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Originally Posted by Raellus
A lot of federal agencies have tactical (i.e. SWAT) teams nowadays (e.g. NASA, Amtrack). I'm not sure if any of these would have existed in the v1 or 2 timelines
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to quote Audit of Federal Tactical Teams Report
"The earliest that any responding agencies reported establishing their tactical teams was 1971 (the USMS Special Operations Group and the Secret Service Counter Sniper Branch). The majority of tactical teams (232 of the 271) were established prior to 1990 (see Table B-5). It was reported that the 39 remaining tactical teams were founded in 1996 or later; two-thirds of these were DHS tactical teams. The most recently established tactical teams are all a part of DHS.42ICE established 11 of its 17 Homeland Security Investigation SRTs and all 8of its Enforcement and Removal Operations SRTs between 2005 and 2013. CBP established its Office of Field Operations SRT in 2007.
https://www.gao.gov/products/GAO-20-710