The Bellevue Police Department recently commended Officer Barb Shapiro for her speedy response to a serious car crash that ...

LENEXA, Kan. — From a barricade to a hostage situation, and from escorting a dignitary to making a high-risk arrest, the SWAT team responds to it all. And in Johnson County, when one of the six SWAT ...

On a still, foggy morning, SWAT vehicles rolled into a quiet Greeley neighborhood and prepared for a shooting. A tactical emergency medical team was right behind waiting to help anyone who’d been ...

At 0430 hours we meet at the station to check and double-check all our equipment, including our tactical gear. Our PPE is loaded: ballistic vests with gear attached—not with weapons, but with ...

CINCINNATI, OH (FOX19) - Police and firefighters in Colerain spent the day preparing for tragedy. Northwest High School was used as a training ground for the Tactical Medic training program. The ...

PERRYSBURG, Ohio — Tactical medics are a special breed of police officers. Beyond the standard police skills, they also carry EMT training. WTOL 11 was the only local news station to get a deeper look ...

AUSTIN (KXAN) — The Austin-Travis County EMS (ATCEMS) welcomed the first female team member to its Tactical Paramedic Team. Clinical Specialist Micah Morgan had her sights on joining the Tactical Team ...

Police work can be war — unpredictable and downright dangerous. Sometimes police lines more resemble enemy territory, with flying bullets, impenetrable standoffs and erratic players. When the stakes ...

A Green Country paramedic has made Oklahoma history. Katheryn Ericsson is the Tulsa Police Department Special Operations Team’s first female tactical paramedic. Ericsson says this accomplishment was ...

Funding for certain Centre LifeLink EMS personnel to receive weapons training hasn’t even been approved yet, but the proposal is causing controversy and what Centre LifeLink officials call ...

Active-threat incidents, such as an active shooter and bombing, create dangerous environments that push responders beyond the “everyday” or routine calls for service. These environments present unique ...