Editing SWAT (section)

==== Columbine shooting ====
{{further|Columbine effect}}
The [[Columbine High School massacre]] in Colorado on April&nbsp;20, 1999 was another seminal event in SWAT tactics and police response. As perpetrators [[Eric Harris and Dylan Klebold]] were shooting students and staff inside the school, officers did not intervene in the shooting, but instead set a perimeter as they were trained to do. By the time they did enter the school, 12 people were killed and Harris and Klebold had committed suicide. They were also heavily criticized for not saving teacher Dave Sanders, who had died from [[Bleeding#Blood loss|blood loss]], three hours after the SWAT first entered the school.<ref>{{Cite web | url=https://www.westword.com/news/swat-leaders-defense-of-columbine-response-too-little-much-too-late-8028541 | title=SWAT Leader's Defense of Columbine Response: Too Little, Much Too Late| date=June 22, 2016}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.acolumbinesite.com/victim/sanders.php|title=Coach William "Dave" Sanders}}</ref> As noted in an article in the ''[[The Christian Science Monitor|Christian Science Monitor]]'', "Instead of being taught to wait for the SWAT team to arrive, street officers are receiving the training and weaponry to take immediate action during incidents that clearly involve suspects' use of deadly force."<ref name="SWAT03">{{cite web
| url         = http://csmonitor.com/cgi-bin/durableRedirect.pl?/durable/2000/05/31/fp2s2-csm.shtml
| title       = Report following the Columbine High School Massacre
| work        = The Christian Science Monitor
| access-date  = June 19, 2006
| archive-url  = https://web.archive.org/web/20050904193551/http://csmonitor.com/cgi-bin/durableRedirect.pl?%2Fdurable%2F2000%2F05%2F31%2Ffp2s2-csm.shtml
| archive-date = September 4, 2005
| url-status     = dead
}}</ref> The article further reported that street officers were increasingly being armed with rifles, and issued heavy body armor and ballistic helmets, items traditionally associated with SWAT units. The idea was to train and equip street officers to make a rapid response to so-called [[active shooter]] situations. In these situations, it was no longer acceptable to simply set up a perimeter and wait for SWAT. As an example, in the policy and procedure manual of the [[Minneapolis Police Department]], it is stated, "MPD personnel shall remain cognizant of the fact that in many active shooter incidents, innocent lives are lost within the first few minutes of the incident. In some situations, this dictates the need to rapidly assess the situation and act quickly in order to save lives."<ref name="SWAT04">{{cite web
| url        = http://www.ci.minneapolis.mn.us/mpdpolicy/7-900/7-900.asp#P94_7168
| title        = Policy & Procedure Manual
| publisher        = Minneapolis, Minnesota, Police Department
| access-date        = June 19, 2006
| archive-date        = July 25, 2006
| archive-url        = https://web.archive.org/web/20060725004357/http://www.ci.minneapolis.mn.us/mpdpolicy/7-900/7-900.asp#P94_7168
| url-status        = dead
}}</ref>