The Rook was even used by the San Bernardino Police to take down Syed Rizwan Farook and Tashfeen Malik, the married couple who carried out the terrorist attack in 2015. It was designed by a man ...

While "The Rook" goes out on every call the SWAT team gets, Buccini estimates that it is used only about five times a year. He said theirs was purchased with grant money and started at around ...

Blair explained in the June 9 letter that "barricaded or hostage" situations were becoming more commonplace locally, and the Rook would afford SWAT officers greater protection in such cases.

The Rook, designed by Ring Power Corporation, a heavy equipment company that modifies vehicles, is essentially an armored Caterpillar vehicle that has been modified for SWAT and other police units.

Law enforcement used a little-known SWAT vehicle called The Rook to gain access to a house where an armed suspect who shot wounded four officers was hiding, peacefully ending a tense, hours-long ...

Most people know about police SWAT teams and their increasing use of BearCats in standoffs and other volatile situations. But a new, smaller tactical vehicle called the Rook has helped in multiple ...

After the driver of an 18-wheeler refused to stop for law enforcement or comply with any of their commands, a Texas SWAT team had to use a heavy piece known as “The Rook” to extract him from ...

Sacramento County Sheriff Jim Cooper calls the Rook, the armored vehicle at the center of a resurfaced debate over militarization of local police, an essential tool to rescue residents or officers ...

The Rook effortlessly ripped through the 18-wheeler's exterior and tore the door of the cab right off so that members of the Texas SWAT team could yank the driver out. Deputies had been forced to ...

Deputy Justin Sanchez is a member of the SWAT team and said the Rook can place operators into areas where other armored vehicles can't... and remain behind armor to maintain their advantage.

Sacramento County Sheriff’s Deputy Ken Becker, a member of the SWAT team, points on Feb. 16, 2023, to the impact point of a deflected bullet on the department’s Rook.

A SWAT team used a Rook to break open the semi’s door when the driver refused to exit the vehicle. @CharlyABC13 Deputies deployed tire spikes, taking out multiple tires, but the driver continued ...