[pager beeping] He said he will shoot it out
with the police. (man)
Go, go, go. (Claggett)
We have twice
the amount of manpower going on this operation. (man)
One up! One up!
One up! We know that
he wants to fight it out. Now the situation
with these guys going in, the risks are high now. [gunshots] [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! ♪ ♪ Police!
Police! (Byas)
I used to be a sniper
before switching to a negotiator
five or six years ago. I still enjoy sniping. Even though I'm negotiating,
I have to maintain all my skills and be able
Ito fulfill any role,. whether it's sniping,
negotiating, or entry. They're all off. I've got three
I'm not real happy with. Given the situation,
if this was a head, obviously, my target
would've been eliminated. However,
for training purposes, it's not sufficient enough. It needs to be better. Full-time snipers
would come out, and they'd probably
razz me a little bit. Every time I come out
to the range here, I get a little nostalgic. About seven years ago,
I found a dog out here, which I took home. His name was Ranger. That's Ranger
on this side here. It's been about
three months ago, I actually ended up losing him
to kidney failure. So it's kind of like
a little sacred place for me. [pager beeping] 80-64, I'll be en route. (Gordon)
Apparently, a D.A. was trying to serve an arrest warrant
on a suspect, attempted to stop him. He apparently
rammed a D.A. vehicle. A short chase ensued. The suspect then
got out of the vehicle into his friend's house,
and supposedly he's armed inside the friend's house
with an AK-47 and a shotgun. Okay. <i>(man)
Known to have weapons.</i> But, yeah, he's aggravated
everything now. We have a suspect
that ran from DEA agents. He ran into a friend's house that is also, apparently,
associated with drugs and is incarcerated
at this time. I didn't see it.
On that brick wall? You mean over here?
Is this a window or a door? I'm not sure.
Anybody know? Yes, sir. <i>[man on radio]
Roger that.</i> Okay, we got a dog. Got it. All right. You're going
to loudhail? This is the guy. He has a violent history, lots of drugs. Denton County Sheriff
ran on this house before, Jamaican blocks, machine gun,
12-gauge, all that. He does not live there. His buddy lives there. His buddy
is already in jail. <i>(Guzman)
That's all I need
for loudhailing.</i> Any other info, pass it on to me
through my BlackBerry. <i>BlackBerry, okay.</i> (Byas)
Tell T we'll be ready to go
in one second, Boo Boo's getting ready
to loudhail. (man)
All right, combat coming up. <i>Close enough.</i> Our row's going to be
on the entry team. I'll be on the entry sale
going inside the location. [Guzman on loudspeaker] In this case, it'd probably
be a better scenario if the suspect comes out
and surrender as opposed to us going in there
and getting him, because our intel tells us
he could possibly have access to a shotgun,
an AK-47. [Guzman on loudspeaker] Huh? No, I'm ready to call. <i>(man)
Are you ready to call?</i> Yeah. Now we're attempting to call and see if we can
make contact with him. [line ringing] Everyone thinks that SWAT is about guns and explosions
d such. Ironically though,
the vast majority or our barricaded persons are
settled through negotiations. [Guzman on loudspeaker] <i>Answer your telephone.</i> 8-5-2 to 8-6-4, we're not hearing
a phone out here or anything. We're calling, but yet
they're not hearing-- they're not hearing
the phone inside, their perimeter team isn't. We hope we have
the right phone number. [Guzman on loudspeaker] Okay, what can you tell me
about Christopher? Really? <i>And I can reach you
at this number?</i> I'll call you back
in just a minute or so. <i>She didn't have very good news
for me now.</i> The girlfriend's
over there crying, saying he's
going to kill us. Okay. (Lancaster)
Someone that knows the suspect
said that he said he will not
go back to prison, that he will shoot it out
with the police. We know for sure
there is an attic, and we know for sure
there's a crawl space. There's a good chance that,
most likely, he'll pick one
of those two to go to. That's our past experience. That may be a reason why
