[gun chamber clicks] [dramatic rock music] Wait for the bang. Wait for the bang. [explosions] We need to pry. [explosion] This could be my last warrant
on the run as the Dallas SWAT. It's time that this chapter ends
in my life. (Spila)
If I don't win the respect
of these guys, there's no reason
for me to stay. [gun chambers clicking] Showtime. Police! Police! [loud banging] What do you got? [glass shattering] Police! Police! [rock music] (man)
Barricaded suspect, armed and dangerous. (man)
Suspect is inside. (man)
We're going to hit
the ground running. (man)
♪ Adrenaline's running higher. ♪ ♪ Strap the metal to my back. ♪ (man)
30 seconds to the target house. Go! Go! Go! Go! Go! ♪ ♪ [explosion] Police!
Police! (Claggett)
Today we're going to run
a narcotics search warrant. Ran 1,000 of these before... but today we're going
to try something a little bit different. <i>(man)
That's the Baker side there.</i> <i>(man)
Top right apartment as you're
looking at the alpha side.</i> <i>(man)
It's the door with the B on it.</i> (Claggett)
The cage over the front door
on the second-story apartment is something
that we would normally pry off. The problem here is
that there is not enough room in the entryway
to effect that. So we're going to try a pull. Todd Stratman, who is one
of our best guys for this, is going to attach the probe
into the door. The probe is attached to a strap which is then attached
to the APC. [dramatic percussive music] ♪ ♪ The pull has to be effected
just right. If we go too slow,
we don't get the cage off. If we go too fast, we might
destroy the support mechanism that holds the stairs up. [loud crash] Every dog has its final days, and this week
is going to be mine. 25 years on the department,
15 years in SWAT, and it's time
to hang up my guns. It's nice to look back, but you
don't want to live in the past, and right now,
we got some work to do. [dramatic percussive music] ♪ ♪ That's a good point. (Claggett)
The main reason
we're going to take this risk is, we know
there's weapons inside. We've had guys get hit before
with gunfire through the door, so we're going to minimize
any time we have in front of that door. [suspenseful rock music] ♪ ♪ Where you at
on the stick? You going up two,
alpha two? Alpha two.
Cool. Todd's front cover. <i>(man)
Everybody up?</i> <i>(man)
We're good.
We're up.</i> [trunk engine revving] <i>(Claggett)
Good work, guys.</i> Let's go. It's coming up.
Coming up. [banging sound] (Claggett)
We're set. (man)
Get ready to pull, guys.
Looking good. <i>[man on radio]
Down, down, down, down.</i> (Claggett)
Little farther,
a little farther. A little farther, J.D. Door's open, guys. You're good for breach. [explosion] (man)
Police! Police! (man)
Let's see your hands. Let's see your hands
on that door right there. (Claggett)
Keep moving. (man)
Get up! Hold it! (Claggett)
I got your right. Got your right. On you. Clear. (Emberlin)
Clear? Who's got a body? (Taylor)
Frank's got one. Got one walking. (Stratman)
The female,
she was in the kitchen, and by the time I made it in--
I was late going in-- she was already at gunpoint,
laid out on the floor. Good set.
