FARGO — Wearing the camouflage fatigues and black boots of a SWAT team member, Ted Werre walked into the building looking to help someone. Werre spotted a man who had been shot in the leg writhing in ...
In the emergency room, he's Dr. Chris Ward, an approachable physician with a white coat and stethoscope who saves lives night after night. Out here on the firing range, he's just 'Doc,' a reserve ...
The podcast's latest episode looks at tactical medics in SWAT units—an upcoming magazine story—and the ways the role is evolving, including some agencies allowing medics to carry guns for self-defense ...
LAFAYETTE PARISH, La. (KLFY) — Law Enforcement from across Louisiana and beyond are in Lafayette this week for basic SWAT training, but “basic” might not be the best way to describe what these special ...
the Thomasville Police Department’s Officer Harry Bumgarner is as fit and disciplined as they come. He runs 10 miles before bedtime, hits the gym before sunrise, then pulls 12-hour patrol duty. And ...
CHARLESTON, W.Va. (WSAZ) - Dr. Leon Kwei is an emergency room physician with a passion for protecting law enforcement and, in part, thanks to him, a new law takes effect Wednesday. “It allows ...
CHARLESTON, W.Va. — A new law allowing specially trained medical professionals to accompany police SWAT teams and carry weapons is now in effect. The legislative approved a bill in this year’s ...
Editor’s note: The last names of the SWAT medics quoted are not included in this story at the request of Enid Fire Department for safety reasons. ENID, Okla. — Enid Fire Department has begun a new ...
In our first three SWAT Spotlight articles we focused on mid-Atlantic tactical teams; two that had concerns related to the Chesapeake Bay and one only slightly more land-locked but still with serious ...