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When the citizens need help, they call the Police, when the Police need help, they call SWAT
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Commander
Paul Zuber leads the highly trained Longmont Police Department’s Special Weapons
and Tactics team, SWAT. The team is used in situations that present an elevated
degree of danger to life or property. SWAT teams members are specially trained
in the use of a variety of weapons, both lethal and less lethal. SWAT
assignments are "collateral duty" for all team members, with each member serving
a full-time assignment
The Longmont SWAT Team is made up of highly skilled officers, each of whom can assume varied responsibilities with a high degree of expertise and proficiency. The unit is prepared to assume full control of specific tactical situations which, by nature, would be considered excessively dangerous and complex, or which would require the use of a specialized team effort rather than independent action by individual officers. Practically speaking, the unit is organized as a crisis intervention team with both negotiation and assault capabilities. Negotiations initiated by the unit employ modern psychology and negotiation techniques. Stress, logical reasoning, time, utility control, barter and other concepts, tools and devices might be used to ease a crisis. Assault tactics employed by the unit reflect police strategy of handling and dealing with situations involving confrontations with potentially dangerous suspects. The concept of "apprehension of the suspect" is accomplished through the primary discipline of approaching each situation as a "life saving mission".
The team’s
primary mission is to save lives. Studies have proven that high-risk operations
handled by well-equipped and trained tactical teams result in fewer deaths and
injuries to officers, citizens and suspects than during operations handled
without them. While it is true that lives must be taken on occasion to save
other lives, this is the rare exception. The vast majority of incidents are
resolved through negotiation, tactics, and less lethal
The SWAT team is
generally activated to respond to tactical situations that are deemed high risk
and/or require specialized training, expertise and equipment. A non-violent
resolution is the ultimate goal. The SWAT Team is committed to a proscribed,
rapid response to these dangerous
situations in order to gain control and minimize the risk of death or injury to
any person. SWAT Team members approach their duties with a high level of
confidence, motivation, flexibility, and patience. All operations are
conducted with the greatest regard for the preservation of life. The SWAT
Team is committed to the safe resolution of all critical incidents and
approaches each situation in a professional and controlled manner, with an
emphasis on a negotiated resolution. The SWAT Team members acknowledge
their dependence upon one another and work as a team in an atmosphere of trust,
confidence, and open communication. The primary functions served by the team include:
The Swat Team is responsible for the tactical operations at a critical incident.
All members of the team are sworn police officers and are cross-trained
Crisis Negotiators: This unit is responsible for establishing a dialogue with any suspect(s) at a scene. They are well trained in negotiation skills and have successfully resolved many of the incidents SWAT has responded to. Through the use of electronic equipment, they are capable of speaking to an individual from a distance, providing a safer environment. Medics: This unit consists of crossed-trained Fire Department paramedics. They provide "Tactical Emergency Medical Services". They have
been trained in all facets of tactical operations. The medics work
closely with the tactical officers and have proven to be an asset at both
incident locations and at scheduled training sessions.
As changing times make increasing demands for special skills and abilities on the part of the Longmont Police Department as a whole, SWAT is continually learning, training and developing new capabilities to deal with its own increasing workload. Some SWAT officers are instructors in tactics that can benefit both the team and the police department as a whole. SWAT Officers teach "In-Service" training for other officers of the department in topics ranging from using less-lethal weapons to searching buildings for suspects. Their skills and knowledge are a valuable asset for patrol officers learning tactical and officer safety skills for everyday use in patrol. The SWAT Team also provides crowd control, riot, and active shooter training to the Patrol Division.
"For the weapons of our warfare are not carnal but mighty in God for pulling down strongholds." 2 Corinthians 10:4 |
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options. The Longmont SWAT Team has resolved countless critical incidents
without having to use deadly force.
in all
relevant skills and equipment necessary to function at an incident location. The
SWAT Team uses the best available specialized training and equipment to
accomplish its mission and develops the specialized skills of each team member.
Within the tactical unit there are four groups of officers who receive
additional training to perform specific tasks: 
