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=Glossary of SWAT Terms=

Assaulter: A member of an entry team or element.

AO: Area of Operation. The specific spot or feature that an officer is responsible for covering. Also called AOR.

AOR: Area of Responsibility. The specific spot or feature that an officer is responsible for covering. Also called AO.

Breacher: Officer who opens doors, by normal means or through force.

Compliance: Getting a suspect to surrender to the police. "Shouting compliance orders" refers to verbally intimidating a suspect into submission.

CP: Command Post. The place where the IC commands from.

CQB: Close Quarters Battle. The kind of conflict that SWAT units specialize in, taking place in urban environments or indoors.

Down: As in "suspect down" or "officer down". Used when reporting to CP that someone has been incapacitated or killed.

Element: A SWAT entry team.

The Fatal Funnel: Any doorway. So named because most casualties occur while crossing the threshold.

IC: Incident Commander. The person who calls the shots for action taken outside of the incident site. Typically the ranking police officer on the scene.

IP: Inner Perimeter. Perimeter established closest to the incident site.

Key: A battering ram.

Key Man: Officer in charge of a ram.

Knock and Announce: Approaching an incident site, knocking on a door, and then verbally announcing oneself as a police officer. Most warrants are knock and announce warrants.

LCC: Last Cover and Concealment. A point that is as close to the incident site as possible while remaining out of the line of sight of any suspects. Used as a rally point and a point of egress for an entry team.

LVMPD: Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department. Also referred to as simply Metro or Metro Police.

Metro: Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department. Also referred to as LVMPD.

Mirror: To scan around a corner or other obstruction with a mirror or a fiberscope. Typically the task of the scout or point man.

Mozambique Drill: The shooting drill of firing two rounds into a suspect's chest and then one into the head. Also known as the Failure Drill.

Neutralized: Refers to a suspect who has been disarmed, searched, and handcuffed. Does NOT mean killed/injured.

OODA: Observe, Orient, Decide, Act. The thought loop that an entry team member goes through while clearing a room.

OP: Outer Perimeter. Perimeter surrounding the IP and the incident site; much further back.

Paper: A warrant of some kind.

Point Man: Officer who first checks and then enters a room once its door is open. Also known as scout.

Scout: Officer who first checks and then enters a room once its door is open. Also known as point man.

Stack: To line up by an entrance before the actual entry (stacking), or the line itself (a stack).

SWAT: Special Weapons And Tactics. Term coined for the first tactical police team, now universal for describing such units.

Trailers: Personnel authorized to enter a site after it has been cleared. 

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