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DownhillGoat · 06-25-2014, 06:35 AM

There was actually an interesting article on Mashable the other day about the increased use of SWAT in "average" situations, and the increasing militarization of the police force in the US. In 2011-2012 80% of SWAT utilization was for simple warrants, generally drug related. Hostage situations, etc, where SWAT should be utilized, only made up 7%.

http://mashable.com/2014/06/24/new-r...-of-us-police/

06-25-2014, 06:35 AM	#35
DownhillGoat Franchise Player Join Date: Jan 2010 Exp:	There was actually an interesting article on Mashable the other day about the increased use of SWAT in "average" situations, and the increasing militarization of the police force in the US. In 2011-2012 80% of SWAT utilization was for simple warrants, generally drug related. Hostage situations, etc, where SWAT should be utilized, only made up 7%. http://mashable.com/2014/06/24/new-r...-of-us-police/ Last edited by DownhillGoat; 06-25-2014 at 09:34 AM.