{"@type": "dcat:Dataset", "accessLevel": "public", "bureauCode": ["011:21"], "contactPoint": {"@type": "vcard:Contact", "fn": "Open Data Office of Justice Programs (USDOJ)", "hasEmail": "mailto:opendata@usdoj.gov"}, "dataQuality": false, "description": "This research study was designed to pursue three specific\r\n goals to accomplish its objective of enhancing knowledge about Special\r\n Weapons and Tactics (SWAT) teams and the role they play in\r\n contemporary American policing. The first goal was to develop a better\r\n picture of the structure and nature of SWAT teams in American law\r\n enforcement. The second goal of the research project was to increase\r\n the amount of knowledge about how SWAT teams prepare for and execute\r\n operations. The project's third goal was to develop information about\r\n one specific aspect of SWAT operations: the use of force, especially\r\n deadly force, by both officers and suspects. To gather this\r\n information, the SWAT Operations Survey (SOS) was conducted. This was a\r\n nationwide survey of law enforcement agencies with 50 or more sworn\r\n officers. The survey sought information about the agencies' emergency\r\n response capabilities and structures. The SOS included two\r\n instruments: (1) the Operations Form, completed by a total of 341\r\n agencies, and containing variables about the organization and\r\n functioning of SWAT teams, and (2) the Firearms Discharge Report,\r\n which includes a total of 273 shootings of interest, as well as items\r\n about incidents in which SWAT officers and suspects discharged\r\nfirearms during SWAT operations.", "distribution": [{"@type": "dcat:Distribution", "accessURL": "https://doi.org/10.3886/ICPSR20351.v1", "title": "Multi-Method Study of Police Special Weapons and Tactics Teams in the United States, 1986-1998"}], "identifier": "3109", "issued": "2007-12-10T00:00:00", "keyword": ["crisis intervention", "law enforcement agencies", "organizational structure", "police effectiveness", "police performance", "police response", "police training", "police use of deadly force", "police use of force"], "language": ["eng"], "license": "http://www.usa.gov/publicdomain/label/1.0/", "modified": "2007-12-10T00:00:00", "programCode": ["011:060"], "publisher": {"@type": "org:Organization", "name": "National Institute of Justice", "subOrganizationOf": {"acronym": "OJP", "id": 22, "name": "Office of Justice Programs", "parentOrganization": {"acronym": "DOJ", "id": 10, "name": "Department of Justice"}, "parentOrganizationID": 10}}, "title": "Multi-Method Study of Police Special Weapons and Tactics Teams in the United States, 1986-1998"}