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             Throughout the nation, paramilitary, SWAT or tactical policing-that is, law enforcement that uses the equipment, training, rhetoric and group tactics of war is on the rise. According to a study by sociologist Peter Kraska, the nation has more than 30,000 such heavily armed, militarily trained police units(James). Fist developed in 1966 by a young LAPD commander named Daryl Gates, SWAT teams were conceived of as an urban counterinsurgency bulwark. Gates started with the acronym SWAT and then filled it in with the name "Special Weapons Attack Team." His superiors liked the acronym but found the name a bit too proactive, so it was toned down to the more technical sounding "Special Weapons and Tactics"(Clark)
             SWAT teams were created due to growing civil unrest and escalating urban violence. Initially SWAT teams were designed to respond to situation involved hostage takers and barricaded suspects. As the sixties and early seventies rolled on most large metropolitan police departments set up tactical units of their own. Since the mid-eighties there has been a second wave of SWAT growth. Fueled by state and federal drug-war pork, tactical units have now transformed from big city emergency response specialists into standard parts of everyday policing. Even medium- sized towns have swat teams. And instead of only handling emergencies like the occasional barricaded suspect, SWAT teams now conduct routine drug raids and sometimes even patrol high-crime areas in place of regular beat cops(Green).
             At most police departments, officers wishing to join a specialized unit must undergo dozens of hours of training. Entire teams participate in-group training and refresher sessions throughout the year. Many departments require their SWAT members to be "cap stunned" at least once a year, as in the case of Bellevue Nebraska's SWAT team. Their SWAT members are sprayed in one eye at close range then expected draw thei...