happened with patty hearst, we figured the sla is in l.a. i got on the story that morning, we got the sense that the lapd was going to get these guys. they had a reputation cracking heads and unfortunately not all, but some of the heads deserved cracking. they were using this new unit called s.w.a.t. and they had up to that point been able to pretty much use s.w.a.t. very effectively. in may of 1974 i was a police officer working for the city of los angeles and assigned to the s.w.a.t. team. special weapons and tactics. after it was an ab-ro anymore developed lapd started the s.w.a.t. team after the 1965 riots. and they wanted station defense teams.
was going to get these guys. they had a reputation cracking heads and unfortunately not all, but some of the heads deserved cracking. they were using this new unit called s.w.a.t. and they had up to that point been able to pretty much use s.w.a.t. very effectively. in may of 1974 i was a police officer working for the city of los angeles and assigned to the s.w.a.t. team. special weapons and tactics. it was an anachronism developed by daryl gates, who was the chief at the time. the first s.w.a.t. team was lapd. lapd started the s.w.a.t. team after the 1965 riots. and they wanted station defense teams. they would respond to their police station in the event of a riot and defend that police station. that was their primary purpose at the time. so they trained them to be high ground security for patrol cops who were working ground
the reporters on the staff of knxt in los angeles. we used to call ourselves cbs channel 2 news. the morning of may 17th, i just crews into the station and i usually get in between 7:30 and 8:00, some time like that. when mel s sporting goods happened and the shootout happened with patty hearst, we figured the sla is in l.a. i got on the story that morning. we got the sense that the lapd was going to get these guys. they had a reputation of cracking heads, and, unfortunately, not all but some of the heads deserved cracking. they were using this new unit called s.w.a.t., and they had up to that point been able to pretty much use s.w.a.t. very effectively. in may of1974, i was a police officer working for the the s.w.a.t. team. and assigned special weapons and tactics.
cruise in to the station. and i usually get in between 7:30 and 8:00, some time like that. when mel s sporting goods happened and the shootout happened with patty hearst, we figured the sla is in l.a. i got on the story that morning, we got the sense that the lapd was going to get these guys. they had a reputation cracking heads and unfortunately not all, but some of the heads deserved cracking. they were using this new unit called s.w.a.t. and they had up to that point been able to pretty much use s.w.a.t. very effectively. in may of 1974 i was a police officer working for the city of los angeles and assigned to the s.w.a.t. team. special weapons and tactics. it was an anachronism developed by daryl gates, who was the chief at the time. lapd started the s.w.a.t.