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 ...

The Los Angeles Police Department issued a citywide tactical alert Saturday at the University of Southern California campus amid days of unrest as protesters called for the university to cut ties to ...

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Nash County sheriff's deputies recently traveled to Los Angeles to train with the Los Angeles Police Department's SWAT team. Nash County sheriff’s deputies traveled last week to Los Angeles to train ...

Tensions appeared to have eased Sunday at USC after pro-Palestinian protesters returned with tents and reestablished an encampment in Alumni Park, prompting a large police response as officials closed ...

With a sterling record of busting down doors and arresting armed suspects over her decade in SWAT, Los Angeles police Lt. Jennifer Grasso figured she had a strong case to become the tactical unit's ...