South county SWAT teams unite for mock crises
More than 100 SWAT team members from three police departments worked together to handle simulated emergencies Wednesday at Boca Raton Airport, marking a first for the agencies. As FBI and Transportation Safety Administration officials observed, officers from Boca Raton, Delray Beach and Boynton Beach police departments, with Boca Raton Fire Rescue, worked in tandem to handle a bomb threat and a fake hijacker who had taken a hostage. “It’s a bigger, busier airport, and unfortunately, we live in a time when we have to be prepared for anything,” Boca Raton police spokesman Jeff Kelly said. Full Story