10 www.hpe.com FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 25, 2009 THE HIGH POINT ENTERPRISE
DAVID TEAM
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Capt. Mike Kirk
Lt. Eddie Caldwell
Lt. Alex Sprinkle
Lt. Bruce Williams
Peter Abernethy
The police tactical unit uses protective equipment, including bullet-resistant items such as protective body bunker vests, shields, helmets and armored vehicles during high-risk confrontations.
Brandon Crawford
Tactical Team Readiness
Jonathan Crouse
David Dulin
Karen Hawkes
Heather Meyer
Lance Moss
Timothy Parks
Brian Huckabee
Keith Pruitt
Jonathan Hurt
Chad Leach
Max Suarez
Brad Tennant
Officers in Field Training
Kyle Teschke
Scott Treadway
Chris Wolanin
Danny Anderson
Nelson Citta
Brian Myers
Scott Reed
Charged with the challenge of being ready to respond to any critical incident on a moment’s notice, the High Point Police Department Tactical Team has continued to work hard throughout the year by training and maintaining equipment and individual skills in a constant state of readiness. Physical fitness and firearms skills are an essential part of this training. Beyond that, constant exposures to various technical challenges help the operators develop the tactics and skills needed to resolve real life emergencies as safely as possible. In addition to the regular equipment which is issued to all police officers, Tactical Team Operators are also provided with an extensive amount of protective equipment. This equipment is particularly useful during high risk operations Capt. Kenneth when suspects are known to be Schultz armed and innocent people are exposed to this threat. This protective equipment consists of various aspects of bullet-resistant items, such as protective body bunker vests, shields, helmets and an armored vehicle. Although expensive, this equipment provides a great deal of security during these high risk confrontations. During the past year, the Tactical Team has participated in several high-risk search warrant services, several barricaded subject situations involving subjects armed with guns, mental commitment deployments, high-risk warrant services, disturbance calls, dignitary protection operations and furniture market security. Each of these events was safely and effectively resolved without injury to anyone. It is this result that serves as a parameter to evaluate team abilities and needs. The information learned during the incident reviews provides guidelines for future training. This training is ongoing in an effort to remain constantly ready for any type of emergency situation.