By Yoona Ha, FireRescueOne BrandFocus Staff When heavy rains battered the hillsides of California’s Santa Barbara County in January, 2018, a torrent of mud overtook numerous homes. Lt. Brian Thielst of the Santa Barbara Sheriff’s Department/ Special Enforcement Team...
https://www.lencoarmor.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/05/KFDA_20180530200143763AC.mp4 AMARILLO, TX (KFDA) – The Amarillo Police Department is facing the fear of a dangerous situation going wrong due to the decaying state of their SWAT vehicle. Every person hopes...
https://www.lencoarmor.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/05/FOX-News-Story.mp4 PITTSFIELD, Mass. – You may not know what a Bearcat is but you’ve probably seen them, deployed by SWAT and tactical teams responding to violent protests and barricade situations, or to save...
The Santa Barbara County Sheriff’s Office’s brand new vehicles, two Lenco Bearcats, have made dozens of rescues since mudslides caused widespread damage in the Montecito area on Tuesday. The Sheriff’s Office received the Bearcats back in November and...
Authorities say a 12-hour standoff between police and an armed suspect in Gloucester Township, N.J. ended Thursday morning when a SWAT team entered the home and found the suspect dead. According to Gloucester Township Police, officers never fired at or exchanged...
The Santa Barbara County Sheriff ’s Special Enforcement Team is using two Lenco Bearcat vehicles to help rescue people from their homes. The agency took possession of these armored personnel carriers, used by the military, in November 2017. The vehicles were also used...