Good pull. No issues? (Stratman)
I had a hard time setting it. I had plenty of strap, but I had a little resistance
on the back side, and I couldn't
get a swing on it. Once I finally got it set, it worked
like we hoped it would, and pulled the door just enough without tearing all this stuff
down that we were standing on. <i>(man)
Yeah, it was coming
down your way, wasn't it?</i> That's the shortest pull
I've ever seen Mike have. Usually he's halfway
down the block. A little bit tentative
on the hookup and the pull simply due to the fact that we didn't want to yank
all of us off the stairwell and didn't want to pull
the stairwell itself down. (man)
That's a version
of a sawed-off shotgun. Pretty lethal weapon if you
ever get hit with one of those. Sawed-off single-shot shotgun,
12 gauge, one Witness P .45-caliber
semiautomatic handgun. This gun was loaded. It was sitting
right by the door. We found
a fairly decent quantity of packed-up marijuana in here, some money. It's a productive warrant. Gonna miss you, Steve. (Bardin)
I can't believe
Claggett's leaving. It's going to be such a loss
to the--to SWAT. It's not going to be the same
without him. (Claggett)
SWAT is my life. SWAT is my passion. But the good thing is, I'm giving up this passion,
which is SWAT, for another passion,
which is teaching SWAT. I'll still be in the field;
I just won't be nearly as active and be more
in an instruction mode, so... It's a hard business
to walk away from. Make room, boys. You coming here? You goin' in the back? I hope it still fits. [laughs] First day back, this time as a sergeant. It's been 16 years. Gone since '91, but there's-- I still got some friends
that are still over here and still doing the job,
so I'm looking forward to it, but it's going to be
a little bit different being a supervisor now,
so we'll see how that plays out. Been on the department
22 years now, transferred me back over to SWAT
from Central Patrol. I've got some butterflies
about it, because it's important for me
to gain the trust of the people that I'll be leading. I don't think
I have that quite yet, 'cause I'm untested
in a lot of their eyes. If I don't win the respect
of these guys, there's no reason
for me to stay. So we'll see if this chair's
actually made for me or not. We'll find out
probably in the first week. I'm sure of that. (man)
Cold water. Picture freaky
with tails? Cold water. Oh, yeah.
Rich? Oh, no,
what do we got? I think the one earlier
was with you in here. Where was it? We're planning
Steve's retirement party, last hurrah for Steve. We're gonna have a slide show. We've probably
got a couple hundred photos. Y'all can help me
pick some of these pictures out. Oh, Lord, no,
not the ones with all-- Randy and all these guys
got no shirts on. <i>(Perez)
Oh, that's the six-month rule.</i> You're kidding me. This is Steve's first drug raid
in 1954. Notice the old tactical helmet. (Lancaster)
And we got a bunch of photos
from his wife, Dottie, that are, you know, personal. Whoa!
Oh. (Lancaster)
I think that he'll
really enjoy these pictures. Oh, my gosh. (Lancaster)
I know some of them
he's not going to enjoy. Dude. <i>(man)
Some other guy
with no shirt on.</i> <i>(Lancaster)
I think you're right;
nobody wore shirts back then.</i> I don't think had 'em. They must not have.
Must have been a new thing. Here's another no shirt,
no pants, with a dog. [laughter] Turn 'em over. He's a good sport, and he can
laugh with the best of 'em, so it'll be--
it'll be all in fun. The dog is good. He really is in his underwear
in this one. [laughter] [beeper beeping] Better get dressed. Why? Time to go to work. <i>(Stratman)
They call out?</i> Yep. Uh-huh. Yeah, no,
I know where that's at. All right, I'll be en route. First day back,
and we already got called out. Marshals chased a wanted person
over into his house, and now he refuses to come out. Time to go. It's time to go. Let's get it. The word coming is that
it's an arrest warrant. U.S. Marshals were there
to serve him. He's a parole violator
on a sex offense, and they think
he's inside with an SKS rifle, which fires the same round
as the AK-47. A lot of the bullets
are steel core, and, you know, it could be real ugly. Everybody's en route.
We got the page out. Ambulance is standing by. All we need to do
is get there now. [suspenseful music] ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ [woman crying] I'm gonna try to talk to DISD
and see what I can find out. [gun chamber clicks] What's the latest on this? They say they heard him
in the attic; SKS. All right. <i>(Mary Lou)
My brother doesn't do anything.</i> He's innocent. He's so good with everybody. They said that
they had a warrant for him, and we were trying
to understand at first who that they were looking for. [tearfully]
They were coming
for her brother. Okay. (Spila)
It looks like our suspect's
in the same location as the SKS rifle,
up in the attic. APC at alpha delta. You ready?
Yeah. <i>(Spila)
All right, guys,
APC's already in place.</i> <i>Let's get over there.</i> Do we come across or what,
Scotty? <i>Yeah, let me make sure
I got everybody.</i> You going with us, there? All right, moving. Block yourself. We're ready?
