FBI Special Weapons and Tactics Teams

This article is about FBI SWAT teams. For FBI full-time national tactical team, see Hostage Rescue Team.
FBI Special Weapons and Tactics Teams
Active1973 – present[1][2]
CountryUnited States United States
Agency Federal Bureau of Investigation
TypeSWAT
Structure
Full time team members26[1]
Part time team members1,073[1]
Teams56 (field offices)[1][3]

FBI Special Weapons and Tactics (FBI SWAT) Teams are specialized part-time SWAT teams of the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI). The FBI maintains SWAT teams at each of its 56 field offices throughout the United States.[3] Each team is composed of a varying number of certified SWAT operators, dependent on office size and funding.

In 2022, SWAT teams had approximately 1,600 callouts.[2]

  1. ^ a b c d Federal Tactical Teams: Characteristics, Training, Deployments, and Inventory (PDF) (Report). United States Government Accountability Office. September 10, 2020. GAO-20-710. Retrieved 25 January 2021.
  2. ^ a b Cite error: The named reference FBI50 was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  3. ^ a b "Critical Incident Response Group (CIRG)". Federal Bureau of Investigation. Retrieved 15 August 2020.