Use of SWAT team increasing in Spokane

Local law enforcement agencies are deploying SWAT teams more often than they used to – a practice they say protects officers and citizens alike. The trend was highlighted this week when a shootout wounded a Spokane County SWAT commander and left a domestic-violence suspect dead in his Colbert home. And it aligns with an increase in SWAT activity nationwide, which has prompted concerns about the militarization of local police forces.

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