Yeah. Here we go. 816 is in place and ready. All right. All right. Got a bit of a problem
on this one. This structure has a very unique
design feature to it. It's got about a 6-foot hole in the overhang
on the front porch, which means if he's up in
the attic with the SKS rifle, he's got a perfect view
down on the entry team. And that's not a position
I want them in. Looks like
they're moving up. Here we got--hold on. We got a three-man team
coming up here. We're gonna hold
the back of these bushes. You won't want to be exposed. <i>(woman)
Okay.</i> Okay. A six-man team
in the front. Well, we'll make that happen
here in a second. I'll get 40 to take
the Charlie side over there. So I'm going to send Jason's
team to the back of the house to check it out. If that looks good, we're going to use that
as the primary entry point. Charlie six window. Charlie seven window,
Charlie eight window. The bad thing is, if we have to do
an emergency assault from here, it's a very long way, and we're wide open
'cause of the window. There is actually four windows
on each side of that door, and the door itself
has a window. You know, if we have to make
an emergency assault, we're going to be exposed. If the suspect's out there
firing at us, it's going to be a firefight
to get up there and get him out. So it's just not
a good situation to be in, but this is what we have, and there's not too much more
you can do. All right. (Spila)
So the front door's
no good for entry. The back door's
no good for entry. I got all my guys looking at me
to come up with an answer. This simple little house is turning out
to be a tactical nightmare. Okay, are they close by? Yeah.
Okay. We just found out
there are two schools close by, one an elementary
and a junior high, in close proximity. Probably within
a two-block radius. (Spila)
We got two schools nearby, so hopefully
I can get this resolved before school lets out. <i>When you're ready, Kev.</i> On you, bro. (Spila)
We're gonna start loud-hailing. The suspect
doesn't have a phone, so this will be our
only means of communication. <i>[Jackson over megaphone]
This is Dallas SWAT.</i> <i>I want you to listen to me
and listen to me well.</i> <i>I need for you
to come out the front door.</i> <i>I need for you to listen to me,
and I need for you to come out.</i> <i>Come out of the attic.</i> [suspenseful electronic music] ♪ ♪ It's about 15 minutes, 30 minutes
before school is let out. They're two blocks away, and that's not
a good situation to have, especially with a rifle, because these rounds
can travel a long way, and it definitely
can go those two blocks. You got your gas, right? So our next step
is to deploy tear gas. Maybe we can flush him out. Well, hopefully,
it won't come to that. No, no, no, I'm not saying
we're gonna do that. But she's worried about how her
brother's going to react to it and if it's going
to kill him or something. I said, "No, it's not." It's just going to make him
cough or what have you. Did you try to talk to him?
No, no,
we're getting ready to. <i>[Jackson over megaphone]
Nothing has happened out here.</i> <i>Everybody's out.
You're in by yourself.</i> I don't those ferrets
will go through those shingles. (Spila)
I got two schools
down the street getting ready to let out;
time is of the essence here. If this guy
doesn't come out soon, then we're gonna have to go in. [helicopter blades whirring] (Spila)
This guy ain't coming out. I can't drag this out
any longer. We're gonna have to go in. All right,
you guys ready to move? 810 to 840. All right, movin'. [sobbing] Front door. There you go! <i>(Jackson)
Stop right there.</i> <i>You got any guns on you?</i> <i>Turn all the way around.</i> <i>Now back up to me.</i> <i>Keep backing.</i> <i>You're doing good.</i> <i>(man)
I got hands.</i> <i>I got hands.</i> All the way back. Yeah, man, I just.... Appreciate you
coming out, man. That's a good job. [plastic cuffs rasping] I don't know-- Where's the SKS
and the pistol? You were hiding
in the closet? (man)
810 to CP. Coming back with one. The suspect actually gave up, came out
through the alpha side, the front side of the house, and he was taken into custody
without any issues, so that's good,
good for us and good for him. [woman speaking tearfully] Good luck, okay? Thank you so much.
You guys were great. Take care of those kids. I will.
