Over the past several years a recurring theme on this podcast, and unfortunately in the news, is the practice of "swatting". Swatting is when a caller places a call to a 911 center with the intention of invoking a SWAT team response to their intended victims location. Many times this is done out of revenge, or a poor joke, but in either case it can be a costly and highly dangerous situation for both police response teams, as well as the intended SWAT victim.