How Many Times Did You Deploy SWAT Team to Make Arrests? Slimy Fairfax poLICE: File a FOIA

CNSNews.com asked the Fairfax County Police Department in Virginia how many times Special Weapons and Tactics (SWAT) teams had been dispatched to make arrests in 2014, after it was reported that a SWAT team was deployed to bust up a high stakes poker game in a residential neighborhood last year.
The department responded by saying a Freedom of Information Act request needed to be filed. Even then, there is no guarantee the information will be released.

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CNSNews.com filed the request on Friday, Jan. 30, asking for information on what suspected crimes were involved with each SWAT deployment, and the outcomes of each case. By Virginia law, Fairfax County police have five business days to respond.
In November, the Fairfax County Police Department deployed a SWAT team, armed with high-powered assault rifles and ski masks, to break up a poker game in a residential Virginia neighborhood late last year. As 10 men sat playing the high-stakes card game in the basement of a Great Falls resident's home, the heavily armed tactical unit burst through the doors and quickly put a damper on their evening, seizing $150,000 in cash and arresting at least eight people for illegal gambling, The Washington Post reported in January.
The reason? Because the host of the game, which included a buy-in of $20,000, was reportedly taking a 1.5 percent cut from the proceeds, allegedly to pay the dealers and player assistants. While wagering small amounts of money on “games of chance” isn’t entirely against Virginia law, making more than $2,000 on any game or taking a cut from the top is, the article points out.
However, the host was not charged with anything, according to the article.
This most recent episode occurred almost nine years to the day after Salvatore J. Culosi Jr., a 37-year old optometrist in the nearby suburb of Fair Oaks, was shot and killed by a Fairfax County officer after a SWAT team showed up at his home to arrest him for illegally betting on NFL football games. Culosi had reportedly been betting on games with an undercover police officer, The Washington Post reported at the time.
During the incident, an officer involved in the arrest reportedly fired his gun by accident, hitting Culosi in the chest and killing him. The tragic mishap ended up costing the police department, and Fairfax County taxpayers, $2 million in settlements.
Illegal gambling isn’t an uncommon arrest in Fairfax County. According to the department’s most recent records, Fairfax County police made 34 arrests for illegal gambling in 2013, amounting to roughly three arrests per month. The year before, 28 arrests were made for gambling crimes.

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How Many Times Did You Deploy SWAT Team to Make Arrests? Slimy Fairfax poLICE: File a FOIA

How Many Times Did You Deploy SWAT Team to Make Arrests? Slimy Fairfax poLICE: File a FOIA

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