[If you] look at a national level, the naval [base] shooting in Denver and the Sandy Hook incident, they are reminders that we as a department, more specifically as a SWAT and Explosive Ordnance Disposal (EOD) team, need to stay vigilant and prepared. [There is no] better time to do it [then right now] when we have a facility like this [one where] we can train. We are practicing less lethal right now which is taking place behind me. We're also [going to do] later on this afternoon, manual breaching, break and rake, and explosive reaching.

[What's going on here is called] less lethal. What that [means] is firing a 40-mm projectile similar to something like this. We call it less lethal, because it's designed to disable and disrupt but not permanently harm someone. What we'll be doing this afternoon is called break and rake. [That uses] longer poles with a couple of handles on [them] that we use to breach windows and clear them out so that if the team needs to, they can use a window as a port or a secondary entry point. When we show up to a scene [in the] real world, we get the job done. We show up, we know what we're doing, we're prepared, and we resolve it as peacefully and efficiently as possible. That's what makes it all worthwhile.