Perez, Eduardo
Goosby, Joe
Roca, Eddie
Incident Debrief: Downtown LA Hostage Rescue

This presentation will discuss a hostage rescue incident that occurred in downtown Los Angeles. A suspect, who was on a shooting rampage, ran into a residential building and took a woman hostage. Upon arrival, SWAT did not know the location of the suspect and hostage, or if they were even together. The team slowly started receiving fragmented intel that the suspect and hostage were possibly in one of the apartments. Once confirmation on the location of both was received and intel that there was an imminent life-threatening situation, the team effected a rescue and secured the hostage.

Eduardo Perez - Bio
Officer Eduardo Perez serves with the Los Angeles Police Department and has been a police officer for 29 years. He has been on the SWAT team for 21 years and served as assistant team leader for 12 years. He has worked various assignment including patrol, gangs and Metropolitan Division.

Joe Goosby - Bio
Officer Joseph Goosby serves with the Los Angeles Police Department and has been a police officer for 24 years. He has been on the SWAT team for 12 years and served as assistant team leader. He has worked various assignments including patrol, gangs and Metropolitan Division

Eddie Roca - Bio
Officer Eddie Roca has served with the Los Angeles Police Department for 29 years. He currently serves on the SWAT team and has been an element member for seven years. He has worked various assignments including patrol, training division and Metropolitan Division.