SWAT & Special Ops Deployment History

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Category: Law Enforcement

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Background

The purpose of this request was to seek records from the SWAT and Special Tactical Operations (“STOP”) teams of various Commonwealth police departments. Specifically, we asked for deployment history, weapons access, training, mutual aid agreements, budgets, and audits.

The ACLU of Massachusetts filed a lawsuit against NEMLEC, a regional SWAT team, after the organization claimed it was private and therefore wasn’t subject to the state’s public records law. In June 2015 NEMLEC settled with the ACLU, acknowledging that it is subject to the records law. The lawsuit unearthed a treasure trove of documents.[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column width=”1/1″][vc_accordion][vc_accordion_tab title=”ACLU Request” tab_id=”1528836738-1-78″][vc_column_text]

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