I live on Long Island (in New York) and we don't have real SWAT teams per se. Instead each of the 2 county police departments as well as some of the larger town and village police departments have an "Emergency Services Unit" that combines heavy weapons support with rescue (ex. car accident extractions, confined space rescue, etc). Officers have access to MP5 SMGs, M4 carbines, etc but their main focus is rescue and unusual calls. I believe they also handle HAZMAT and explosives as well. http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3504/4072125013_ac367f65a4_m.jpg http://images35.fotki.com/v1132/photos/4/49373/2059891/cnpca10284-vi.jpg http://images15.fotki.com/v261/photos/4/49373/3016859/cnpca4348-vi.jpg Suffolk County, NY Police Department http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2676/4075494223_524c746375.jpg http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3452/3313180127_540c87ea0e.jpg http://images22.fotki.com/v817/photos/4/49373/1270486/cnpca2770-vi.jpg http://images44.fotki.com/v1417/photos/4/49373/6577225/cnpca11682-vi.jpg http://images45.fotki.com/v1430/photos/4/49373/6577225/cnpca11704-vi.jpg http://images46.fotki.com/v1415/photos/4/49373/6577225/cnpca11704a-vi.jpg Nassau County, NY Police Department