Its headquarters is located in a municipal building at 400 South Federal Highway, Hallandale Beach, FL 33009.
[2] Radley Balko, author of The Rise of the Warrior Cop, cited Hallandale Beach in the book as an example of why small cities do not need SWAT teams.
A SWAT team of 15 officers showed up at his home on May 8, 2014, to serve a search warrant as part of a narcotics investigation.
She "explained what she said was in reference to the police department's history of SWAT raids from 2016–2014 in northwest Hallandale Beach, which she said is historically black.
[8] In 2018, two officers were placed on administrative leave after a bystander recorded them beating a mentally challenged man, Daniel Dunkelmeyer, with batons.