I think that RR was indeed unjustified in taking the feed down. The channel used for SWAT ops is an operations / special events channel. The feed provider has no control over what Pgh uses it for, and they must know it's a clear repeated channel that is monitored by many.
There is a forum specifically for live audio administration issues if anyone else wants to join me in communicating their concerns. In the meantime, if the first post in this thread is considered a "tirade", I'd hate to see what constitutes a flame war. Frowny emoticons? Heaven forbid..