LAPD Metropolitan Division
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The Metropolitan Division (Metro) of the Los Angeles Police Department
(LAPD) is an elite division within the department that is most notable as the unit that operates LAPD's SWAT
teams. Captain John N. Incontro is the current Commanding Officer of the Metropolitan Division.
In 1968, the Division was expanded from 70 officers to approximately 200 officers. In 1997, following the North Hollywood bank robbery
, the Division was authorized to increase to its current strength of approximately 350 sworn personnel and 16 civilian support personnel. It was originally located in the LAPD's headquarters, Parker Center
, but now it is based in the Central Facilities Building.
Assignments of both SWAT and Metro Division as a whole include:
"B" and "C" platoons are tasked with crowd control, riot control, and crime suppression. Their most active function is maintaining selective enforcement details in high frequency crime areas and targeting repeat offenders and criminal predators. Particular efforts are directed to the suppression of burglary, robbery, auto theft, and attacking violent irrepressible crime. Both B and C Platoons often serve high risk search warrants. Frequently B and C Platoons provide protection details for wounded officers or officers that receive death threats. During most of the protection details and high profile events within the city, these platoons deploy heavily armed tactical units for added security. B, C, E, and K-9 Platoons have gradually been issued the HK 416 rifle to replace the M16 rifle
currently in use .
rallies demanding amnesty for illegal immigrants which occurred on May 1, 2007, at MacArthur Park
. Six hundred police officers, including Metropolitan Division officers from “B” and “C” Platoons, were tasked with crowd control.
When protesters began blocking city streets, the crowd was ordered to disperse; the orders were given in English to a crowd of mostly Spanish speaking demonstrators. In any event, a significant portion of the crowd ignored the orders and did not disperse, though a majority did so. Police officers formed a line and advanced slowly to clear the area. The officers proceeded about 50 feet at a time, allowing those complying with the dispersal order to retreat.
Officers were attacked with plastic bottles, rocks and other projectiles, and responded with tear gas, rubber bullets, and batons, with approximately 146 foam-rubber projectiles fired. Twenty-seven marchers and nine members of the media were injured, five people were arrested, and at least fifty civilians filed complaints with the LAPD regarding mistreatment by officers. A $13 million settlement was paid over allegations of civil rights violations. Seventeen officers and two sergeants from the Metropolitan Division would eventually be disciplined for their actions.
for the same incident.
SWAT provides the Department with 24-hour coverage necessary for immediate response to barricaded suspects, snipers, crisis and hostage negotiations, potential suicide-related situations, and other high-risk incidents. Rapid deployment, surprise, extensive tactics training and thorough planning are all parts of successful SWAT operations. SWAT currently operates one Lenco B.E.A.R. and three smaller Lenco Bearcat
armored rescue vehicles.
In 1971, the SWAT personnel were assigned on a full-time basis to Metropolitan Division to respond to continuing action by subversive groups, the rising crime rate and the continuing difficulty of mustering a team response in a timely manner. Metropolitan Division, which had a long-established reputation as the tactical unit of the Department, was reorganized into 6 units: "A", "B", "C", "D", "E", and "K-9" Platoons. The Special Weapons And Tactics Unit was given the designation of "D" Platoon, and at the same time formally adopted the acronym S.W.A.T.
The first significant deployment of LAPD's SWAT unit was on December 9, 1969, in a four-hour confrontation with members of the Black Panthers. The Panthers eventually surrendered, with three Panthers and three officers being injured. By 1974, there was a general acceptance of SWAT as a resource for the city and county of Los Angeles.
On the afternoon of May 17, 1974, elements of a group which called itself the Symbionese Liberation Army (SLA), a group of heavily armed leftists, barricaded themselves in a residence on East 54th Street at Compton Avenue in Los Angeles. Coverage of the siege was broadcast to millions via television and radio and featured in the world press for days after. Negotiations were opened with the barricaded suspects on numerous occasions, both prior to and after the introduction of tear gas. Police units did not fire until the SLA had fired several volleys of semi-automatic and fully automatic gunfire at them. In spite of the 3,772 rounds fired by the SLA, no uninvolved citizens or police officers sustained injury from gunfire.
During the gun battle, a fire erupted inside the residence. The cause of the fire is officially unknown, although police sources speculated that an errant round ignited one of the suspects' Molotov cocktail
s. Others suspect that the repeated use of tear gas grenades, which function by burning chemicals at high temperatures, started the structure fire. All six of the suspects suffered multiple gunshot wounds and perished in the ensuing blaze.
