FARGO — In chess, a rook is a fast-moving fortress that can provide a player with a powerful advantage in the right situation. Recently, the Fargo Police Department was given the OK to buy a ...

HYANNIS — An early morning shooting that led to an hours-long standoff with a police SWAT team ended Saturday when two young ...

Sheriff Chris Blair has said his equipment-depleted agency needs a big budget boost to buy patrol cars, computers, communications equipment and even everyday items such as bulletproof vests and radar ...

Wild video shows Houston SWAT officers using a bulletproof digger known as “The Rook” to tear apart an 18-wheeler’s cabin after the driver led them on an hours-long car chase. Traffic on I-10 was ...

ST. AUGUSTINE, FL – Jan. 11, 2022 - Ring Power Tactical Solutions, a division of Ring Power Corporation, is excited to announce the launch of its upgraded Armored Deployment Platform for The Rook ...

Florida cops will soon get their hands on ‘The Rook,’ a bulletproof bulldozer that looks like it’s carrying an armored port-a-john filled with SWAT operators. The Tallahassee Police Department should ...

TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (WCTV) - The Tallahassee Police Department is set to receive a new tactical and armored vehicle. The vehicle, nicknamed “The Rook,” is drawing concerns about what critics call the ...

The sheriff's office said the suspect fired several times while shooting the drone, with some of them hitting neighboring homes.

Shortly after Deputy Jeremy Eckdahl became a member of the Alachua County Sheriff's Office SWAT team several years ago, he came to a conclusion about the unit. “I thought, ‘There has to be a better ...

With just a few punches, it can ram holes into a home, creating a way to communicate with a suspect or hostages. It can carry officers from place to place, all while blocking them from oncoming ...

On a bitter cold, snowy Monday in December Fond du Lac, Wisconsin SWAT responded to a call of a barricaded subject armed with .50 caliber armor-piercing rounds. The suspect had already begun to fire ...

The Bernalillo County Sheriff’s Department has a new tool to help them handle SWAT situations in a safe way. It’s a big purchase for the department, and they’ve already had some success in the month ...