police helicopter arrives on the scene it's state-of-the-art technology is a very much needed addition to the operation there was possibly a shooter in the back Alleyway everybody emptied out of the alleyway Air Tech unit went above it and used it to call thermal heat sensor and the thermal heat sensor would pick up any kind of heat from a person hiding in the alleyway something that we couldn't see in the middle standing here on the ground yep that's the key for you actually you can see the front of their cars maybe we'll get lucky maybe the guy's over here but the helicopter can't look inside the houses this dangerous job is left to the officers watch the hole of the floor right there we finally some of the abandoned houses dangerous because as we make our entries into them a lot of them are booby trapped with missing floorboards or we had went into a Don and I had went into a house last week where we went through the back window but before we stepped in we looked down and there was a big square cut out so if we weren't looking down and preparing ourselves for something like that you could have fell straight through to the basement now the floor there before wouldn't support anybody if somebody went in there he's hiding in his back alley he's not going to be in that house because he would never made it inside yeah it's not fresh John Suddenly finds an important clue fresh blood hey Bill [Music] [Music] yeah it's not fresh but well let me see it started over here right here's the blood trail here I started right here look what let's say you got shot in the chair or something and blood on the Cherry you see right here it's going all the way out to here Blood Trail comes right here so fresh while Bill and John follow the blood trail two of their colleagues from the SWAT unit arrest The elusive robber tonight Philadelphia will be a safer place [Music] [Applause] another day another warrant for the SWAT team he's wanted for attempt murder uh with a gun line of March you want to be rear front entry entry rear you guys are going to lead the way you're going to go up to Corley Street if you were to ask me what was my favorite position in stack I had to be the number one guy because the rest of the team's all stepping off on your step if you like your job and you always want to be the first one to do something right you don't want to just say I want to be the last person you love doing what you're doing you want to be the first person just the way I am and everybody I work with pretty much on the same page at the staging area the detective gives out a picture of the suspect well here's the guy we're looking for a younger photo here's your photo guy that's him all right okay there is no room for improvisation or error any mistake could be their last one hook up together right at that corner front as soon as they give you to work you guys are going down the walk is about 20 feet down 10 houses to your only one we'll go walk down and we'll do work please [Music] get down the floor [Music] everybody has their own job to do and you if we do it right pretty much we'll come out okay this operation went down perfectly when they got to the door the suspect was about to come out they caught him one minute later and they would have missed him oh they said don't worry about it we're taking everybody you got everybody all right guys back to the board [Music] [Applause] never thought I'd be I'd be SWAT team I had a chance to I put my transfer in and I went now this is some this is all new to me I've only been here about nine months and most of that was training so now I'm on the street and I'm having fun okay hi Michael Hello Steven fighting crime is one thing but prevention is also essential and Bill is doing his part he has been a volunteer wrestling coach for 15 years in a school in one of the toughest parts of town I know I'm making a difference because first of all a lot of times you see when you're out there with some of the streets they don't always look upon the police in a positive way and these kids see a totally different side of me when I'm dressed up in my sweat clothes running their practices rolling around taking them to matches every Saturday so they see a totally different side of a police officer than someone on the street locking up everybody they know but they also know that I care about them all and I would help them out in any situation and this approach works right now there's about 15 or 16 guys that I coached in this level right here that are on the police force right now there's even one who's in the FBI who's one in the Secret Service and we're proud of the ones that did well thanks after this quick stop at the school bill is back on the streets so we just got a call to the guy at Germantown in Orleans which is right by Germantown Indiana we're in a blackjack in the skull he's got a 40 caliber on him if I was to get on my car to stop someone or arrest somebody my eyes are on there uh before I get out my eyes are on the surroundings as I get out I have to focus on that individual and as I approach him my actions will also lead the uh the circumstances that surround us now his actions will dictate what I did if you just want to be complacent okay not that I'm going to let my guard down but I'll probably move up as quickly as possible before that complacency changes there he is right there which one black uh black hat or what it's the one that's