By the time of the SLA shoot-out, SWAT teams had reorganized into six 10-man teams, each team consisting of two five-man units, called elements. An element consisted of an element leader, two assaulters, a scout, and a rear-guard. The normal complement of weapons was a sniper rifle (apparently a .243-caliber bolt-action, judging from the ordnance expended by officers at the shootout), two .223-caliber semi-automatic rifles, and two shotguns. SWAT officers also carried their service revolvers in shoulder holsters. The normal gear issued them included a first aid kit, gloves, and a gas mask. In fact it was a change just to have police armed with semi-automatic rifles, at a time when officers were usually issued six-shot revolvers and shotguns. The encounter with the heavily armed Symbionese Liberation Army, however, sparked a trend towards SWAT teams being issued body armor and fully automatic weapons of various types.
The North Hollywood shootout was an armed confrontation between two heavily armed and armored bank robbers, Larry Eugene Phillips, Jr. and Emil Matasareanu, and both SWAT and patrol officers in North Hollywood, Los Angeles, California
on February 28, 1997. It began when responding North Hollywood Division patrol officers engaged Phillips and Matasareanu leaving a bank which the two men had just robbed. Ten officers and seven civilians sustained injuries before both robbers were killed. Phillips and Matasareanu had robbed several banks prior to their attempt in North Hollywood and were notorious for their heavy armament, which included automatic rifles.
LAPD patrol officers, like most at the time, were typically armed with a 9mm Beretta
on their person, with a 12-gauge shotgun
available in their cars (Only SWAT officers were regularly equipped with automatic weapons). Phillips and Matasareanu carried fully automatic AK-47
rifles, with ammunition capable of penetrating regular police body armor, and wore full body armor of their own. Since most handgun calibers cannot penetrate body armor, patrol officers had a significant disadvantage until LAPD SWAT arrived with equivalent firepower and body armor; they also appropriated several semi-automatic rifles from a nearby firearms dealer to help even the odds, though by the time this began to happen, SWAT had already arrived. The incident sparked debate on the appropriate firepower for patrol officers to have available in similar situations in the future.
Randal "Randy" David Simmons (July 22, 1956 – February 7, 2008) was the first member of the Los Angeles Police Department's SWAT team to be killed in the line of duty in its 40-year history (another officer died in a training accident in 1998). Officer Randal Simmons was a 27-year veteran of the LAPD and had been with SWAT for over twenty years. He was shot and killed in a barricaded suspect situation took place in the neighborhood of Winnetka, California. Another SWAT officer named James Veenstra was injured in the standoff and the incident ended up with five deaths including the suspect himself.
Simmons attended Fairfax Senior High School in Los Angeles and graduated from Washington State University
, where he played football. He was drafted by the San Francisco 49ers
in the 1979 NFL Draft
before deciding to decline in an effort to try out for the Dallas Cowboys
. He was cut by the Cowboys before the regular season.
His funeral, attended by nearly 10,000 mourners including police officers from all over the world, was the largest police officer funeral in both Los Angeles and United States history.
Metropolitan Division Randal Simmons Explorer Post 114 was named and dedicated after his death to continue Officer Simmons' youth outreach legacy.
Many police departments in the United States, including the LAPD and all 21 of its patrol divisions, participate in the Law Enforcement Explorer Program for youths ages 14–21. In early 2008, the Metro Division opened its doors to the Explorers Program, and the new post was posthumously named after and dedicated to Officer Simmons. Post 114 is numbered after Metropolitan Division's original offices, which were housed in Room 114 of the old Police Headquarters in Downtown Los Angeles, where the division was first formed in 1933. The Explorer post's main goal is for youth outreach and extensive special tactical training to continue the legacy of what Randal Simmons did before his death.
in the 1970s, which was panned as being overly violent and unrealistic with the characters regularly undergoing missions that rarely occur for actual teams. In 2003, the film adaptation of the series starred Samuel L. Jackson
, Colin Farrell
and LL Cool J
, and was directed by Clark Johnson
. The film was released in theaters as an update of the TV series, and was a success at the box office.
The SWAT series of computer games, created by Sierra Entertainment
and developed by Vivendi Universal and Irrational Games, started off as an interactive movie follow up of the Police Quest
series, which was narrated by retired LAPD Chief Daryl Gates, and was continued as a real-time strategy game, and then three first person shooters similar to the Rainbow Six series. All but the most recent one, SWAT 4
, have featured endorsements from the LAPD.
