History Main / SWATTeam

* In ''{{Watchmen}}'', a SWAT team goes after Rorschach midway through the comic and subdues him, though not without him kicking some serious ass in the process.

* Superman's home city of Metropolis also has a similar team.

* In the MarvelUniverse, a New York city SWAT team named Code: Blue, composed of {{badass}} cops equipped with above-average technology occasionally helps the local heroes deal with supervillains.

* In ''Literature/ShadowOps'', a New York City SWAT team is assigned to support [[MageKiller Shadow Coven]] when they're called in to take down a rogue [[BodyHorror Physiomancer]] loose in the sewers underneath the city. Being {{Muggles}} in a setting where said Physiomancer can literally reshape human flesh at will (both others and its own), most of the SWAT unit gets horribly massacred in the ensuing encounter.

* In ''{{Terminator}} 2'', an LAPD SWAT team responds to the break-in at Cyberdyne. They fatally wound Miles Dyson, but are utterly helpless against the Termenator, who casually incapacitates most of them without killing them.

* In ''MonstersInc'', the Child Detection Agency acts as the Monster World equivalent of a SWAT team or a Hazmat team.
* In ''Film/TheOne'', Jet Li's character Gabriel Law is a member of the Los Angeles County SWAT. An alternate universe SWAT unit is also featured at the beginning of the movie, and a multiversal SWAT equivalent appears throughout the movie.
* SWAT serve as a RedshirtArmy in the first two ''Film/DieHard'' films. The LAPD SWAT team [[CurbStompBattle doesn't even get to fire a shot]], whereas the five man airport SWAT unit, when ambushed by four of Colonel Stuart's henchmen, only is able to kill one of the mercenaries before being entirely wiped out. It takes [=McClane=] to take out the remaining three soldiers.

* SWAT serve as a RedshirtArmy in the first two ''Film/DieHard'' films. The LAPD SWAT team [[CurbStompBattle doesn't even get to fire a shot]], whereas the five man airport SWAT unit, when ambushed by four of Colonel Stuart's henchmen, only is able to kill one of the mercenaries before being entirely wiped out. It takes McClane to take out the remaining three soldiers.

* In ''TheNegotiator'', a SWAT unit attacks the protagonist when a couple of [[{{Dirty Cop}} Dirty Cops]] try to take him out when he gets too close to the truth behind his friend's murder. The SWAT team is driven back without anyone getting killed, though one of them is captured in the process.

* In ''MonstersInc'', the Child Detection Agency acts as the Monster World equivalent of a SWAT team.

* SWAT serve as a RedshirtArmy in the first two ''Film/DieHard'' films. The LAPD SWAT team [[CurbStompBattle doesn't even get to fire a shot]], whereas the airport SWAT unit manages to kill a {{Mook}} before being wiped out.

* The SWAT installments of the ''PoliceQuest'' games obviously involve this, eventually progressing from a point-and-click adventure game to a top-down tactical simulator to [[SWAT4 a first-person shooter]]. The SWAT games heavily emphasize the use of proper police procedure: cuff every enemy, collect evidence, report all injured or dead people, always announce your presence and demand surrender before firing, and ''especially'' emphasis on trying to take down suspects alive.

* The SWAT installments of the ''PoliceQuest'' games obviously involve this, eventually progressing from a point-and-click adventure game to a top-down tactical simulator to a first-person shooter. The SWAT games heavily emphasize the use of proper police procedure: cuff every enemy, collect evidence, report all injured or dead people, always announce your presence and demand surrender before firing, and ''especially'' emphasis on trying to take down suspects alive.

"SWAT" is the term used to refer to special response units belong to local county governments in the United States, with federal law enforcement branches having their own equivalents (for example, the FBI Hostage Rescue Team). Many other countries have their own analogues; for example, the United Kingdom has [=CO19=], Germany has [=GSG9=] (which also serve as one of the country's [[BadassArmy special operations units]]), France has the GIPN and GIGN and so on. The only countries that use the SWAT moniker aside from America are Bangladesh (which operates under the control of the Dhaka Metropolitan Police's Detective Branch), China (Major cities like Beijing and Shanghai have their own SWAT teams under the control of the Public Security Bureau), the Philippines (Each city has a SWAT team under the control of the Philippine National Police) and South Korea (Similar to the Philippines).

"SWAT" is the term used to refer to special response units belong to local county governments in the United States, with federal law enforcement branches having their own equivalents (for example, the FBI Hostage Rescue Team). Many other countries have their own analogues; for example, the United Kingdom has [=CO19=], Germany has [=GSG9=] (which also serve as one of the country's [[BadassArmy special operations units]]), France has the GIPN and GIGN and so on. The only countries that use the SWAT moniker aside from America are China (Major cities like Beijing and Shanghai have their own SWAT teams under the control of the Public Security Bureau), the Philippines (Each city has a SWAT team under the control of the Philippine National Police) and South Korea (Similar to the Philippines).

* A Detroit SWAT unit appears early on in ''DeusExHumanRevolution'', containing the hostage situation at the Sarif factory. They eventually go in after Adam Jensen enters the facility and recovers the top secret prototype he's after. Jensen himself is also ex-SWAT.

* In ''TheNegotiator'', a SWAT unit attacks the protagonist when a couple of {{Dirty Cop}}s try to take him out when he gets too close to the truth behind his friend's murder. The SWAT team is driven back without anyone getting killed, though one of them is captured in the process.

