SWATTING IS IN THE NEWS TODAY. OH BOY! ON CNN THE DISCUSSION IS ABOUT THE DANGER OF BEING KILLED BY POLICE DURING A SWATTING . I HAVE ALWAYS FELT THAT THIS GAME PLAYED OUT ON ME A HUNDRED TIMES COULD HAVE GOTTEN ME KILLED

 

FL schools locked down by 'swatting' incident: report - WFLA

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9 hours ago — Several Florida schools were placed on a lockdown Friday after alleged threats were made to them.

FBI addresses string of false threats made against Houston ...

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11 hours ago — High schools in Aldine, Houston and Klein ISDs were the subject of unsubstantiated threats of violence this week.

Swatting incidents reported in Kansas, Missouri high school

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1 day ago — The FBI is investigating after North Kansas City high school, Turner High School, and other schools received swatting calls Thursday.

Boy, 16, accused in "swatting" hoaxes across US - CBS News

May 12, 2014 — Authorities say Canadian boy allegedly made fake 911 calls all over the U.S. including schools in Riverside, Calif.

Man accused of fatal Kansas 'swatting' hoax charged in ...

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Jan 10, 2018 — They described the hoax as a case of “swatting”, in which a person makes a bogus emergency call in order to get a tactical team deployed to an ...

Two charged for separate swatting calls in Calgary | CTV News

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Oct 9, 2019 — Swatting calls are when someone falsely reports a serious incident, like a shooting or hostage taking, in an effort to garner a large police ...

B.C. family victims of ‘swatting’ hoax

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Jul 27, 2011 — A Langley, B.C., family, who had SWAT members show up on their doorstep due to a false 911 call, appear to have become pioneer Canadian ...

SWATTING: Boy, 17, accused of making fake 911 calls in ...

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Apr 15, 2021 — Swatting is tricking police into dispatching emergency responders to a fake report of an ongoing high-risk incident.

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Swatting at Wichita North HS possibly connected to similar ...

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23 hours ago — Before confirming the call was a hoax, Wichita police swarmed to North High. While the FBI is investigating if the situation locally is linked ...

Police investigate after several Alberta schools targeted in ...

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Feb 17, 2022 — Three public schools across Edmonton — and at least one outside the city — were subjected to an international “swatting” incident Thursday, ...

LCSO says national 'swatting' event leads to call about gun at ...

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10 hours ago — Parents are breathing a sigh of relief on Friday after a school threat ended up being a hoax at South Fort Myers High School.

Swatting incidents under investigation after multiple Alberta ...

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Feb 17, 2022 — Three schools in Edmonton and one in Grande Prairie received reports that there would be a shooting or some kind of safety threat, police in ...

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  Police say U.K. teen was responsible for 'swatting' incidents at ...

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  May 4, 2022 — A teen boy who lives in the United Kingdom was responsible for false reports

An FBI SWAT team during training.

Swatting is a criminal harassment tactic of deceiving an emergency service (via such means as hoaxing an emergency services dispatcher) into sending a police or emergency service response team to another person's address. This is triggered by false reporting of a serious law enforcement emergency, such as a bomb threat, murder, hostage situation, or a false report of a mental health emergency, such as reporting that a person is allegedly suicidal or homicidal and may or may not be armed, among other things.^[1]

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This article is about the act of fraudulently calling emergency services to another person's address. 

An FBI SWAT team during training.