Thank you so much. Everything's gonna be okay. I'm the supervisor. I'm not supposed to be
carrying all this heavy junk. And I'll bet you
I got stuck with this because I'm the new guy, a new old sergeant. Yeah, got to start all over. See? It's just a matter of-- life is just a matter
of starting over all different places. Everywhere you go, you're starting over
somewhere else. Let me know if this is
embarrassing at all for you... in the least. Let the embarrassment begin. (Claggett)
Who is responsible for that? Who do I punish? Secrecy. Where's your car?
I need to slash the tires. They're already slashed.
[laughs] Hey, guys, if I can get
your attention real quick. Steve is retiring
after 25 years. I guess we won't see you
on TV anymore. [laughter] <i>When I first came over to SWAT
ten years go,</i> I found out pretty quick
that Steve had the knowledge <i>and ability to share it.</i> <i>He was always
looking for a way</i> to challenge the guys <i>to push everyone
to be a better team member.</i> His humor and wit always
made the challenges easier. I paid him to say that. <i>Wish you luck and happiness
in your new adventure.</i> Thanks, Steve. Thank you, Randy. We've got a little slide show
that we're gonna show, so... I hope it breaks. [laughter] [upbeat rock music] ♪ ♪ [laughter] [cheers and laughter] [whistling] (Claggett)
Thank you, Randy. [cheers and applause] The first 100 beers on me,
so start drinking. All right. Let's get some more. [laughter] [dramatic percussive music] ♪ ♪ (Spila)
A little something to drink and we can over
this floor plan here? Sure. What's black tea
do for you? <i>(man)
Uh, caffeinates you.</i> Yeah? <i>Let's go with that.
What are you gonna get?</i> Just gonna get a regular coffee,
because it's a coffee shop. I guess he's gonna
make me pay for it. <i>(Spila)
Sweet--Sweet'N Low.</i> You know, just coming
back over here, of course, some of the stuff has really changed
in the last few years. <i>(Emberlin)
Yeah.</i> <i>Where's your primary
entry point?</i> <i>(Spila)
Primary entry point is going
to have to be this front door,</i> and I really like that. I'd probably put
a team on this, and that keeps
your L-shaped ambush. <i>It's also a good distraction,
because it's going to have him</i> <i>looking in two different
directions at the same time.</i> Yeah, see, those are
kind of the new techniques that I'm not familiar with, but I'm really liking
the way that stuff sounds. When you were here before-- No, you just blow--
it was blow and go. That's right. And you guys got
in a bunch of shoot-outs too. Back in the day,
with the revolvers. [Emberlin chuckles] You got it all down,
no problems? Nervous? Yeah, yeah, a little bit, just putting
the equipment back on, and I'm not getting
any younger either, so... Yeah, that's true too. [cackles] Well, we're ready? Yeah. All right, let's do it. [dramatic militaristic music] ♪ ♪ [people chatting] It's like,
I'm trying to eat my seeds. All right, heads up. We'll knock this out
right quick. <i>Gonna do a Narcotics
search warrant.</i> <i>If you look at this thing,</i> <i>it's no bigger
than a two-car garage.</i> <i>but we're still gonna use--
regardless of its size,</i> we're still gonna
use our same tactics. <i>That's why we're gonna
do the two entry points</i> and use three
diversionary devices. <i>So the undercovers
have made two previous buys</i> <i>at this location.</i> So we know
what the suspect looks like. He's about 6-foot, 250 pounds. <i>He's supposed
to be selling cocaine.</i> He made a buy out of the back
window the first time around, but the last two, they've actually let them
in the back door. <i>He think most of the dope</i> is going to be
in the kitchen. <i>Primary entry team</i> is going through the front door. <i>Rich, Andre, this over here,</i> <i>this is the door
you guys will be going through.</i> It's gonna take you
into the kitchen. You guys see
how close them windows are. That bang's going to be
right on top of you, so... <i>Let's be mindful of that.</i> All right, let's get it done. When I first
came over to SWAT in 1989, we all carried revolvers, carried the big 6-inch<i>
Dirty Harry</i> style. We went to automatics
shortly thereafter. [rock music] ♪ ♪ This is a Sig Sauer P226. It's magazine fed. It's a .40-caliber casing necked down to accept
a 9-millimeter bullet. It's got more power, which means it's a better chance
of a one-shot stop. [rapid gunfire] <i>(man)
Cease fire!</i> Back in the old days, you carried a flashlight
in one hand and your revolver in the other. Now we've got
this rail system integrated into the framework, so you got a light
attached to the weapon. And that's what
I make my entries with. (Emberlin)
Andre and I are going to be
breaching that side door. The bangs are going
to be right on top of us, but that's the best plan,
given the circumstances. I just hope
it doesn't blind us too much. It's dark out,
and they're extremely bright, and it's going to take a while
for our eyes to recover. Guys, we're ready to move. (Spila)
Sounds like we're about ready. Everybody's about loaded,
so showtime. (Emberlin)
When we're getting ready
to hit these houses, I sometimes wonder
what the people inside are doing while we're briefing
and gearing up to hit 'em. I imagine they're
chilled out on the couch, watching a little TV. They have no idea what's about
to come down on their head. (Lancaster)
We're here, guys.
