2 Year old child severely hurt by swat raid

[Rally]

havent police departments always matched the military's equipment?
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Military definitely has access to a wider range of equipment for range and combat adaptation, law enforcement is generally only equipped with personal defense weapons and less-lethal tactical equipment.

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[Frankie²]

Military definitely has access to a wider range of equipment for range and combat adaptation, law enforcement is generally only equipped with personal defense weapons and less-lethal tactical equipment.

call me crazy but that looks like a thompson with a drum mag, a popular submachine gun used during the prohibition and world war 2 era

[Spikey]

Normally SWAT will use snake cameras or thermal mirror imaging to I.D. the suspects and innocent. Must have been different department procedures.

[Twerky]

call me crazy but that looks like a thompson with a drum mag, a popular submachine gun used during the prohibition and world war 2 era
[img width=300 ]https://bringmethenews.files.wordpress.com/2014/05/police-with-tommy-gun.png[/img]

Yeah, that was 70 years ago fyi

[Frankie²]

Normally SWAT will use snake cameras or thermal mirror imaging to I.D. the suspects and innocent. Must have been different department procedures.

i think you watch too many movies

Yeah, that was 70 years ago fyi

and? its still a "military issue" weapon in the hands of the police

[Rally]

call me crazy but that looks like a thompson with a drum mag, a popular submachine gun used during the prohibition and world war 2 era

Combat tactics were still developing at this point. It's also worthy to mention that supplying an entire army with equipment is much, much more expensive than supplying law enforcement with equipment.

Cops don't generally hang out of their windows with sub-machine guns anymore either. Most street officers and patrolmen are armed with a sidearm and baton. It's why S.W.A.T. stands for Special Weapons and Tactics, because they have weapons and tactical equipment that are suited for special operations, whereas the Military uses weapons that are chosen for combat adaptability in any situation in which recon and combat usually go hand in hand.

The military also has tanks and fighter jets lol

[Spikey]

i think you watch too many movies

That's incorrect, I've personally visited and toured police stations, and most of their SWAT teams use this equipment, especially in hostage situations. I assume this would be mandatory, considering that the SWAT team was made to deal with these situations.

[Frankie²]

That's incorrect, I've personally visited and toured police stations, and most of their SWAT teams use this equipment, especially in hostage situations. I assume this would be mandatory, considering that the SWAT team was made to deal with these situations.

this wasnt a hostage situation

Combat tactics were still developing at this point. It's also worthy to mention that supplying an entire army with equipment is much, much more expensive than supplying law enforcement with equipment.

Cops don't generally hang out of their windows with sub-machine guns anymore either. Most street officers and patrolmen are armed with a sidearm and baton. It's why S.W.A.T. stands for Special Weapons and Tactics, because they have weapons and tactical equipment that are suited for special operations, whereas the Military uses weapons that are chosen for combat adaptability in any situation in which recon and combat usually go hand in hand.

The military also has tanks and fighter jets lol

police around here have ar15s in the car lol
most of it is military run off anyway, take the mrap for example, the pentagon approved a stuffton of money for these as a form of corporate welfare for the creators of the mrap, and now police are getting the hands on them because they made too many

[Tokthree]

the SWAT team

Because there's only one.

[Spikey]

this wasnt a hostage situation

Regardless, the SWAT Team would always determine who's in the house. Hell, you could have unknown hostages in that house, maybe even a tripwire guarding the door. Could just be the intel at fault.

[Rally]

police around here have ar15s in the car lol

Where do you live? If you live in an area where this is a heightened level of crime, especially with guns, it is important for law enforcement to have firepower superiority over a combatant.

most of it is military run off anyway, take the mrap for example, the pentagon approved a stuffton of money for these as a form of corporate welfare for the creators of the mrap, and now police are getting the hands on them because they made too many

You won't find MRAP's patrolling the street, however. Armored personal carries are used to transport fire teams when under fire or during riots. Most police "tanks" do not have mounted turrets either way and are used for the sole purpose of unit movement.

[Frankie²]

Where do you live? If you live in an area where this is a heightened level of crime, especially with guns, it is important for law enforcement to have firepower superiority over a combatant.
You won't find MRAP's patrolling the street, however. Armored personal carries are used to transport fire teams when under fire or during riots. Most police "tanks" do not have mounted turrets either way and are used for the sole purpose of unit movement.

i live in springfield illinois, we have a crime rate of 855.5 per 100,000 (2010, detroit is at 1,112 per 100,000 for comparison)
i live in one of the villages of springfield, and the PD has a loving humvee

[Alyx Vance]

Uh this is kinda old. I heard about it a few days back via a page I follow on Facebook.

Bad either way

[lolz??]

they used the item correctly, this was an unfortunate accident, no different then a car crash

[Tayasaurus]

police around here have ar15s in the car lol

Are you going to tell us next that an ar15 is strictly a military weapon and an assault rifle?  

ar15s are the semi automatic variants designed for civilians. So if your police are carrying those around thats pretty damn mild lol.