Can females join SWAT?

Question

I've never seen or heard about women joining SWAT but I'd like to know if they can...and if not why?

Thanks.

Answer 1

as long as they keep their v****a's clean......last thing you need is rotten fish smell in the swat van

Answer 2

Acually They Can but its Really Rare..Most girls Dont Make it Because of their Stregth.... Your Welcome

Answer 3

Yes :)

Answer 4

Any women with my agency is allowed to tryout for SWAT.  If they can meet the physical requirements that are set forth for everyone and pass the interview.  They will make the team.

Answer 5

Yes, but it's called SQUAT.

Answer 6

yup

Answer 7

Yeah, as long have you have a clean record. See the movie "SWAT"

Answer 8

They are allowed to. If they were denied the position, they could sue for gender discrimination.

Answer 9

It depends on the Department/Agencies polcicies but generally speaking across the US the answer is "yes".

Believe it or not over the years there have been a number of women from various departments/agencies in tactical teams.

Tracking down who exactly was the 'first' is a little hard as .

Just a few examples:

In 1984 Marty Smith, a deputy with the San Bernadino County Sheriff's Department became the first woman to ever pass the FBI's "counterterrorist and SWAT tactics" school and was on the team as a sniper.

Lieutenant Julie Erickson, Illinois State Police drug asset forfeiture section, joined the Tactical Response Team (TRT) in 1988. She was the first woman on TRT for the Illinois State Police.

Janice Easterling of the Dallas Police Department joined the SWAT team in 1988.

Lieutenant Denice Faxton of the Tippecanoe Sheriffs Department in north central Indiana made the SWAT team in 1991.

Nina Acosta was the LAPD's first woman to try out to become a SWAT officer twice in the 1990s. She passed the grueling fitness tests but wasn't accepted into SWAT's training program. She successfully sued the LAPD for gender discrimination.

Answer 10

of course they can. All they have to do is pass the physical requirements.

Answer 11

In movies they can... So I think so?

Answer 12

Yes they can if they can pass all the qualifications.

Answer 13

yes, it would be sexist not for them to be able to

Answer 14

Of course they can.  If they are qualified there's no reason for them to not be there, unless they don't want to.

Answer 15

duh