The Incident Commander shall retain overall command and responsibility for the operation. The SWT will be under the command of an SWT Commander, who shall be the Captain or a Lieutenant assigned to SEB, and shall be present at every SWT activation.
The Special Weapons Team shall be assigned a mission by the Incident Commander, and the Special Weapons Team Commander will make an assessment and shall be responsible for the tactics employed by SWT. If there is a need for immediate deployment, the team leader may accept that responsibility until the arrival of the SWT Commander.