he's not making any contact. 8-8-80 to 8-2-6 and 8-4-3,
deploy six ferret rounds into the annex. Keith, one of our snipers,
is on an adjacent house. He's got the multi-launcher. He's going to try
to induce chemical agents into the residence. This is our multi-launcher. It shoots
a multitude of rounds, everything from gas
to less lethal. On barricaded persons,
we use this tool quite a bit. It fires six rounds in a row. The handpump in the front
cycles the next round. Squeeze the trigger, and there's
your next round ready to go. Most folks, you give them
a snoot full of this stuff, it takes
the fight out of them. [gunshots] (Gordon)
The place
is full of gas right now. The suspect
hasn't come out yet. [Guzman on loudspeaker]
No one has been hurt
up to this point. <i>You need to make
the right choice.</i> <i>Come to the front door,
and no one will be hurt.</i> <i>You need to come
to the front door,</i> <i>and you need
to come out now.</i> At this point,
we did everything we could do except make entry,
go in, and arrest the suspect, so that's what we're
going to try to do right now. What we're got to do is pull
the door off of the garage, 'cause we believe the gas
could've flushed him in there. (Lancaster)
With him knowing we're this
close and we're out here, there's no telling. Could be trying to set up
an ambush for the team. <i>[Guzman on loudspeaker]
This is the Dallas
Police Department SWAT team.</i> We have a suspect
that ran from DEA agents. (Lancaster)
Someone that knows
the suspect said that he said he will not
go back to prison, that he will shoot it out
with the police. (Vancuren)
He has access to shotgun,
pistol, and an AK-47. We did everything we could do
except make entry, so that's what
we're going to do right now. (man #1)
Okay, hold it, hold it. (man #2)
No, we're not going in. Clear from the outside. (man #3)
They won't let us go in, Dre,
just clear from the outside. (man #2)
You said we can't go in. (man #4)
All clear on this side. (Gordon)
We're going to make entry
through the side door. Our intel tells us that
a warrant was executed on this house in which they
went through the front door. We're thinking it'd be a little
safer for our entry team if we went through
the side door this time. (Byas)
We know that he wants
to fight it out. Now the situation
with these guys going in, the risks are high now. (Lee)
Let's go, guys. Are you in position, Andre? We're ready. Are you ready, son? [glass shattering] Stay on it, guys;
stay on it. (man)
Everybody
be on their toes. Yes! [men yelling] (man)
Coming up, I'm coming up. Do not move! (Lancaster)
He had put mattresses
on top of himself, and he had a board
on top of that. And he was laying
just perfect. Even when they moved
the mattress, he didn't move. I guess he didn't think
they saw him. He's been there for hours.
I know he has. He's just laying there. Is there
anyone else inside? No, sir. Huh? No, sir. There's
no one else inside? No, sir, that I'm-- Nowhere? Nowhere. (Morgan)
This shotgun was found
inside the house fully loaded,
ready to fire. Probably because of the gas,
he wasn't able to get to it, or didn't have
the will to use it. (Gordon)
Had to be slow
and methodical on this one, 'cause the suspect
had the advantage. He knew where he was,
and he knew where we were. (Vancuren)
He was hiding in
the very last room we searched underneath a bed, and he complied. And we put him in custody,
so it turned out well. Nobody got hurt. Although it being very long,
it was successful. (man)
Hey, Hector. (Gordon)
Going to go home
to my wife and kids. I know she's been
calling me and calling me. I told her,
"No news is good news." [dog barking] (Taylor)
The suspect's dog has barricaded
himself in my truck. (man)
It's a B.D. We're going to start
negotiations shortly. Get 8-0-2. <i>(man)
Want to get some gas?</i> Yeah, get some gas,
apprise him of the situation. We won't take that long
on the dog though. (Byas)
Come on. [making kissing noises] [dog barking] My negotiation skills
have not worked. He just doesn't want to listen. [dog barking] I've called animal control, however, they're
