Monday was no holiday for the Missoula Police Department's SWAT team.
The 18 member crew spent the day training, with lifelike Airsoft
weapons.
The SWAT team was able to use the Missoula City Life Community Center's
airsoft facility on Monday afternoon to do some of their drills.
The room was set up to replicate a house and SWAT team members went room to room looking for suspects.
Police say the Airsoft weapons are similar to the ones they carry in
real situations and this helps make training more realistic.
"The nice thing about airsoft is it gives you immediate feed back, as in
if you get hit in the right spot, it's going to hurt," says Sgt. John
Weber, Missoula Police SWAT Team Leader.
18 officers make up the team and they train once a month. Weapons they
used at today's training shoot pellets at 350-FPS (feet per second), and
officers say even though they are
Airsoft BBs, they have to wear
protective gear.
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