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-- right now police officers for around the country are teaming up to fine tune their swat skills of the Dallas Police Department hosting the national competition this weekend.

Thirty teams will battle for bragging rights and shooting events and obstacle course.

All of course -- gaining valuable skills that could save countless lives in the fields.

He's single he's live from Dallas tell us all about it hi Casey.

-- our ability elect my safety glasses I know very fashion forward but there's actually a live ammunition exercise it's getting way to.

Start right back here behind me as we got to -- for safety reasons did you know.

There are more swat teams in the state of Texas than any other state in the country so it's no wonder nearly 200 officers from around the world by the way.

Have converged on this spot team.

As far away as Germany is here -- You're correct casing the imports that -- a competition like this.

Is to put together swat teams like you mentioned.

But there's such a variety of swat teams full time swat teams to small small part time teams to teams that have to join each other to make of complete team so there's a a great network an exchange of ideas here so the -- -- to -- with the.

Big teams do we -- I'm glad that you point out the small teams in the big teams because I hate to interrupt you but obviously you know.

It's what situations are not just unique to major metro areas recently here in Texas we -- a situation -- in College Station near the a and -- campus where.

A possible went serve eviction papers as you know the suspect fired there was a thirty minute gun battle that ensued that's a small -- down there so those folks smaller departments here with larger ones and that has to be huge because there there -- and -- from the big guns no pun intended.

There's if there's nowhere to tell where this stuff happen so that's why this training so important.

You mentioned College Station that's very important because one of exercise as we're doing here.

Is an officer rescued an officer down scenario and that's what they're training here so they're getting very valuable training from the rest of the team -- -- is hosting its -- turned up.

All right -- hey thank you very much we appreciate we got to go sorry live TV we're open the gunshots -- going to be going on behind this didn't happen this runs all weekend are until of course our hats off to the men and women who are out there.

Risking their lives to protect ours.

Indeed swat is very very important and you.

-- in Seattle safe and stylish thank you very much for that report from Dallas things -- them.

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