not working right now, so we will have to figure other
means of how to extract him. (Claggett)
Today we're starting our shift
with a workout. It's great for three reasons: One is, it keeps us fit,
which we need to have. It's great
for a stress reliever, which everybody needs
in this job. And thirdly is, it's great
for the comradery. I'm still using them,
but thanks, Scott. It's one of the few times
that we can all come together. We talk about everything
from politics to relationships, caring relationships. Steve, you want
to talk about those? <i>He hates everybody, okay.</i> There you go. So today we're going
to have a unique opportunity where A unit and E unit,
our sister unit, are going to come together
for a couple of warrants. Doesn't happen often,
but when it does, it generally calls
for a large operation. And we've got that gig
going on later today. This is going to be
a simul-hit. A and E unit
will be doing it. We're going
to have one apartment, and it's kind of-- <i>they're small apartments,
but it's a little difficult</i> <i>because some of the things
that we're going to be doing,</i> some of our tactics,
might compromise A unit, and we're
trying to avoid that. Today we're going to execute
a couple of narcotic warrants simultaneously
between A and E unit. They're going
to pick one house. We're going
to pick the other one. (man)
This house is being supplied
by this house, we believe. When I went in
and made my buy originally-- older gentleman,
about 40, 45 years of age, 6-foot-tall,
sold to me in here. In 703, there's a lady in there. <i>She's about 5'8",</i> probably 250 pounds,
35, 40 years old. The challenge here
is to get everything working at the same time. We're driving up in four
different vehicles, two APCs and two vans. On this perimeter,
when you're on that perimeter, I know I talk about it
all the time, but actively
seek out threats. <i>If shots are fired,</i> <i>A unit will be operating
off of channel 12.</i> <i>E unit will be operating
off of channel 8, okay?</i> Okay. All right, we're good. <i>Thanks, Chief.</i> (Vancuren)
There are two duplexes. They're allegedly
selling crack. (Gordon)
Neighborhood's pretty active. We ran several search warrants
there before. I'm not sure
if they're armed or not, but, you know,
where there's dope houses and where there's dope,
there's usually guns. We're going to hit both of them
at the same time because narcotics have
a warrant for both locations. (Claggett)
The difficulty comes in
the simultaneous aspect of it. We could be
compromised on one if we arrive
at the other one too soon. It'll be
a new adventure for us. You ready to roll? (man)
Come on in. <i>There's, like, ten of us
getting over there.</i> (Claggett)
We have twice
the amount of manpower going on this operation. (all)
1, 2, 3, E unit. (Claggett)
The more manpower you have,
the harder it is to control. You have twice as much
that can go wrong. You have twice as much people
than can be hurt. (Gordon)
Worse-case scenario if the guy, when we're standing
in front of the door, starts to shoot
through the door, which is a scenario
we had a couple months ago when the four officers got shot,
so that's worse-case scenario. You ready, V? (man)
Benny, you ready? (all)
We're up. (man #1)
Let's go. (man #2)
Squeeze them by. Go left, Scott. Second right, we're there. Not this one,
the next one. <i>We're looking at the back
of the units right here.</i> There it is. Right there's
the back of the units. (Claggett)
E unit, that's
yours there, guys. (man)
Hold on, hold on. Hold on, hold on. (man)
They're up in it. Go, go, go, go. Today we're going to execute
a couple of narcotic warrants simultaneously
between A and E unit. This is E unit's target. That's our target. (Claggett)
E unit's basically
going to roll up first. We're going to be
off their flank and driving past
their target to hit ours. There it is. (Claggett)
E unit, that's
yours there, guys. Which unit? (man)
Hold on, hold on. They're up in it. Go, go, go. (man #1)
Police! (man #2)
Let us through, eh? [glass shattering] [men yelling] [explosion] (Claggett)
Get on the ground.
