American SWAT Teams
The first SWAT
team was established in the Los Angeles Police Department in 1968. Since
then, many American police departments, especially in major cities and
at the federal and state levels of government, have established their
own elite units under various names. These units, regardless of their
official names, are referred to collectively as SWAT teams in colloquial
usage.
For More Information
For more information about the history of Hood County's SWAT team, please contact the sheriff's office at (817) 579-3316.