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Patrol Division
SPECIAL WEAPONS AND TACTICS (S.W.A.T.)
Main Phone: (775) 328-3350
Lt. Darin Balaam

Sheriff's Office Special Weapons and Tactics Team (SWAT) is a corps of highly-trained personnel used in support of operations throughout the Sheriff's Office. SWAT personnel routinely respond to assist in situations such as barricaded subjects, entry into high risk locations, and other situations that require such tactical support. The SWAT Team has been deployed to remote locations within Nevada to assist various other agencies, Federal as well as local.

SWAT Team - August 2006

Lieutenant Darin Balaam currently commands the SWAT team. The team members regularly call upon RAVEN for SWAT operations and utilize a variety of new technology and weapons for the varied tactical encounters they face. SWAT conducts local and regional demonstrations of personnel and equipment regularly in addition to training twice a month.

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