SWAT teams unite for competition, comraderie

The sounds of gunfire pierced the morning last week as more than 400 policemen and women descended upon Nod Brook Road in Simsbury, many carrying weapons and wearing camouflage, helmets and bullet-proof vests.

Fortunately, they were not there to handle an emergency; rather, they were participating in the sixth annual CT SWAT Challenge.

Forty SWAT (Special Weapons and Tactics) teams from police departments around the Northeast — and a handful from as far as California — were on hand. More than a dozen were from across Connecticut; the local Northcentral Team, which included police from the Farmington Valley and surrounding communities, placed 11th overall.

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