Los Angeles Police Department
The Los Angeles Police Department is the police department of the city of Los Angeles, California. With just under 10,000 officers and more than 3,000 civilian staff, covering an area of with a population of more than 4.1 million people, it is the third largest local law enforcement agency in...
(LAPD) is an elite division within the department that is most notable as the unit that operates LAPD's SWAT
SWAT
A SWAT team is an elite tactical unit in various national law enforcement departments. They are trained to perform high-risk operations that fall outside of the abilities of regular officers...
teams. Captain John N. Incontro is the current Commanding Officer of the Metropolitan Division.
History
The Metropolitan Division was formed in 1933 as a compact, mobile crime-fighting unit that worked throughout Los Angeles to suppress criminal activity. Originally, it was known as the Reserve Unit.In 1968, the Division was expanded from 70 officers to approximately 200 officers. In 1997, following the North Hollywood bank robbery
North Hollywood shootout
The North Hollywood shootout was an armed confrontation between two heavily armed bank robbers and officers of the Los Angeles Police Department in the North Hollywood district of Los Angeles on February 28, 1997...
, the Division was authorized to increase to its current strength of approximately 350 sworn personnel and 16 civilian support personnel. It was originally located in the LAPD's headquarters, Parker Center
Parker Center
Parker Center was the headquarters for the Los Angeles Police Department from 1954 until October 2009, and is located in Downtown LA. It is named for former LAPD chief William H. Parker. Originally with the prosaic name, the Police Administration Building, ground for the center was broken on...
, but now it is based in the Central Facilities Building.
Current Mission
Today, the Metropolitan Division's primary responsibility (other than SWAT) is to provide support to the LAPD’s community-based policing efforts by deploying additional crime suppression resources throughout Los Angeles when needed.Assignments of both SWAT and Metro Division as a whole include:
- counter-terrorism
- providing assistance to investigators in solving major crimes
- responding to high-risk barricaded situations
- stakeouts
- security details
- serving warrants
- uniformed crime suppression details (crowd control)
Organization
There are five field platoons (B, C, D, E, and K-9 Platoons) and an operations platoon (A Platoon); all platoons are supervised by a Lieutenant. The Operations Platoon performs the administrative and support functions. “B” and “C” Platoons are primarily responsible for crime suppression. Special Weapons and Tactics (SWAT), “D” Platoon personnel, respond to emergency situations involving barricaded suspects or hostages. “K-9” Platoon and “E” (Mounted Unit) Platoon makes up the remainder of the Division. The Division also maintains a doctor, crisis negotiators and other specialists in weaponry, computer science, and audio-visual technology.A Platoon
"A" platoon serves as the command and administrative section and also provides the support function for the Division. In addition to the administrative duties, they coordinate Metro’s many tactical firearms training programs, ensure compliance with state-mandated (POST) training, and maintain the extensive armory of specialized weapons. Additionally, the Crime Analysis and Deployment Detail utilizes automated repressible crime information citywide to determine Metro deployment in identified high-risk areas.“B” and “C” Platoons
M16 rifle
The M16 is the United States military designation for the AR-15 rifle adapted for both semi-automatic and full-automatic fire. Colt purchased the rights to the AR-15 from ArmaLite, and currently uses that designation only for semi-automatic versions of the rifle. The M16 fires the 5.56×45mm NATO...
currently in use .
2007 MacArthur Park rallies
The 2007 MacArthur Park rallies were two May DayMay Day
May Day on May 1 is an ancient northern hemisphere spring festival and usually a public holiday; it is also a traditional spring holiday in many cultures....
rallies demanding amnesty for illegal immigrants which occurred on May 1, 2007, at MacArthur Park
MacArthur Park
MacArthur Park is a park in the Westlake neighborhood of Los Angeles, California, named after General Douglas MacArthur and designated city of Los Angeles Historic Cultural Monument #100.- Geography :...
. Six hundred police officers, including Metropolitan Division officers from “B” and “C” Platoons, were tasked with crowd control.
When protesters began blocking city streets, the crowd was ordered to disperse; the orders were given in English to a crowd of mostly Spanish speaking demonstrators. In any event, a significant portion of the crowd ignored the orders and did not disperse, though a majority did so. Police officers formed a line and advanced slowly to clear the area. The officers proceeded about 50 feet at a time, allowing those complying with the dispersal order to retreat.
