When things get too tough for the cops, the cops call on the Special Weapons and Tactics unti - better known as S.W.A.T. Two wisecracking, battle-hardened veterans team up with a pair of street smart rookies to form the most free-wheeling, but effective, S.W.A.T. team ever. Their first assignment: transport an international drug kingpin to federal custody, after he's offered $100 million to anyone who will free him.

Transferred to Detroit to put a local SWAT team through a training regimen, LAPD Lieutenant Paul Cutler finds himself the target of a homicidal genius who is protected by government officials.

Discusses what a SWAT team is, what it does, its weapons and equipment, training, and tactics.

From producer Aaron Spelling comes one of the toughest, action-packed crime-fighting shows of them all: S.W.A.T. Spun off from The Rookies and fueled by its signature hit theme song, S.W.A.T. chronicled the covert missions of the LAPD's Special Weapons and Tactics unit, an elite five-man force tackling situations too dangerous for even the police to handle.

Former Marine Daniel "Hondo" Harrelson is a S.W.A.T. sergeant tasked to run a specialized tactical unit that is the last stop in law enforcement in Hondo's hometown of Los Angeles. Torn between loyalty to where he was raised and allegiance to his brothers in blue, Hondo has everything it takes to be an excellent leader and bridge the divide between his two worlds.

Explores obtaining a career as a swat team member.

When a D.E.A. and S.W.A.T. cartel takedown ends in a shootout, S.W.A.T. agent Travis Hall seizes a mysterious prisoner and takes him into custody.