Get on the ground! Move, move, move, move, move. (man)
Hands on the back
of your head now. Stay down. Stay down, don't move. I need you back-to-back,
back-to-back. Don't move,
don't move. (man)
To your left,
to your left! (Vancuren)
We're going to need more up. (man #1)
Help me out? (man #2)
Clear. Stand by on front door. Secondary's good. I didn't shake
this cat at all. We came around the corner. One of the suspects
was standing in the doorway when we came around. I don't know how he didn't
see us, but he didn't. Walking out delta. <i>(man)
Bring him all the way
to the alpha side.</i> (Vancuren)
That was good. There was quite
a few people in there. Everything went as planned. (man)
Got one walking. Hey, did Misty search her? (woman)
I think somebody
did something. (Claggett)
You guys,
do me a favor. Take that guy,
since he's from that location, put him over here
away from our guys. We want the different suspects from the different locations
separate from each other. That way,
they're easier to identify. 'Cause we've got to be able to put them in rooms
where the dope is found. That's the affirmative link
that we've got to have to put these people in jail. Everything go all right
down there, T? (Gordon)
I was supposed to pry, but he tugged, it came open,
so I dropped the pry and just waited. I don't think
our arrival jeopardized
the other entry team at all. (Claggett)
I think the coordination
between the two houses, it was perfect. We didn't hear bangs
until we were actually going to the door there. Had we had
to breach our doors, it might have been
a little bit different, but with an open door,
the timing was great. We didn't
find anything in there, so... This is Beauford. Beauford's nine. He's my boy. Come here. Come here. Sit. I've had Beauford
for nine years, and out of those nine years,
you know, I had Ranger
for at least five or six. Yes, I do have my dogs
dressed up for Halloween. Every year,
they get a different costume. And, of course, they hate it. But we dress them up
just for a while to go around, <i>and they get doggie treats.</i> <i>And that's their way
of Halloween.</i> Ranger,
he was a duck that day. That was his first costume. Yeah. Beauford, he's been used to
having somebody around, and so have I. And when we lost Ranger, I thought about
looking for another dog. I think he'd like to have
someone to hang out with while I'm at work. So we might go look for-- or see what
we're going to do. Our page is telling me that our suspect,
apparently she has shot-- she shot her husband. Where is the house? Okay. If she's got a gun, then
we're going to have to set-- where are they setting up
the command post? Hello, ma'am. How are you doing? My name is J.D. I'm one
of the negotiators, okay? What can you tell me
about what happened today? Does she have
any medical problems? None? No mental health problems,
nothing like that? Okay. Do you know
what kind of gun it was? <i>(man)
It's a .38 Smith & Wesson.</i> .38 revolver? <i>(man)
Revolver.</i> Michael, y'all didn't hear
any gunshots or anything after-- No. (Byas)
The suspect
is a 54-year-old woman, and she is locked up
in the bedroom with a gun. She just came in and said,
"I'm going to my bedroom now." And she was really upset. So they actually saw her
go in the bedroom? Yes. Okay. (Gordon)
There's a guy right now
laying in the front yard. Paramedics already
pronounced him dead. If she'd shoot
and kill one person, it wouldn't be much for her
to try to shoot and kill us. So that's a big risk. Ready? Okay. (Byas)
We've got a woman caught up
in a situation here. Definitely sounds like some
self-defense<i> may</i> have occurred. [line rings] Obviously, I'm really
hoping for a good outcome. [line rings] [beep] This is Jake with
the Dallas Police Department. If you're there, pick up
the phone and talk to me. I want to make sure
that you're okay. Please pick up the phone. I understand
that you've been through a lot, and I just want
to talk to you. (man)
Go ahead, 8-80. (Byas)
All I can do is tell T
that I'm not getting anything. The longer we get
no communication, the worse it can lead to. I've got your mom
and your dad here. They're all
worried about you. Please, I'm begging you to pick
up the phone and talk to me. You can just pick up the phone
and hang it up if you want. Just tell me your side
of the story. I'm not going to trick you. If you-- [phone clicks] Okay, that was
a different kind of click. (Byas)
Looks like I have a BP
where a suspect has barricaded herself
inside of a house. She shot her husband. (Gordon)
If she'd shoot
and kill one person, it wouldn't be much for her
to try to shoot and kill us. Right now, we're trying
to contact her by phone. (Byas)
I'm not going to trick you. If you-- [phone clicks] Okay, that was
a different kind of click. <i>(man)
We use the APC
or just the shield?</i> (Lee)
