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 ...

Back in early 2023, the Sacramento City Council voted 7-2 to use a federal grant to buy its police department a “Rook,” a heavily armored vehicle that moves on tracks and can load officers as gunners ...

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 ...

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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. Back in early 2023, the ...