Series star and executive producer Shemar Moore, reprises his role as LAPD S.W.A.T. Sergeant Daniel "Hondo" Harrelson, who spent his career proving that discipline and loyalty can be built, not just born. But after a botched raid ends in the death of a young operator Nico Reyes, Hondo is forced to walk away from the only life he's known. Until his old commanding officer, Robert Hicks (Patrick St. Esprit), offers him one last shot at redemption: start up a brand-new S.W.A.T. unit, built from LA's most talented rejects.