COBB COUNTY, Ga. — Channel 2 Action News has learned that a local SWAT team tasked with keeping all of us safe, is overworked and dealing with seriously troubled suspects.
Cobb County police told Channel 2's Rikki Klaus they have seen more standoffs in the past six weeks than it typically does in an entire year.
We're speaking with a SWAT negotiator about the impact the calls are having on his team, on the Channel 2 Action News Nightbeat at 11 p.m.
The county said they have 13 negotiators on call 24/7 that have to navigate mental illness and substance abuse in many cases.
Police negotiators told Klaus they have been called to 11 standoffs in just a month and a half.
The latest standoff in Cobb County was just two days ago.
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