Concept information
Preferred term
special weapons and tactics teams
Definition
- In the late 1960s, local law enforcement across the nation experienced situations they had never encountered before. There were incidents of massive civil unrest and riots associated with the civil rights movement. [Source: Encyclopedia of Murder and Violent Crime; Special Weapons and Tactics Teams]
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URI
https://concepts.sagepub.com/social-science/concept/special_weapons_and_tactics_teams
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