The Los Angeles Police Department's SWAT unit rarely resorts to using force and does not glorify violence as one former member alleged, a newly released internal report concluded. Police Chief Michel ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A whistleblower's lawsuit alleges the LAPD's vaunted tactical unit was run by a "SWAT Mafia" of influential veteran cops who ...

A whistleblower's lawsuit alleges the LAPD's vaunted tactical unit was run by a "SWAT Mafia" of influential veteran cops who encouraged the use of deadly force. (Al Seib / Los Angeles Times) With a ...

Former and current LAPD officers are expected to testify in a civil trial stemming from a lawsuit against the city of Los Angeles that alleges the department’s vaunted tactical unit was run by a “SWAT ...