Officer Tactical & Special Ops Updates eNL - Jan 18th, 2024
 
 
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January 18, 2024
EDITOR'S NOTE

Welcome to the first Tactical & SpecOps newsletter of 2024.

As you look ahead into the new year, identify (at a minimum) three things: manpower shortages, equipment needs and training focus. Make it a priority to push your chain of command to fill the gaps in all three. 

Stay safe.

—Lt. Frank Borelli

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TACTICAL & SPEC OPS NEWS
A second set of body camera videos show Las Vegas police struggling with locked doors as they search a UNLV campus building to find a gunman who shot and killed three faculty members.
A woman survived four days trapped inside her pickup truck in the California wilderness after driving off a road to avoid hitting a deer, officials said.
Body camera footage captured a confrontation between a Connecticut State Police trooper and a suspect who pulled out a revolver from an ankle holster after trying to flee.
A Harris County Sheriff's Office SWAT team used a battering ram to tear open the cab of a tractor-trailer and apprehend a suspect involved in a low-speed chase and bizarre standoff.