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Urban Shield training stripped of SWAT training, vendor show by County Officials

Posted on March 6, 2019

A firearms vendor talks to law enforcement officers about his products at the Urban Shield vendor show in 2015. (Alameda County Sherriff’s Office)

ALAMEDA COUNTY, Calif.  — Alameda County supervisors voted Tuesday to overhaul the controversial Urban Shield law enforcement training program run by the sheriff’s office, stripping the annual conference — attended by agencies throughout the Bay Area — of trainings that police say were vital.

The move eliminates SWAT deployment exercises and the event’s vendor show, which showcases law-enforcement gadgets and weaponry, among other things.

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