Simply put, SWAT’s mission is to save lives. Any officer, with at least three years of service with APD, may apply to be on SWAT. The selection process is extensive, and each candidate must successfully pass each level in order to be considered for …

Special Weapons and Tactics (SWAT): A select group of sworn officers with specialized initial and continued training, and unique equipment. Mission: to save lives! LEARN MORE

The Alaska State Trooper Special Weapons and Tactics teams respond to high-risk incidents, including hostage situations, barricaded individuals and high-risk warrant services. SWAT Teams are located in the urban posts of Fairbanks, Palmer, and Soldotna.

Feb 21, 2025 · Anchorage police and a SWAT team responded to reports of a person who they say barricaded themselves inside a hotel near midtown early Friday morning.

Jan 24, 2025 · The Alaska State Troopers Southern SWAT Team was activated and responded to the scene. After the SWAT team arrived, they took command of the situation and began negotiation efforts with the adult male suspect.

Jun 24, 2024 · Anchorage police say a woman had pointed a rifle at her neighbor and his son hours before she died during a police standoff near Muldoon last Wednesday night. Police said Monday that it's still...

The Solid Waste Alaska Taskforce (SWAT) is a multi-institution taskforce that collaboratively tackles rural Alaska solid waste challenges using a core approach that recognizes local community capacity as critical to success.

Jan 27, 2025 · Three members of an Alaska State Troopers SWAT team fired their weapons during a standoff on the Kenai Peninsula last week, the agency said Monday.

Aug 9, 2024 · SWAT officers then swooped in to take custody of Green, who was taken to the hospital for injuries from the gas and police dog Rylin. After the arrest, Anchorage police said Green was charged with second-degree, third-degree, and fourth-degree assault, as well as a kidnapping charge.

Feb 21, 2025 · An Anchorage SWAT standoff turned deadly early Friday when a barricaded suspect fired at officers, prompting an officer-involved shooting.

Sep 23, 2024 · ANCHORAGE, Alaska (KTUU) - A 23-year-old man was taken into police custody late Monday after shooting and injuring two residents and an Anchorage police officer and barricading himself inside a trailer home which resulted in an hours-long SWAT standoff with Anchorage police.

Aug 20, 2024 · Prosecutors with the state Office of Special Prosecutions determined that Sgt. John Butler was legally justified in shooting and killing 58-year-old Lisa Fordyce-Blair after a lengthy SWAT...

Mar 11, 2024 · AROUND ALASKA: SWAT Training, Whale Watching, and Some Really Smart Kids! Southcentral SWAT members were at Nancy Lake this week for an important training exercise. The Alaska Beluga Monitoring Program just announced its Spring orientation for volunteers. And finally, these intelligent young Alaskans are bound for Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.

At 6:40 AM on August 9, 2024, Anchorage Police responded to 28065 Seward Highway after receiving a report of a physical altercation in the Chugach State Park Indian Creek parking lot. It was reported the incident involved an adult male and an adult female outside of a motorhome.

Jul 2, 2024 · The Anchorage Police Department confirmed on Monday that one of its SWAT officers killed a woman during a standoff at her East Anchorage home two weeks ago. It’s the department’s third killing ...

Feb 28, 2025 · Anchorage Police Chief Sean Case provides the latest details on a SWAT standoff and ensuing police shooting that left a man dead on Feb. 21, 2025, in a midtown hotel room.

Dec 21, 2023 · An FBI agent watches as the Juneau Police Department SWAT team prepares to enter a house on Franklin street on Thursday, Dec. 21 in Juneau, Alaska. (Mikko Wilson/KTOO)

Feb 26, 2025 · It’s been a busy week for the people working at Special Weapons And Tactics (SWAT) here in Southcentral Alaska as they were called in to assist the Alaska State Troopers (AST) in two separate ...

Jun 24, 2024 · Police say Anchorage SWAT officers involved in a fatal standoff in East Anchorage last week that ended with the death of a 58-year-old woman were not wearing body cameras.

Nov 19, 2024 · ANCHORAGE, Alaska (KTUU) - The woman who was taken into police custody after a heavy SWAT team situation closed a block of a Muldoon neighborhood Monday night has been charged.