We're here. (Taylor)
We're here. (Spila)
Okay, there it is. (man)
Car out front. (Spila)
Okay, there's nobody out there. [whispering]
Let's go. Let's go. (man)
Right here. Okay. (man)
No, it's good.
Let's move. Come on. Let's move. (Spila)
Come on. Here we go. [suspenseful percussive music] ♪ ♪ [explosion] (Spila)
Police! (man)
Hands up! Hands up! (Emberlin)
We need a pry!
We need a pry in here.! [explosion] (Spila)
Police! Police! (man)
You need a few? (Spila)
We need two up! (man)
Two up! We need two up! (Spila)
See any closets? How we looking back there? (man)
Clear, clear, clear. (Spila)
We're clear. We're clear. Walking out. Hey, Tim,
we're bringing one out. (man)
Walking out. (man)
Got him? (Emberlin)
That door wasn't going anywhere. Looks like
a brand-new door. (Emberlin)
We didn't get the alternate
entry point open. The suspects had screwed screws,
wood screws, into the screen door
on the side of the house, so we started
setting the pry, and about that time,
the bangs went off. [explosions] Then the bang came in. (Spila)
Yeah, that was pretty wicked. I got--I ate that one there.
Then I ate that one there. Means I caught
a faceful of flash. It's an effective tool,
even against us. The entry went smooth. The guys locked up on the first
couple guys in the first room, and the other rest of the team
pushed back, got on the third suspect
without incident, so it went really well,
went really well. Oh, I just rolled up to--
actually, to get some pie, so... It's diet pie. Sugar-free. [chuckles] I didn't see no pie in there. Guy was armed. Pistol we just found on him. Had a lot of money. All we need now
is some good drug evidence, and it'll be a done deal,
complete package. (man)
In the chamber of this one. No, they don't--
they didn't find any dope. They got plenty of money
and a gun, but didn't find
any dope. (Westry)
There we go. There we go. There we go. Yep. Let's see. So<i> now</i> we're all happy. Now we're all happy,
and it's exciting. [funky percussive music] ♪ ♪ (Claggett)
Today we're going to run
a Narcotics search warrant. This is my last operation
with Dallas SWAT. Like anybody else that
does something that they love, I just want to finish
on a good hit. This door comes open, <i>they abandon this assignment,
and they pull from a lineup.</i> (Claggett)
On this warrant, there's no obvious barricades
that we can tell. I like this one.
We can work on this one too. <i>(man)
Okay.</i> (Claggett)
But we know there's going
to be some there somewhere. We just don't know what type
and where they are, so we'll have to plan
for every eventuality. We don't have a whole lot
of people, though. [dramatic percussive music] ♪ ♪ <i>(man)
Unless they get back
before we leave.</i> <i>(man)
Okay.</i> Your first break is going
to be up a little bit farther. You can go through that
if you want to, but I'd push up past that, Ed. Now that we have more bodies, Ed's team is going to be
a secondary assault. They're going to hit
the rear of the place. That way,
we can hit him from both sides. Right in front of the steps.
