<body><div><img src="https://img.particlenews.com/image.php?type=thumbnail_580x000&amp;url=1jSD9s_0w9pYwKM00" alt="https://img.particlenews.com/image.php?url=1jSD9s_0w9pYwKM00" width="1320" height="743" >Orangeburg, S.C. (WACH) — In Orangeburg, the South Carolina State campus is usually reserved for classroom learning.But this week, it’s also a place where some of the bests of the best are learning ways to keep all of us safer.S.W.A.T. teams from all over the country are getting some crash courses.“The threat assessment has to be significantly high for S.W.A.T. to become involved.” Said Erick Maldonado.He is a retired police officer and has been teaching swat tactics around the country for more than a year now.On Wednesday, the officers here are about halfway through their week-long swat training.“What we’re trying to do is we’re just trying to build on the movement training that we learned the day prior and today I’m acting as a role player so I’m hiding inside of the structure.” said Erick.Officers go through a full-scale simulation on the right way to clear buildings in the case of a significant threat and covering every angle and every corner.“It’s a system designed if they’re not covering their corners, they’re not moving together as well as they should be, there’s a correction sort of speak with the use of a blank round.” continued Erick.“It’s a little more challenging in that there is an element of pretending so that adds to the stress as well.” said Johnathan Holiday, a trainee from Kentucky.Along with actual training, these officers also must make the grade in the classroom.“A third of the course is classroom training there’s a lot of knowledge that needs to be reiterated or even new knowledge depending on which department, some departments use different equipment, some departments use different tactics so we’re trying to level the bubble to get some kind of standard.” said Holiday.The training at SC State ends Friday but the National Tactical Officer's Association hosts training nearly every week to better train officers.</div></body>

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Orangeburg, S.C. (WACH) — In Orangeburg, the South Carolina State campus is usually reserved for classroom learning. But this week, it’s also a place where some of the bests of the best are learning ways to keep all of us safer. S.W.A.T. teams from all over the country...