S.W.A.T. Shootout
The premier international competition for special operators.
S.W.A.T. Round-Up International (SRI), one of the most respected special operations competitions in the world, celebrated its 25th anniversary in 2007 during its annual gathering of international teams in Orlando, FL. The founders of SRI began the competition to provide a forum for the exchange of ideas among neighboring agencies. Today, a large part of the annual program is devoted to vital training and education. Typical areas of interest now include homeland security issues, crowd management, and LE response to terrorism. These are serious classes! Participants were required to attend at least one of the seminars or points would be deducted from their competition total.
Each of the five SRI competitive events is designed to simulate real-life scenarios that challenge the officers’ gear, their physical fitness, stress response and marksmanship as a unit. A unit endures exhausting physical exertion that includes running, rowing or rappelling before taking aimed and timed shots. Although nothing can reproduce the complex emotions and brain-numbing inputs S.W.A.T. officers deal with during call-outs, competitions such as this give an excellent approximation.
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