not Zaire keep going keep going keep going keep going just dude over here just to pass the passive passives [Music] behind you [Music] don't move that hand Mommy [Music] as you're talking to him usually another demeanor and the Threat Level goes down but you're always you always gonna have your guard up but it just goes down like like when I'm getting out of car if I'm gonna stop you and I think you have a gun yeah I'm gonna treat you differently until I get a chance to see if you have in fact have that gone Bill finds what he was looking for John no you got it hey turn around this serves you no purpose whatsoever as far as self-defense goes it could be used for intimidation in such a thing like a robin from a distance someone can mistake something like this for maybe a nine millimeter this could cause you a lot of damage to get you killed carrying something that gets on the street [Music] [Applause] if you get 50 gunmen thousand kids in the school people are gonna die [Music] this is a training exercise but a hostage situation in a school is always a very real threat the goal is to make a fast effective and safe entry [Music] foreign [Music] and make no mistake about it training pays yeah you went a little bit you know too fast but this is a this is a stage process up two guys call the other guys up certain magazine the exercise has to be interrupted a call just came in it's a hostage situation saved an assignment of a barricade a male inside of the house would have gone and that's where we're headed to now we just received the information of our staging area we're going to go Gear Up and our sergeant lieutenant will give us our assignments while he gears up John gets some information from the first officer on the scene a training day up yeah [Music] what do we got going on put it on my phone their way out right he comes in he comes up to her and he tells her that he wants to be with her she tells me get out on them and he said okay I'm gonna kill myself so he does have a gun she ran she said she saw something silver and sparkly in the dark right and she ran she has no shoes or anything oh she's in the car now yeah she's okay yeah thanks deal ex-boyfriend uh you know says starting to kill himself he's got a gun I'll have to go around the car yeah each situation is unique and needs to be analyzed before any action is taken and a case involving a suicidal person demands finesse not Brute Force any news he's in there oh he is in there yeah oh good they got uh the rare containment see some movement in the back rear windows and since it was just him and his girlfriend that was living there and she's out here he is on the phone right right now on the phone with 9-1-1 SWAT members are sent to the front and the back of the house to look for any movement from the suspect so I just gotta check it out and make sure everything uh so many people we need we don't even know what the house looks like at this point um a warrant entry is more of a dynamic entry and this could be a stealth entry which would be a much slower process of zeroing in where this person is in the house and hoping to get himself to surrender without him again before sending in the SWAT other strategies are taken into account to try to resolve the situation peacefully they're gonna probably get to call on the telephone and talk and uh if he's in there hopefully he can talk of it to come out surrender we could be here all night long I just is not no one's at risk but himself so they'll take as much time as they need you know near the holidays and they're easily the bad ones even though they understand the depth of the human drama unfolding before them for the officers these situations are like game day for a professional athlete every job you get a little rush I mean that's part of the job it's you know the journal and Rush you've seen away everybody as soon as I heard barricade everybody we're training everybody's happy that's why we're here you know if we like everybody's happy finally the swap members won't have to put their skills to work surrender he didn't want to harm himself he wanted to talk to his uh his grandfather and uh once the grandfather was over there with the negotiate her he surrendered and they did recover there silver semi-automatic handgun and uh under the bathtub so they did recover a gun he did have a gun but it worked out for the best he surrendered [Applause] dealing with criminals day after day the guys have to avoid becoming cynical they have to always remember that they are fighting crime to make these dangerous neighborhoods safer for honest people so I mean regardless of its appearance there are still a lot of good people who live in this area oh yeah the money there could be a little older some of the people we talked to are owed them right are older they're not they're not young kids anymore they were here their whole life it's two of them on their own they try to help us out as much as they can and in return we try to help them out I never really think about putting my life on the line for for somebody who doesn't appreciate it I you know there's always that one person who you help who appreciates what you did for them you know whether it's a a hostage rescue that you're doing or you know a barricaded person or just somebody on the street you know he stops somebody from getting mugged they'll remember that you know cop helped me out one day foreign [Music]