Why doesn't the SWAT have helos with a mounted machine/gatling gun?

[her209]

It would definitely make police shootouts and pursuits more "interesting".

 

[RichardE]

Originally posted by: her209
It would definitely make police shootouts and pursuits more "interesting".

Hmmm...

Do SWAT teams generally try to take there target alive? Or if it gets that far are they usually execution teams?

 

[DainBramaged]

LMAO

 

[sdifox]

Most likely because SWAT is usually called into a hostage situation. Your gatling gun is just going to turn everyone (including hostage) into Hamburger Helper.

 

[slpaulson]

Because people would love it when their whole neighborhood gets shot to ****** with machine gun fire.

 

[Qianglong]

because road work repair is a pain and expensive

 

[jammur21]

other motortists on the road
stray shots
lawsuits
longer clean-up/investigation for coroner
damage to the road

sounds like a good idea

 

[mugs]

I don't know how you don't have the same reputation that Phillipine Mango has here. The level of your posts is pretty similar to his.

 

[Flammable]

heres another question, why dont they give SWAT RPG's?

 

[xSkyDrAx]

lets just give them nukes. that'll show those criminals trying to avoid their parking tickets :|

at any rate I wonder what kind of effect of them just having helo's w/ mini guns would be. I would certainly think twice about running if I knew they had some of those circling around.

 

[I4AT]

Because SWAT is generally involved in hostage rescue situations where they can't just blow the fvck out of a vehicle/building. Highway patrol and staties handle pursuits.

 

[SirStev0]

Originally posted by: cRazYdood
Because people would love it when their whole neighborhood gets shot to ****** with machine gun fire.

 

[Jahee]

You watch too many films...

 

[Rubycon]

Because it would violate what the T in SWAT stands for.

Real life scenarios are rarely if ever depicted accurately on the big screen. If they were, the audience would be sleeping.

 

[drum]

Originally posted by: sdifox
Most likely because SWAT is usually called into a hostage situation. Your gatling gun is just going to turn everyone (including hostage) into Hamburger Helper.

:laugh:
this is the correct answer

 

[LordNoob]

They don't use such equipment because pursuant to Brower v. Inyo County, to do so would likely lead to a seizure under the 4th amendment and would subsequently allow the family of the deceased criminal to sue the state.