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SWAT Challenge: CCC participants, photo

More than 100 members from nine Special Weapons and Tactics teams across Northern California descended on the Mid-Valley on Wednesday to rescue imaginary hostages and take down make-believe terrorism suspects.

The Yuba Sutter SWAT Challenge, the first event of its kind in the area, provided realistic training exercises — and some competition — for visiting teams looking to test their skills in unfamiliar territory.

Matt Forest from the California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation, Susanville, took on a sequence of combined weapons course obstacles at the Yuba County Sheriff's Department shooting range...
 

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