Special Teams Operations
- Consists of 19 members from the Snoqualmie and Issaquah Police Departments
- It was established to help defer operational costs and to provide for an immediate response to critical high risk situations.
Developing Resources
This joint operational unit was developed out of a need for specialized police services. These services are critical to police operations but are not easily established because of training and manpower requirements. Officers from both Snoqualmie and Issaquah made a commitment and as a team attended 80 hours of S.W.A.T. training hosted by the City at the Weyerhaeuser Mill site. As part of the necessary commitment this special operations team is also dedicated to attending 16 hours per month of operational training , meeting all state training requirements. Most materials and equipment for this operation were obtained at no cost using military surplus and available state and federal funding.