CJ_ Finn it’s very similar. Scotty is a SWAT Operator and there’s lots of gearing up and standing down. But it’s at home and not abroad, so that’s a plus. We here at Scotty Blades HQ support veterans and first responders. Thank you for your service.
sounds a lot like infantry. hurry up and wait, there was times we got geared up to wait hours on end to do a patrol, and standing around in full kit really sucks.
@@mfritz1632 I'm not infantry but I hear some soldiers get so bored from waiting all day that when something actually pops off they're just like "Fucking finally"
Ut terminatur ruina Restituo salutem that’s been the majority of my experience as a SWAT Operator. Looking cool, but being bored and shooting the shit with buddies.
Im3Pac your right. It’s the training thing too. We train all the time for a mission, and keep getting geared up and told to stand down, it’s nice to finally perform. It’s like practicing to play basketball for a year, stepping on the court but never getting to play.
I am attending a citizens academy in my area, and we had SWAT come and talk to us for a few hours. They said that behind some SWAT member's backs, they call them SWAP, Special Weapons and Practice.......because, ya know, they train so much...
I'm actually in the process of joining my local county Sheriff's department and they have a very-well established SWAT unit. I really liked this video as it gave me some insight to the pros and cons. I want to be the best of the best, and not just say it but prove it. Watching your videos over the past few months has really helped my doubts about joining and I thank you for it.
Anthonie Green you got this! We here at Scotty Blades HQ support you fully. Just remember the three C’s. Cool, calm and confident. And practice, and repetition, and hard work. And visualization. It take a lot to be a operator but you got it! And don’t forget to kick tail and look good doing it. Strength and Honor........ man there is a lot of this....
We have SRT (special response team) the requirements to even be considered are pretty tough, 3+ years of patrol, a 3 mile run, 50 sit ups, 50 push ups, and 15 pull ups. That's my main goal 💪🏻
*Reads title* Nope. I’m sure if I worked hard enough I could make the cut to be just even a patrol officer, but I don’t see myself as any kind of Law Enforcement. I do find it fascinating and that’s why I’m subbed to the channel! Thank you for all you do to keep us Civilians safe and in line
ThePolarBearProductions we feel the same way. Our own Scotty Blades is a SWAT operator and we try and support every first responder channel we can find.
I was having lunch one day with a friend who happened to be the Chief of our local PD. The Chief was in uniform. Our waiter came up to take our orders, & mentioned that he had wanted to become a SWAT officer. The Chief brought him back down to earth when he said that SWAT members are basically highly trained assassins. He then asked the waiter if he could live, the rest of his life, with the knowledge of having had to take someone's life. The waiter's enthusiasm seemed to take a hit. Hollywood has a way of making everything seem so glamorous.
Thank you so much officer 401, your videos are so informative and give so much info. Your videos help me to start my dream job! I just can't wait to become a burglar with all of the knowledge you gave me!
Always interested in learning new things. Not interested in the low pay for the hazzards and I hate being on call. And like you said most cities doesn't have much of a budget for SWAT. Good video.
25 years as a collateral duty SWAT guy and still love it, despite the cons . . . and yes, those are realistic, valid cons. Including getting called out in the middle of your sleep after a graveyard shift. “Your either SWAT or you’re not!” - Hondo
@@officer401 come on 401 ,we know you are badass disguised as a genial genius.....you already knew you were better than the other guy,you just had to let them in on it formally on paper,and that's the rest of the story......
officer401 I have been here for a couple years. Man and I gotta tell you that you are one of if not the best Cop channels on here and always enjoy watching your videos. You’re dope my guy!
@@RamLyfe yes I agree,I'm a new sub,this was a great idea 401,and just look how it payed off ,with the promotion to a job you should have always had,and only a couple doors down from the chief....401 ,the genial genius of the police department.
Great description! The 6 years I spent on our team was very rewarding. If you're thinking about it and think that training in full kit wit CS in Florida or holding a 20lb shield in full kit (yes in one hand), for 30 min while the Negotiator talks to a suicidal guy isn't for you, you're right. It's hard work. Don't be a firefighter either, hard work also.
@@jamesmiller7228 he still has 11 yrs on the department, he has his stories regardless of being PR or not my friend. I miss the days of the stories, you are not wrong but the stories were funny too
My department’s CERT (Corrections version of SWAT) academy is only 10/11 days. My buddies who have gone through boot camp and CERT academy say they’d rather go through boot camp again. I’m excited to apply soon.
As a 14 year MilVet/25 year retired State Trooper SWAT (Operator--Sniper--Mantracker-Asst. Team Leader--SWAT Instructor..etc.) you are dead on!! As far as "Bad Ass" equipment when I was on Team One I carried a M-60 belt fed machine gun w/1000 rounds of belted 7.62 in my trunk!! We did a few Presidential Details and our team was assigned to FBI SWAT (Cleveland FBI SWAT) as QRT for the Olympic Village during the 1996 Olympics!!
