Boulder Police Department to hold SWAT exercise Wednesday

The Boulder Police Department’s SWAT team, hostage negotiators and bomb squad will be participating in an exercise near 17th and Athens starting at 9:00 a.m. on Wednesday, October 19, 2011.

Residents will see police cars, SWAT vehicles and the bomb squad truck but there are no pyrotechnics planned for this exercise. It’s a scenario-based training that will take place mostly inside a building. The police department is not releasing the exact location of the building, as this is part of the exercise.

The drills are scheduled to take place from 9:00 a.m. – 5:00 p.m.