Several members of a Brazilian Police Department are in Utah, working to learn and grow with the West Jordan Police Department.
Members from both departments are attending a specialized police training school at Camp Williams where over a series of two weeks, they'll run through a series of SWAT scenarios.
Cops from the Brazilian city of Porto Alegre joined in on the training this time after looking for a SWAT school in America where they could train with US officers to validate the tactics they're currently using. "One of the reasons why this worked out great for us was we were also hoping to learn some of their tactics," Hercules explained."Some of the things that the police department in Brazil does for their SWAT team.""They may be in a situation, there may be an incident where officers are required to know how to do, how to repel," Hercules explained."Another benefit of the repelling his team building.
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