The SWAT team sets out to recover dozens of DNA evidence kits stolen from an LAPD crime lab and bring in the crew responsible, after a close friend of Hicks is harmed during the theft. Financial strain at home makes it difficult for Deacon to focus on his role as leader of the SWAT division’s annual holiday toy drive.

The SWAT team finds itself under internal investigation after a civilian is killed as they attempted to bring in the city’s most wanted criminal. As the mission details are revealed, the force’s internal affairs team calls Hondo’s leadership into question.

The SWAT team acts as a domestic surveillance unit for the CIA to confirm whether an international crime lord has resurfaced in Los Angeles after being off-grid for years. Also, Tan’s mother, Chan Fei, is a victim of racial discrimination, and Hondo encounters his ex-girlfriend Nichelle, for the first time since their breakup.

A tragic mission leads each member of the SWAT team to contend with their emotional distress in varied ways.

SWAT teams with Major Crimes for a high-stakes mission to extract an undercover officer from a dangerous crime ring.

When violent robbers loot a museum vault, Hondo and 20-Squad must chase down the thieving killers before they flee the country; Tan reckons with the fallout from a SWAT Academy accident; Gamble nervously awaits the verdict of her lA investigation.