World's First SWAT Team: W.E. Fairbairn and the Shanghai Municipal Police Reserve Unit
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Leroy Thompson
In turbulent Shanghai in the years between the world wars, the International Settlement was a mercantile powerhouse that faced unrest. Adjoining the Settlement were the French Concession and the Chinese city, both hotbeds of intrigue and crime themselves. The Settlement relied on its police: the Shanghai Municipal Police.