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 ...

OFFICER Magazine spoke to three agencies about the roles of their tactical medics and how that growing position in SWAT units bridges law enforcement and EMS. Gaston County, North Carolina, tactical ...

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 ...

GREEN, OH—Since 1998, the city's fire department has had a tactical paramedic team that assists the Summit County sheriff's SWAT team whenever called. With a 2018 change in state law, the nine members ...

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 ...

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 ...

In World Trade Center, NYPD Emergency Services Unit (ESU) Detective John Busching, a tactical medic, works to save the life of Port Authority Sergeant John McLoughlin, the last survivor removed from ...

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 ...

FORT STEWART, Ga. -- Night falls all too quickly at Evans Army Air Field as medics from 1st Brigade Combat Team carry "wounded" Soldiers and civilians across the wet grass. Rain doesn't stop the ...

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 ...

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 ...