NTOA Releases Updated SWAT Standard for Law Enforcement

By Laura Burgess

New SWAT Standard renamed the NTOA Tactical Response and Operations Standard due to expansion beyond SWAT teams.

Doylestown, Pa. (Ammoland.com) – The National Tactical Officers Association (NTOA), a nonprofit membership organization dedicated to serving the law enforcement community, announces the latest update to its SWAT Standard. This document establishes a basic set of standards for law enforcement (LE) agencies and serves as an efficient, core set of concepts and principles that improve standardization within the profession of tactical LE services.

The NTOA’s mission is to enhance the performance and professional status of LE personnel by providing a credible and proven training resource, as well as a forum for the development of tactics and information exchange. In line with this mission, the NTOA first offered the SWAT Standard in 2008. In 2011, the Standard was reviewed, expanded and updated to represent the most contemporary best practices being used in the LE community.

In recent years, tactical LE operations have come under significant scrutiny, and the need for increased standardization and professionalism is even more evident than ever before. Earlier this year, the NTOA board of directors authorized another review …Read the Rest

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