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Swatting: not a new phenomenon, but the cost is rising

May 19, 2015
The prank's cost is going up for police departments and emergency call centers.

Women get “swatted” too

Mar 26, 2015
Swatting, the act of calling a SWAT team as a prank, isn't just victimizing men.