Just wanted to say thanks for the info. I know it wasn’t directed to me specially, but I stumbled across mike the cop a couple months ago which brought up your videos, and your constant mention of ride alongs made me look into my local department. I recently took one. More just to understand how cops operate. And to show respect to other uniformed services. I was Army. And though they kept apologizing for being boring due to a slow night, I had a blast and found it very informative. We even we code 3 to a reported stabbing. Turned out to be just a yelling couple. Already planning a day time one. And contacting other departments. I don’t plan on being a cop, thought about after my separation, but I knew I didn’t have the patience. I decided to continue the aviation side of my military life rather than the uniform side. Still need patience, I teach aircraft maintenance now. Bur I enjoy the videos. Keep it up. Maybe try to get in touch with the aviation units and do some video on those guys. I was a helicopter crew chief, would love to see more about how the bears in the air work. Maybe do a video from inside one of their birds. Ps. Forgive typos. There is a reason I am a mechanic and not an author
The call method sound like the same method of most volunteer fire stations (at least in the Netherlands). It's again a great video and I always learn about American police and see a few different things when I compare it to the Dutch police.
Only knew one SWAT officer. We knew him as our neighborhood block watch officer. Small of stature and soft spoken and the kids loved him. He'd show them how his computer worked and let them use the lights and siren. Sadly, he was killed a year later being the first in the door attempting to catch a felon armed with an AK. I will never forget him.
Cameron Romo it’s a great gig. Our own Scotty Blades moonlights as a SWAT Operator in real life when he isn’t deployed in the virtual world. Plus, Deputies are the best!
Very good video my husband is part of swat for our local sheriffs I don’t want to say his name for safety reasons he is one of the best in my opinion very bless to have him as my husband he served 20yrs military before becoming a local sheriff been there now 8yrs love him to the moon and back again thank you for good informational video
I would think this would be the most exciting yet scariest part of being a police officer. I bet such an adrenaline rush!!! Takes a ton of courage so kudos to you all!! Happy Saturday Officer 401💯😁
One of them anyway. Undercover work would be right up there with it. I had a friend who got made during a heroin investigation. The bad guys gave him the option of taking a syringe full of heroin or going out a third story window. He took the window.
Not really. It was much more of a pain to film those and burned a lot of gas. Easier for me to walk upstairs to my studio and pop the SD card in and just go.
Hey 401, I just recently joined my local sheriff's dept as a reserve deputy.. With that being said, ever a chance you would do a video on your opinion about reserve deputies/officer's? Not sure if you have any reserves on your dept or if you are familiar with them but wanted your opinion/ advise as a full-time officer with experience.
He's the ONLY officer 401! Lol! 😂🙂👮♂️🚓 Not hating on you for your lack of comma, just having fun with it... 😉🙂 Ever seen this? I like to eat Grandma I like to eat, Grandma Same concept. Hehe... 😂
Charles Whitman and the Texas tower sniper was the incident the brought Special Weapons and Tactics into practice I did my senior english research paper over SWAT teams. I was fortunate to have dated a girl who's father was on the E.R.T. in Paducah, Ky. It was such an awesome experience
I know cops that got kick out of the swat team because of not being able to come in when they got called in. Also I had the swat team at my house before for a barbecue after their week long training. My town has a small department so the swat team are patrol officers too.
Also, beach muscles and tactical nylon/automatic weapons don't make an operator. Lots of hard work and the ability to apply tactics/critical thinking do, combined with good fitness and time on the range.
Looks like the military confidence course. What we used to call the obstacle course. Minus the live-fire portion. And that was definitely a high crawl. But good job on the rest of it. :)
Made me think of the old show S.W.A.T. When the the intro music came on and they pulled up in the bread van...you knew it was about to be on! R.I.P Steve Forrest
What is your opinion and experience working with the non-sworn portions of police departments. Not sure if your department is the same way but we have non-sworn personnel who respond to accidents and take reports, write parking tickets and take other non-emergency calls. We also have park rangers, traffic units (who mainly do traffic details for special events or block traffic for accidents.) then we have the cadets at the front counter taking walk in reports. If you have any experience working with them I'd love to see a video.
My department SWAT tryouts was a 10 hour none stop physical fuckery of full gear in knee high swap mud, treading water and endless laps in the ocean ( just BDU’S and t shirt), obstacle course, shoot house scenario, 3 mile run on the beach, and in between was none stop PT and other shit I don’t remember right now. Wobbly leg syndrome barely allowed me to drive home after. It sucked Major 🏀⚽️’s
If you ever get the chance to do a interview on "The order of man " podcast please do so, I would really enjoy herring your opinion on what it means to be a man. Thank you for what you do and your service!
Sounds like what Navy Teams train for...Yesterday was the only Easy Day....thanks for your commitment. Support your police departments. They can "Save Your Butt!
