Friday, April 24, 2009

FBI Citizens' Academy: SWAT


I enlisted in the FBI Citizens' Academy. It's fun. It is at CREST Training where they have a mini town used for training law enforcement. Last night the SWAT team arrived.

And at the bank there was a robbery!

Help arrives!

They set off a bomb on the opposite side of the building. So you attention is distracted. But what they were doing is a SILENT entry through another door. They used a tool called a rabbit that has 3000 pounds of pressure (if I remember correctly) and they open the door silently and sneak in a scare the bejeezus out of you.

During such an event they will place snipers around the crime. The snipers set up shop and use tools to hide themselves behind windows in buildings around the area. They set up a curtain to hide behind made of mesh and PVC pipe. Then they cut a hole in the mesh. It is set up a few feet behind the window and is dark so you cannot see it from a distance.


There were also snipers hiding in trees. After the exercise we were supposed to find them. I did not see them until they came out of hiding.

He is holding a gun.

2 comments:

Mom said...

WOW! That looks pfun. How many times do you go?

Molli said...

That's really cool! I can't believe that fake town, that's neat.