We're using the APC. <i>(man)
APC, okay.</i> If you pull the APC up
blocking B2, then she can be on the wall,
the brick wall, and I can-- That's true. (Gordon)
We're going to approach the
house using the APC as cover. We're going to do
a port and cover on the window, 'cause we believe
that's where she is. That's her bedroom window. (man #1)
Five feet till drop off. (man #2)
This is
the Dallas Police Department. <i>We got a light on
in the B2.</i> <i>It's a pull-down shade,
not a Levolor.</i> <i>(man)
Pull-down shade.</i> <i>So it'll be easy to clear.</i> You ready? (man)
Let me know when to stop. Hang on,
hang on. Stop, stop. <i>[man on loudspeaker]
We're not going anywhere.</i> <i>We need you to come outside
and surrender.</i> <i>(man)
Everyone ready?</i> <i>[man on loudspeaker]
We understand you were involved</i> in a serious incident
earlier tonight. Let's not make it any worse. [glass shattering] (Byas)
They were able to breach
one of the windows and apparently
she'd killed herself, so... (Gordon)
Sometimes, you know, being in
SWAT and being a police officer, you get desensitized
to some things. But, you know,
even some things touch us, 'cause it's just the despair
people must be in to do these type acts. It's a bad deal. (Byas)
Based on the severity
of the alleged crime involved, what she's been through, it's kind of like
we're in a no-win situation on some of these
when we get here. I feel bad for the individual
and for the families and for everyone involved, but I can't
get tied up in it. I don't let
this stuff bother me. Let me rephrase. I try not
to let it bother me, you know, because I have
to be ready for the next one. (Gordon)
Last night,
we had a tragic situation where it was
a murder/suicide. And today, we're executing
a search warrant, so that's SWAT. <i>You never know what's going on
from day to day,</i> and what you're
going to be doing. The area in which
the target house is had the highest murder rate
in Dallas a couple years ago. The neighborhood is pretty used
to police presence. Going to have a bunch
of good eyes out there, so hopefully they won't
compromise our operation. (Lee)
Detective, could you come up
and give us what information
you have on this? <i>(man)
I bought, like, a half ounce of
crack cocaine from this house.</i> <i>I had three John Doe warrants.</i> <i>One actually sits guard
on the blanket</i> so nobody goes back there. <i>(Lee)
Would you say that
he's about right here,</i> the security guard guy? (man)
Yeah, it's about right here. <i>And another individual
sits here and works the door.</i> <i>And then the guy
that actually cuts it,</i> <i>and he'll let us look at the
weight before we purchase it.</i> <i>To go in the living area,</i> <i>there's a blanket
covering the entrance.</i> So we don't know
anything about this other than that they're
keeping the dope in here, and they're weighing it
right here. (Gordon)
The danger on this one is,
we don't have any intel. Narcotics officer only
got as far as the kitchen, so he knows what the kitchen
looks like, but that's about it. We'll go through
this chain-link fence, and we'll go to the back. (Gordon)
It's important that
we get in the back door because, basically,
that's where the suspects are. So it's important to get there
with some speed and surprise so maybe we can get the suspects
before they have a chance to arm themselves. All right, let's do it. (Byas)
The undercover officers
have been inside. They were only allowed
inside the kitchen. So with only having
limited access, that puts us
in the blind. It's always a dangerous
situation around a warrant because you have no earthly idea
how the guy's going to react on the inside. A lot of times,
the drug dealers, they think
they may get robbed, or they may not know
it's us. Sometimes they know it's us
and shoot at us anyway, so... My role is going to be
going in on the entry team. Being on the entry team
is pretty exciting. Exciting of course,
going in the house. When you go in the house, the suspects and everybody seems
to move in slow motion, and you can preact because
everything starts to slow down. One minute out. <i>Left turn.</i> <i>Lot of people
across the street.</i> Area in which the house,
our target house, is had the highest murder rate
in Dallas a couple years ago. I know I keep saying this,
but actively seek out threats <i>in that neighborhood</i> because a lot
of unfriendlies over there. <i>(man #1)
A right turn coming up.</i> <i>(man #2)
Right turn coming up.</i> <i>Don't move, sir,
don't move.</i> Do not move. (Vancuren)
Give me more,
give me more. There you go. <i>It's all I can do.</i> <i>Not enough room.</i> <i>(man #1)
Watch out.</i> <i>(man #2)
Go, Duane!</i> [people screaming] Pull! (man)
Police! Show your hands! Everyone show me your hands! (man #2)
All of them
are coming around. Go, go, let's go!
