SWAT teams partner, train together

More than three dozen officers from multiple agencies in Benton, Franklin and Walla Walla counties converged on Burbank’s high school Wednesday.

The specially trained members of the Tri-City and Walla Walla regional SWAT teams worked together to find and capture three armed suspects inside Columbia High School.

The simulated school shooting incident marked the end of a three-day joint training exercise — the first time both SWAT teams have trained together — and the beginning of a new working relationship between the two groups.

Read more: http://www.thenewstribune.com/2011/08/18/1786735/swat-teams-partner-train-together.html#ixzz1Vhibu4IW

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