SWAT Team

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Because of my wonderful chance to be on REAL team in High School, we were able to become a part of the Layton City Fire Corps which was a group partnered with REAL team with the intent of teaching kids about fire safety. Because of the chance I had to become a member of the Layton City Fire Corps, I have a thousand opportunities to volunteer all over the place. It is quite fun.

This last Monday and Tuesday I got to volunteer for the SWAT Team training they were holding. It was insanely fun!

They gave us fake gunshot wounds and scenarios that the SWAT team didn't know about that we had to act out. There was a new 'bad guy' picked every time so it taught the team to analyze the situation and not to shoot innocent victims.

The first day went really well! We had 4 different scenarios in which we performed and acted them out 2 times each. It was a group of older SWAT Team members so everything went really smoothly and it gave me FULL confidence in my safety if I were ever in a situation like that. However, the second day was a group of new SWAT Team members that had been training for about 6 months and if it was a real situation they would've killed 3 innocent victims. Ha ha ha But it was still loads and loads of fun!!!

I was 'shot' in the leg and had make-up artists put fake gun-shot wounds in me. It was awesome during the scenarios because I wouldn't be able to walk so the Policemen had to come pick me up and carry me out.

They were so into it and it made it easier to act like you were dying! I'm already a huge drama-queen but when they came into the school in their full gear with guns pointing at you it surprisingly made it easy to scream in complete fear for your life and run convincingly with a gimpy leg from the 'bad guy'. Lol

One time with the newer officers we were running away from the bad guy and they didn't know how to analyze the situation fast enough so they decided to make us all lay on the ground. They yelled at us "GET ON THE GROUND!! PUT YOUR HANDS UP!!" and so they made us all get face down on the grass. I was with my friend Anastasia and we were trying to get them to break character. The officer was holding his gun on all of us victims while the other officer searched us one at a time. We innocently asked the officer if he would shoot us if we stood up at the same time to get searched and without cracking a smile he nodded with his gun still aimed at our heads! But they eventually figured we were innocent and let us go! Ha ha

Here are some pictures of Anastasia and Sarah and the fake gunshot wounds given to them. My very good friend Jessica Buckner did them and she is an AMAZING make-up artist!! They were so cool and real looking!!! I was so impressed!


I will never forget it though!! It was so much fun! I know now that when the SWAT Team tells you to get down on the ground... you get on the ground!!! :)