Officers were attacked with plastic bottles, rocks and other projectiles, and responded with tear gas, rubber bullets, and batons, with approximately 146 foam-rubber projectiles fired. Twenty-seven marchers and nine members of the media were injured, five people were arrested, and at least fifty civilians filed complaints with the LAPD regarding mistreatment by officers. A $13 million settlement was paid over allegations of civil rights violations. Seventeen officers and two sergeants from the Metropolitan Division would eventually be disciplined for their actions.
“E” Platoon (Mounted Unit)
The "E" Platoon serves as both the LAPD's mounted police unit and the reserve unit of the Special Operations Bureau. The "E" platoon began as a volunteer/reserve officer program and was formally integrated into the Department in 1988. The platoon currently has 32 horses and is located in a state-of-the-art Ahmanson Equestrian Facility. Officers and their horses deploy on City streets or during special events and add to the Department’s professional image. Beyond that, the Mounted Platoon performs crime suppression duties and responds to crowd control incidents“K-9” Platoon
The K-9 Platoon is the unit within the LAPD in charge of the training and use of K-9 dogs throughout Los Angeles. It deploys highly trained handlers and their canine partners to conduct searches and apprehend felony suspects. K-9 personnel are deployed around-the-clock, seven days a week. They are available to assist any Department entity with searches for felony suspects. Two K-9 officers have also been trained in search and rescue operations using dogs.Liberty Award
The Liberty Award, an award for bravery, was created in 1990 and has only been awarded once in the Department's history. It is a medal for police dogs who are killed or seriously injured in the line of duty. The award is named after Liberty, a Metropolitan Division K-9 who was shot and killed in the line of duty. Liberty's handler received the Medal of ValorLos Angeles Police Medal of Valor
The Los Angeles Police Department Medal of Valor is the highest law enforcement medal given by the Los Angeles Police Department.The Medal of Valor is an award for bravery, usually given for individual acts of extraordinary bravery or heroism performed in the line of duty at extreme,...
for the same incident.
S.W.A.T. (“D” Platoon)
Lenco BearCat
The Lenco BearCat is a wheeled armored personnel carrier in use with numerous military and law enforcement agencies.-History:Since 1981 the Massachusetts based Lenco Industries, known as Lenco Armoured Vehicles has designed and manufactured armored vehicles for Law Enforcement, Military, Government...
armored rescue vehicles.
History of LAPD SWAT
While not the first to use specially trained units, the LAPD was the first to form a specific S.W.A.T. unit, and originally created the term, "Special Weapons And Tactics". John Nelson was the LAPD officer who came up with the idea to form a specially trained and equipped unit in the LAPD, intended to respond to and manage critical situations involving shootings while minimizing police casualties. In 1967, Nelson's CO, then-Inspector Daryl F. Gates approved this idea, and he formed a small select group of volunteer officers. This first SWAT unit initially consisted of fifteen teams of four men each, for a total staff of sixty. These officers were given special status and benefits. They were required to attend special monthly training. This unit also served as a security unit for police facilities during times of civil unrest.In 1971, the SWAT personnel were assigned on a full-time basis to Metropolitan Division to respond to continuing action by subversive groups, the rising crime rate and the continuing difficulty of mustering a team response in a timely manner. Metropolitan Division, which had a long-established reputation as the tactical unit of the Department, was reorganized into 6 units: "A", "B", "C", "D", "E", and "K-9" Platoons. The Special Weapons And Tactics Unit was given the designation of "D" Platoon, and at the same time formally adopted the acronym S.W.A.T.
The first significant deployment of LAPD's SWAT unit was on December 9, 1969, in a four-hour confrontation with members of the Black Panthers. The Panthers eventually surrendered, with three Panthers and three officers being injured. By 1974, there was a general acceptance of SWAT as a resource for the city and county of Los Angeles.
SLA Incident
On the afternoon of May 17, 1974, elements of a group which called itself the Symbionese Liberation Army (SLA), a group of heavily armed leftists, barricaded themselves in a residence on East 54th Street at Compton Avenue in Los Angeles. Coverage of the siege was broadcast to millions via television and radio and featured in the world press for days after. Negotiations were opened with the barricaded suspects on numerous occasions, both prior to and after the introduction of tear gas. Police units did not fire until the SLA had fired several volleys of semi-automatic and fully automatic gunfire at them. In spite of the 3,772 rounds fired by the SLA, no uninvolved citizens or police officers sustained injury from gunfire.
