2010 U.S. National SWAT Championships

The La Plata County Sheriff’s Office took first place among 18 “On-Call” teams last week at the 2010 U.S. National SWAT Championships in Tulsa, Okla.

An On-Call team is made up of officers with separate primary jobs within their law-enforcement agencies who come together as a tactical team only as the need arises. At the conclusion of the three-day event, the Sheriff’s Office team was in fourth place overall. The win in that category netted the team a championship trophy. The seven members from the Sheriff’s Office finished among much bigger departments, including the San Antonio SWAT Team, the Zurich (Switzerland) Police Department and the Dallas SWAT Team.

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