Posts Tagged ‘Stop Urban Shield Coalition’
Alameda County supervisors vote to to scale back, shift focus of Urban Shield
After more than five hours of public comment and heated debate, the Alameda County Board of Supervisors voted on Tuesday to approve nearly all of an ad hoc committee’s recommendations to demilitarize the county’s controversial Urban Shield annual training program. They voted 4-0 to eliminate SWAT (Special Weapons and Tactics) deployment exercises and the event’s…
Read MoreLatest Urban Shield training covers crisis scenarios, draws more criticism from community activists
Emergency responders say they need to practice real-world scenarios in order to be prepared for whatever comes their way. However, the community is on edge about some of the tactics police use and want the exercises to end.
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