* In ''Film/TheOne'', Jet Li's character Gabriel Law is a member of the Los Angeles County SWAT. An alternate universe SWAT unit is also featured at the beginning of the movie, and a multiversal SWAT equivalent appears throughout the movie.

"SWAT" is the term used to refer to special response units belong to local county governments in the United States, with federal law enforcement branches having their own equivalents (for example, the FBI Hostage Rescue Team). Many other countries have their own analogues; for example, the United Kingdom has [=CO19=], Germany has [=GSG9=] (which also serve as one of the country's [[BadassArmy special operations units]]), France has the GIPN and GIGN and so on. The only countries that use the SWAT moniker aside from America are China (Major cities like Beijing and Shanghai have their own SWAT teams under the control of the Public Security Bureau), the Philippines (Each city has a SWAT team under the control of the Philippine National Police) and South Korea (Similar to Philippines).

"SWAT" is the term used to refer to special response units belong to local county governments in the United States, with federal law enforcement branches having their own equivalents (for example, the FBI Hostage Rescue Team). Many other countries have their own analogues; for example, the United Kingdom has [=CO19=], Germany has [=GSG9=] (which also serve as one of the country's [[BadassArmy special operations units]]), France has the GIPN and GIGN, and so on. The only countries that use the SWAT moniker aside from America are China (Major cities like Beijing and Shanghai have their own SWAT teams under the control of the Public Security Bureau), the Philippines (Each city has a SWAT team under the control of the Philippine National Police) and South Korea (Similar to Philippines).

"SWAT" is the term used to refer to special response units belong to local county governments in the United States, with federal law enforcement branches having their own equivalents (for example, the FBI Hostage Rescue Team). Many other countries have their own analogues; for example, the United Kingdom has [=CO19=] and NTRG, Germany has [=GSG9=] (which also serve as one of the country's [[BadassArmy special operations units]]), France has the FIPN and ''Gendarmerie Nationale'', and so on. The only countries that use the SWAT moniker aside from America are China (Major cities like Beijing and Shanghai have their own SWAT teams under the control of the Public Security Bureau) and the Philippines (Each city has a SWAT team under the control of the Philippine National Police).

"SWAT" is the term used to refer to special response units belong to local county governments in the United States, with federal law enforcement branches having their own equivalents (for example, the FBI Hostage Rescue Team). Many other countries have their own analogues; for example, the United Kingdom has [=CO19=] and NTRG, Germany has [=GSG9=] (which also serve as one of the country's [[BadassArmy special operations units]]), France has the FIPN and ''Gendarmerie Nationale'', and so on. The only countries that use the SWAT moniker are China (Major cities like Beijing and Shanghai have their own SWAT teams under the control of the Public Security Bureau) and the Philippines (Each city has a SWAT team under the control of the Philippine National Police).

"SWAT" is the term used to refer to special response units belong to local county governments in the United States, with federal law enforcement branches having their own equivalents (for example, the FBI Hostage Rescue Team). Many other countries have their own analogues; for example, the United Kingdom has [=CO19=] and NTRG, Germany has [=GSG9=] (which also serve as one of the country's [[BadassArmy special operations units]]), France has the FIPN and ''Gendarmerie Nationale'', and so on.

* SWAT units appear in both ''BatmanBegins'' and ''TheDarkKnight''. In the former, they're little more than a redshirtArmy who can't stop either Batman or the villains, but int he latter they are actually pretty competent and effective, once [[spoiler: they realize the Joker has switched the hostages and his minions.]]

The role of the SWAT team varies depending on the work in question. If they're on the heroes' side, they can be either [[BadassArmy elite, well-equipped problem solvers]], [[TheCavalry the rescue party]] who [[BigDamnHeroes bursts in to save the day]], or [[RedshirtArmy inept or ill-fated mooks]] who [[TheWorfEffect die to show how dangerous the villains are]]. In other works, a SWAT team can serve as a HeroAntagonist if they oppose a protagonist who is falsely accused or otherwise principled but on the wrong side of the law. If the protagonists are criminals, a SWAT team is often the [[FacelessGoons faceless masses]] that exist to get gunned down, or [[EliteMooks a major threat to the protagonists.]] In very cynical works involving a CrapsackWorld or dystopia, the SWAT team can be made up of {{Dirty Cop}}s. Effectiveness and role generally depends on the SlidingScaleOfLawEnforcement.

The role of the SWAT team varies depending on the work in question. If they'r eon the heroes' side, they can be either [[BadassArmy elite, well-equipped problem solvers]], [[TheCavalry the rescue party]] who [[BigDamnHeroes bursts in to save the day]], or [[RedshirtArmy inept or ill-fated mooks]] who [[TheWorfEffect die to show how dangerous the villains are]]. In other works, a SWAT team can serve as a HeroAntagonist if they oppose a protagonist who is falsely accused or otherwise principled but on the wrong side of the law. If the protagonists are criminals, a SWAT team is often the [[FacelessGoons faceless masses]] that exist to get gunned down, or [[EliteMooks a major threat to the protagonists.]] In very cynical works involving a CrapsackWorld or dystopia, the SWAT team can be made up of {{Dirty Cop}}s. Effectiveness and role generally depends on the SlidingScaleOfLawEnforcement.

* In the MarvelUniverse, a New York city SWAT team named Code: Blue, composed of {{badass cops}} equipped with above-average technology occasionally helps the local heroes deal with supervillains.