Since the 1970s, there has been a 15,000 percent increase in SWAT team raids in the US.
Peace Officer is a documentary playing at the New Zealand Film Festival examining what this means through the story retired Sheriff Dub Lawrence, whose son-in-law was killed by a SWAT team.
Directors Scott Christopherson and Brad Barber joined Newsworthy for a chat.
Watch the video for the full interview.