Let's go! (man)
One up, one up, one up! One up! (man #2)
Get back. <i>Clear.</i> <i>That's the back door.</i> Got one walking. (Gordon)
We found two suspects
in the rear also two suspects outside. We'll keep him separate
from the inside guys. <i>(man)
Open the door; they're opening
the door, Misty.</i> (Vancuren)
I hear them,
I hear them. Police, police. No, I couldn't
get in there 'cause, see, there's
not enough room to-- and the door is so close. Practice it with the door shut
to see how it would-- It's too long
with the door shut. You can't
maneuver it sideways. We should've
stuck with the harpoon. (Gordon)
The alternate entry team had
already opened the front door, so we made entry
through the alpha side. Good to have
a contingency plan, because your plans
doesn't always work. <i>(woman #1)
I don't think
it's no drug house.</i> <i>(woman #2)
No, I don't think it is.</i> <i>I think it's
what they came to do, to find.</i> But I think
they were disappointed. (man)
Gangster roll, right there. (Lancaster)
There's a table there, and there's big chunks of
crack rock sitting right there. And I guess that's
where that table-- he said that's
where they cut it up at. But there was definitely
some dope in a big plastic bag. (Lee)
I can't understand why
a person would be upset at the police for busting a drug
house in their neighborhood. I don't know. That just--
that amazes me. It's a necessary evil that
something's got to be done. [whistles] (man)
I don't think he's going
to come out very willing. (Byas)
Most houses that we hit will have some type
of very aggressive attack dog. However, we have found
the majority of the time, these dogs are just as scared
of us coming in as we are of them. It's been a few months
since I've lost Ranger. I know I want
to get another dog. I'm just not sure
if the timing's right. However, I'm going
to go the SPCA, just go see what
kind of dogs are available. Not only was Ranger a big boy, but he was a big presence
in my life as well. So getting a puppy,
it's going to be pretty hard to fill Ranger's shoes. Standing here in line,
it's kind of tough, tougher than I thought
it was going to be. Looking for a dog,
I think. Looking for a dog. I think. You think. Are you ready for one? Yeah, I think. How old is this one? Dogs, it doesn't matter
how much you yell at them, how much you scold them,
whatever you do, they're always
right there for you. Just looking for a home, huh?
Is that all? You're just looking
for a home? Is he just chilling? [makes kissing noises]
Come here. Oh, look at that,
you're already on the couch. I just don't know. I could take them all. When I first walked in,
I just don't think I was ready. I had a lump in my throat
right off the bat. I think I'm going to hold off
for right now. My thinking is,
the dog's going to come to me. I'm going to know
which dog it is. He'll be the one
at the pistol range, where, you know,
he just comes out of nowhere. And I think
that'll be the dog that I'll probably
end up getting. The SPCA here doesn't euthanize, which means that these dogs
all have a chance. And that's a good note. And, you know,
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