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==Controversy==
==Controversy==
There is much discussion on the [[Police state]] level of militarization of the local [[law enforcement]] including "no knock raids" and automatic asset forfeiture without trial as part of the [[War on Drugs]] and the [[War on Terror]]. The most well known of the many books on the subject of the overuse of the SWAT teams is from [[Radley Balko]], a policy analyst at the [[Cato Institute]], authored ''Overkill: The Rise of Paramilitary Police Raids in America''.<ref>Radley Balko, [http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,193652,00.html "In Virginia, the Death Penalty for Gambling"], ''Fox News'', May 1, 2006</ref>
There is much discussion on the [[Police state]] level of militarization of the local [[law enforcement]] including "no knock raids" and automatic asset forfeiture without trial as part of the [[War on Drugs]] and the [[War on Terror]]. The most well known of the many books on the subject of the overuse of the SWAT teams is from [[Radley Balko]], a policy analyst at the [[Cato Institute]], authored ''Overkill: The Rise of Paramilitary Police Raids in America''.<ref>Radley Balko, [https://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,193652,00.html "In Virginia, the Death Penalty for Gambling"], ''Fox News'', May 1, 2006</ref>
Swat teams have been used for harassment purposes, see: [[Swatting]].
==See also==
==See also==