Police departments have a different job today compared to thirty years ago. Not only are police required to “serve and protect,” they must also now appease, socially and politically, the American public that they serve. In particular, when the necessity for police in crisis events arises, departments must still be sensitive to the opinions of the public when employing their tactics. As a result, the current role of the special weapons and training teams, or …showed first 75 words of 2169 total…

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