Straight across. (Claggett)
In the event that we can't
make it through the front door, our ultimate breach point
is going to be the window right next to the front door. [glass shattering] Okay. <i>(Claggett)
It doesn't look like it,</i> but you want to plan
for the worst. I already do. I already do. <i>(Emberlin)
Spike, you got the keys
to the van?</i> <i>[man whistles]</i> [gun chamber clicks] [sighs] I do have a passion for this. The fact that we don't know a lot of what's going on
on the inside, don't know a lot
about our suspects, that should be enough
to get everybody's mind right, get those little hairs tingling
on the back of their neck. [suspenseful percussive music] ♪ ♪ 810, the van is up. <i>(Claggett)
Are we good?</i> <i>(Emberlin)
Yeah, looks like we're good.</i> Yeah, come on.
Go ahead and go. <i>(man)
Okay.</i> We'll have eyes on it
in three, two, one. I got it.
Right turn. <i>(man)
Right turn.</i> <i>(Claggett)
We're on top of it.</i> <i>(man)
Okay!</i> [suspenseful music] ♪ ♪ Wait for the bang.
Wait for the bang. Hit it. Hit it. [glass shattering] Police! Dwight, take the window. (man)
Clear it! <i>(Claggett)
Dwight, take the window.</i> [glass shattering] (Perez)
810, are you in? [glass shattering] (Claggett)
Move it in, guys. Police! We got it, right?
Let's move. Police! <i>Two: one right,
one left!</i> [men shouting] <i>I need one left!</i> <i>I'm with you.
Take two left.</i> <i>Police!</i> (Claggett)
Stand by.
Take two! [muffled shouting] Are they in? They're in here? <i>(man)
They're right there.</i> <i>(Claggett)
Stand by. Stand by.</i> We need two! (Claggett)
Check that door right there. It should bleed
to the next room. We're not sure. Police! [men shouting] We got it. (Claggett)
I think we're good, Johnny. (man)
810 coming out on D side
with prisoners. You want them here,
or you want them up front? Out here's fine. (man)
What do you got, one more? (Claggett)
What kind of fortification
is that on the front door? Ah. That's good work. You did good work. That wasn't coming open, Bubba. <i>You were hitting hinges.
Good idea to go to the hinges.</i> Good. That was excellent. It's basically a New York block, I'm guessing 'cause
it was designed in New York. And it basically has a support that goes from the door
down to the floor, and about the only way
of getting in is obliterating the door. Problem with this one is,
is, it was a hollow-core door, so all it was gonna do
is punch holes in it. Inside was nothing
like we've anticipated. Both doors were fortified
on the inside. They actually had a secured room
in the back here separate from the rest
of the location where all three suspects
were hiding, so it took us a while
to get to them. The whole reasons
these guys get these warrants is because the neighbors
are tired of it. They don't want these guys
around anymore, so for a short period of time,
we will improve the quality of life
here in this neighborhood. Ed was over here
long before me. He was back here
when it was en vogue, back when they used
to wear spandex in SWAT. [laughing]
That's right. It's been a good week for me, being back in SWAT
after 16 years, this time as a sergeant. A little trial by fire,
but maybe being back over here will help fill the void that
Steve's retirement will leave. (Stratman)
You know, I guess for everybody,
there comes a time to move on. It'll be a hit
to the SWAT team. I mean, the guy
is a wealth of knowledge, and he's fun to be around. (Spila)
Everybody can't
do this job forever. It doesn't make it any less
tougher to see him go. It's our loss. It's our loss, so... (Claggett)
SWAT has been real good to me, and I feel like
I've had a good run here. It's a career choice
that most aren't suited for, but the ones that are will eventually
come to a place like this, and they'll
make a big difference. [gun chamber clicking] I've been fortunate
to be a part of this team and a part of what
we know as Dallas SWAT, and I will truly miss that. So I go on to another chapter
of my life, and I hope I can still
cross paths with these guys, because I will truly miss it, and I leave a piece of me
behind here, I think.
