SWAT Operators
SWAT Operators: Physical and Mental Strength
After the explosives detonate, the assault team pours through the breech. It is essential, even if fire is received from inside, that the assault continue to get everyone out of the "fatal funnel" at the doorway, where SWAT team members are often hit.	The team member of any given SWAT organization must meet specific qualifications. Mentality: The team member or applicant must be of average, or above average, intelligence. He must be one who seeks constantly to improve his knowledge, especially in those areas within the realm of his employment as a member of the team. He must be innovative in the approach to his duties and constantly alert. Physical Ability: The member or applicant must be a mature, stable individual possessing sound judgement and superior reasoning abilities. It must be noted that at any time the team may be inserted into a life or death situation. The decision to take a human life is an awesome one, yet it must be made if necessary, in a fraction of a second. This is a decision that any man on the team (not just the leader), depending on the situation, may one day have to make. In addition to the above, the member or applicant must have a completely positive attitude, regardless of the adverse conditions he is likely to encounter. His esprit de corps, so to speak, must be high. He must adapt to'becoming a solid team member, and as such, a vital part of the SWAT concept's strength. THERE CAN BE NO INDIVIDUAL ON A (SWAT) TEAM.	"When it came time for the hostage rescue mission to be launched, one of the team members, one of the first officers in the snake to assault the position, came close to getting many of the rest of the team killed. He had been giving out a lot of signs that he wasn't really committed to the mission. He'd been saying things like, 'Tell my wife I love her' and similar clues that he was distracted and that he wasn't thinking about the mission. When it came time for him to confront and control, he broke - endangering everyone on the team, and the hostages as well. Other members of the entry team successfully engaged the gunman (who took twenty-five hits), despite the failure of this one man, but it was an object lesson for us all. He should have been jerked from the mission at the first sign of a bad attitude. You can't go into an op like that. Everybody has to be able to rely on each other, and their focus has to be 100 percent on the mission." - SWAT Officer
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