During the gun battle, a fire erupted inside the residence. The cause of the fire is officially unknown, although police sources speculated that an errant round ignited one of the suspects' Molotov cocktail
Molotov cocktail
The Molotov cocktail, also known as the petrol bomb, gasoline bomb, Molotov bomb, fire bottle, fire bomb, or simply Molotov, is a generic name used for a variety of improvised incendiary weapons...
s. Others suspect that the repeated use of tear gas grenades, which function by burning chemicals at high temperatures, started the structure fire. All six of the suspects suffered multiple gunshot wounds and perished in the ensuing blaze.
By the time of the SLA shoot-out, SWAT teams had reorganized into six 10-man teams, each team consisting of two five-man units, called elements. An element consisted of an element leader, two assaulters, a scout, and a rear-guard. The normal complement of weapons was a sniper rifle (apparently a .243-caliber bolt-action, judging from the ordnance expended by officers at the shootout), two .223-caliber semi-automatic rifles, and two shotguns. SWAT officers also carried their service revolvers in shoulder holsters. The normal gear issued them included a first aid kit, gloves, and a gas mask. In fact it was a change just to have police armed with semi-automatic rifles, at a time when officers were usually issued six-shot revolvers and shotguns. The encounter with the heavily armed Symbionese Liberation Army, however, sparked a trend towards SWAT teams being issued body armor and fully automatic weapons of various types.
1997 North Hollywood Shootout
The North Hollywood shootout was an armed confrontation between two heavily armed and armored bank robbers, Larry Eugene Phillips, Jr. and Emil Matasareanu, and both SWAT and patrol officers in North Hollywood, Los Angeles, California
North Hollywood, Los Angeles, California
North Hollywood is a district in the San Fernando Valley region of the city of Los Angeles, California, along the Tujunga Wash. It is bounded on the south by Moorpark Street and the Ventura Freeway, on the southwest by Burbank Blvd...
on February 28, 1997. It began when responding North Hollywood Division patrol officers engaged Phillips and Matasareanu leaving a bank which the two men had just robbed. Ten officers and seven civilians sustained injuries before both robbers were killed. Phillips and Matasareanu had robbed several banks prior to their attempt in North Hollywood and were notorious for their heavy armament, which included automatic rifles.
LAPD patrol officers, like most at the time, were typically armed with a 9mm Beretta
Beretta 92
The Beretta 92 is a series of semi-automatic pistols designed and manufactured by Beretta of Italy. The model 92 was designed in 1972 and production of many variants in different calibers continues today...
on their person, with a 12-gauge shotgun
Remington 870
The Remington Model 870 is a U.S.-made pump-action shotgun manufactured by Remington Arms Company, Inc. It is widely used by the public for sport shooting, hunting, and self-defense. It is also commonly used by law enforcement and military organizations worldwide.-Development:The Remington 870 was...
available in their cars (Only SWAT officers were regularly equipped with automatic weapons). Phillips and Matasareanu carried fully automatic AK-47
AK-47
The AK-47 is a selective-fire, gas-operated 7.62×39mm assault rifle, first developed in the Soviet Union by Mikhail Kalashnikov. It is officially known as Avtomat Kalashnikova . It is also known as a Kalashnikov, an "AK", or in Russian slang, Kalash.Design work on the AK-47 began in the last year...
rifles, with ammunition capable of penetrating regular police body armor, and wore full body armor of their own. Since most handgun calibers cannot penetrate body armor, patrol officers had a significant disadvantage until LAPD SWAT arrived with equivalent firepower and body armor; they also appropriated several semi-automatic rifles from a nearby firearms dealer to help even the odds, though by the time this began to happen, SWAT had already arrived. The incident sparked debate on the appropriate firepower for patrol officers to have available in similar situations in the future.
Randal Simmons
Randal "Randy" David Simmons (July 22, 1956 – February 7, 2008) was the first member of the Los Angeles Police Department's SWAT team to be killed in the line of duty in its 40-year history (another officer died in a training accident in 1998). Officer Randal Simmons was a 27-year veteran of the LAPD and had been with SWAT for over twenty years. He was shot and killed in a barricaded suspect situation took place in the neighborhood of Winnetka, California. Another SWAT officer named James Veenstra was injured in the standoff and the incident ended up with five deaths including the suspect himself.
