The Washoe County Sheriff’s Office is hosting the 2nd Annual Northern Nevada SWAT Challenge Oct. 2 at various locations in the community. The event is geared to building camaraderie and familiarizing our local SWAT team operators with each other and with their team capabilities.

SWAT Operator and Organizer Marc Bello explained in a statement, “Special Weapons and Tactics teams are called in to handle the most serious, high stress and often life threatening situations. It is important for our team operators to build rapport and confidence in each other before they are called out to a serious incident.”

The events begin with SWAT training at the Regional Public Safety Training Center from 7:45 to 9:25am where the teams will suit up in the appropriate gear and go through numerous scenarios.

The second phase is fun team building opportunity where the team operators are put through an adventure type race with various mental and physical events such as “the mud crawl”, “the card shoot”, “rope agility course”, “tire flip”, “Yahtzee”, and even a “Mystery Challenge.”

These events take place from 11am to 3:30pm at various locations