2009 U.S. SWAT Championships

Members of the Garden City Police Department SWAT Team participated in the 2009 U.S. National S.W.A.T. Championships.  This three-day competition was held from Thursday, June 18 through Saturday, June 20, 2009 in Tulsa, OK.

The overall competition consisted of eight individual live-fire SWAT scenarios and relays testing individual and team skills.  The types of scenarios ranged from bus assaults, multi-gun shootouts to an officer rescue. 

During each event, members of the GCPD SWAT Team had to negotiate obstacles while engaging targets from various distances, using various weapons systems.  The SWAT Team placed twelfth overall and was from one of the smallest agencies in the competition.  The department is very proud of the officers who participated and how they performed.

Several businesses in our community assisted in sending the SWAT Team to the competition by donating money or services.  Those businesses were: J & M Paint, Appliance & Furniture Mart, Samy’s Spirits & Steakhouse, Kinney Glass, Brent’s Concrete, Doering & Grisell, Commerce Bank, JR Audio, RT Sporting Goods, Schoepner’s Water & Conditioning, El Remidio, Rock Hard Ready Mix Concrete, Sand & Sage Gun Club, Lewis Motors, Burtis Motors, Western Motors, Diversified Construction Inc., and Auto Quest.  The GCPD SWAT Team would not have been able to compete in this competition without the generosity of these local businesses. 

For any questions about the competition, please contact Lt. David Smith at (620) 276-1300.