The Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department (LASD), officially the County of Los Angeles Sheriff's Department, is a law enforcement agency serving Los Angeles County, California.

Metropolitan Division, commonly referred to as Metro Division or just Metro, is an elite division of the Los Angeles Police Department (LAPD) under its Special Operations Group. Metropolitan Division is responsible for managing the LAPD's specialized crime suppression, K-9, mounted, and SWAT units, named "platoons".

Oct 17, 2013 · The LASD’s 8,200 sworn deputies provide services to the unincorporated county areas, the Department’s 40 contract cities, and the independent cities within the county that have mutual aid agreements with the Sheriff’s Department.

Apr 11, 2024 · LOS ANGELES - FOX 11 joined Los Angeles County ’s Special Enforcement Bureau (SEB) for a day of training with deputies. The SEB is essentially the county’s SWAT team. They consistently...

SWAT provides the Department with 24-hour coverage necessary for immediate response to barricaded suspects, snipers, and other high-risk incidents. Rapid deployment, surprise, extensive tactics training and thorough planning are the hallmark of successful SWAT operations.

Sep 25, 2022 · We sat down with retired Los Angeles County Sheriff SWAT member, George Creamer at the TACops conference. George shared a few wild stories and what it was li...

The Emergency Services Detail (ESD) is the unit of Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department tactical paramedics and rescue/recovery specialists. The detail’s members are special weapons team members and are trained/certified in the following areas: SWAT/Tactical Operations, Rural/Mountain Rescue, Ocean/Swift Water Rescue, Helicopter-Based ...

SWAT school, tactical long rifle school, and tactical explosive breaching school. Students of these schools come from local, state, federal, and military units.

FOX 11's Matthew Seedorff got an inside look at how the Los Angeles County's Special Enforcement Bureau' SWAT team trains for life threatening situations.

May 24, 2022 · Los Angeles Police Chief Michel Moore has ordered an internal review of SWAT team operations over the last 10 years to determine whether “any potential problems or patterns” exist in how the unit...