Simmons attended Fairfax Senior High School in Los Angeles and graduated from Washington State University
Washington State University
Washington State University is a public research university based in Pullman, Washington, in the Palouse region of the Pacific Northwest. Founded in 1890, WSU is the state's original and largest land-grant university...
, where he played football. He was drafted by the San Francisco 49ers
San Francisco 49ers
The San Francisco 49ers are a professional American football team based in San Francisco, California, playing in the West Division of the National Football Conference in the National Football League . The team was founded in 1946 as a charter member of the All-America Football Conference and...
in the 1979 NFL Draft
1979 NFL Draft
The 1979 NFL Draft was the procedure by which National Football League teams selected amateur college football players. It is officially known as the NFL Annual Player Selection Meeting. The draft was held May 3–4, 1979...
before deciding to decline in an effort to try out for the Dallas Cowboys
Dallas Cowboys
The Dallas Cowboys are a professional American football franchise which plays in the Eastern Division of the National Football Conference of the National Football League . They are headquartered in Valley Ranch in Irving, Texas, a suburb of Dallas...
. He was cut by the Cowboys before the regular season.
His funeral, attended by nearly 10,000 mourners including police officers from all over the world, was the largest police officer funeral in both Los Angeles and United States history.
Metropolitan Division Randal Simmons Explorer Post 114 was named and dedicated after his death to continue Officer Simmons' youth outreach legacy.
Metropolitan Division Randal Simmons Explorer Post
Many police departments in the United States, including the LAPD and all 21 of its patrol divisions, participate in the Law Enforcement Explorer Program for youths ages 14–21. In early 2008, the Metro Division opened its doors to the Explorers Program, and the new post was posthumously named after and dedicated to Officer Simmons. Post 114 is numbered after Metropolitan Division's original offices, which were housed in Room 114 of the old Police Headquarters in Downtown Los Angeles, where the division was first formed in 1933. The Explorer post's main goal is for youth outreach and extensive special tactical training to continue the legacy of what Randal Simmons did before his death.
LAPD SWAT in Popular Culture
This kind of police unit quickly became well known with the premiere of the short-lived television series SWATS.W.A.T. (TV series)
----S.W.A.T. is a 1970s American television series about the adventures of the WCPD's Olympic Division Special Weapons And Tactics team operating in an unidentified California city....
in the 1970s, which was panned as being overly violent and unrealistic with the characters regularly undergoing missions that rarely occur for actual teams. In 2003, the film adaptation of the series starred Samuel L. Jackson
Samuel L. Jackson
Samuel Leroy Jackson is an American film and television actor and film producer. After becoming involved with the Civil Rights Movement, he moved on to acting in theater at Morehouse College, and then films. He had several small roles such as in the film Goodfellas before meeting his mentor,...
, Colin Farrell
Colin Farrell
Colin James Farrell is an Irish actor, who has appeared in such film as Tigerland, Miami Vice, Minority Report, Phone Booth, The Recruit, Alexander and S.W.A.T....
and LL Cool J
LL Cool J
James Todd Smith , better known as LL Cool J , is an American rapper, entrepreneur, and actor...
, and was directed by Clark Johnson
Clark Johnson
Clark Johnson , sometimes credited as Clark 'Slappy' Jackson, Clarque Johnson, and J. Clark Johnson, is an American actor and director who has worked in both television and film.-Early years:...
. The film was released in theaters as an update of the TV series, and was a success at the box office.
The SWAT series of computer games, created by Sierra Entertainment
Sierra Entertainment
Sierra Entertainment Inc. was an American video-game developer and publisher founded in 1979 as On-Line Systems by Ken and Roberta Williams...
and developed by Vivendi Universal and Irrational Games, started off as an interactive movie follow up of the Police Quest
Police Quest
Police Quest is a series of computer games produced and published by Sierra On-Line between 1987 and 1993. The original series was composed of four adventure games, the first three of which were designed by former policeman Jim Walls, with the fourth title designed by former LAPD Chief Daryl F....
series, which was narrated by retired LAPD Chief Daryl Gates, and was continued as a real-time strategy game, and then three first person shooters similar to the Rainbow Six series. All but the most recent one, SWAT 4
SWAT 4
SWAT 4 is a tactical first-person shooter computer game developed by Irrational Games and published by Vivendi Universal Games on April 5, 2005. It was built on Irrational Games's Vengeance engine powered by Unreal Engine 2.0 technology...
, have featured endorsements from the LAPD.