Hi I’m new to your channel and was intrigued in all your insight into the police force. Gosh although I am not in law enforcement this is an eye opener for me. Thank you for taking your time to do this I know it’s takes a lot to do a vid and appreciate it. Look forward to more vids too! Be safe always
trained and loved officer K9's are my fav's ~ “Everything that ever happened to you, you experienced right within you. Light and darkness, pain and pleasure, agony and ecstasy-all of it happened within you. If someone touches your hand right now, you may think you are experiencing their hand, but the fact of the matter is you are only experiencing the sensations in your own hand. The whole experience is contained within. All human experience is one hundred percent self-created.” ― Sadhguru, Inner Engineering: A Yogi's Guide to Joy
Question for your next video, possibly with Bama. In most states, you are allowed to pull over and attempt to sleep off the booze, however if the keys are still in the ignition, they are still in physical control of the vehicle and can still be arrested for DWI. Even if the vehicle is off (at least in my state.) The question: how do officers treat these situations when car has keyless ignition (you just hit the brake and press a button?) How is someone with this system able to avoid this situation? What are the proper steps to "sleep it off"?
In my state the county I live in has a swat team comprised of officers from all the town departments in our county. The state also has their own swat team but it's called something different. I can't answer for the other counties in my state.
I was part of our team. Same goes for me. It was comprised of different agency 6 to be exact. And the last 2 parts of the obstacle course was dummy drag then shooting as last.
I would be reprimanded for finishing my sexy time first. Giving up sleep, downtime, and even holidays and weekends are one thing, but I draw the line at my orgasms. 😂😂 #priorities
My goal is to become a patrol officer by next year. Within 4 years become a Sargent for my department. Then rotate into SWAT within 4 years of that. Depending on revaluation, I may rotate to SWAT before Sgt. We shall see. But seeing your pros and cons only reaffirms my decision for my chosen career. Thank you
How about a video about being patrol officer/ traffic enforcement. Like when Officers are just driving around are they following a certain route or just driving where they think might have crime. Or when Officers park to watch for speeders, or trouble is it where they are told to go or do they just find a spot, how often are police allowed to stop at store or somewhere for drink, bathroom or non police related activitie? Also another idea is can police officers put lights and police equipment (if self bought) on personal cars? You, Mike the cop have been amazing at explaining things about being an officer. As I'm currently looking at becoming an officer as my career soon.
Great video! I don't know that I'm cut out for SWAT, considering the intensity of the job, but I do respect them for going the extra mile to keep our communities safe!
I can understand the lack of resources smaller law enforcement departments have for properly trained SWAT officers, but it seems a significant amount of "SWAT" officers are rubber stamped to that position by just attending a few seminars and having military surplus gear. I've seen cops looking like HALO rejects in their head to toe armor in Denver to here in Galveston, TX where they have an MRAP military vehicle for some stupid reason which has not moved aside to get a new paintjob in 5 years.
Move in fast - move out safe!!! That's all you gotta do these days!! It's not what ever he says! SAD VERY SAD. Just think quicker then others and think safety and remember to be the best within your self!! Out beat yourself not others on the team bc your all a team and working together is key!!!! 😜
I will add a caveat to Officer401's point about on-call. Most agencies have a part time SWAT team, meaning they operate like 401 described. If you are an already busy person with a family, and have multiple commitments outside the LEO job, you will have to really think about whether the extra time away for training is worth it. For large agencies that have full time SWAT, this may not be such a problem.
Currently I live in Malaysia, and I’m thinking about joining the PDRM [Polis Diraja Malaysia/Royal Malaysian Police]. I’m also thinking to join the Special Actions Unit, [UTK] and it’s basically like the SWAT Team but it’s a different name towards it. They sometimes use the FAST Helmet, but they also use the PAGST Helmet, which one do you think it’s better to use? The PAGST, Or FAST? Sometimes in less lethal situations like, 2 shooters or less, they will use the red berets, still use bulletproof vests. We aren’t like most SWAT Teams where we hang off the sides of the Tahoe or Ford Explorer, but the UTK usually stands on top of the car, it’s surprisingly amazing that they didn’t fall off because they look so stable.
Hey can you do a video on fringe perks/benefits. GSP at football games getting OT. Police getting cheap apartments to live there. How cops make extra money on the side.
What information can you give about unsworn positions? For example, what are the pros and cons? I'm about to apply for a position in North Carolina until I'm old enough to become a sworn officer.
Can you make a video just reviewing your journey through law enforcement? Which departments/divisions have you been part of and for how long? What are your thoughts on each experience looking back?
I thought about Trying out for S.W.A.T., it’s pretty damn close to my MOS 11B in the army, we do a lot of the same training, but we’re I live S.W.A.T. never gets called we don’t have enough crime for S.W.A.T.
The Steampunk Gamer it’s tough. Lots of CrossFit style exercises like dragging heavy weight, jumping over fences in heavy gear and climbing rope for repelling training. We do that in the daytime and game at night!
What about if I joined the military and when I’m done with it will it be easier to join a swat team??...do they have medics right? Bc is something I really want to do
**call from SWAT right before alone time with your girl** "Damn... babe, how long does it normally take me to get into work?" "about 10 minutes" "....alright, we have time. Tell 'em I'll be there in 10 and a half minutes"
I'm In the process of joining local police department in Eugene Oregon and they have a very good SWAT team but I no longer have an interest in being a part of what my passion lies with K9 I'd love to be a K9 Officer if I could do that job to a day I retired I would be happy
