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WMD SUMMARY <br />Prepared by Officer Huddle <br />The Hennepin County Weapons of Mass Destruction Tactical Team made <br />2007 a noteworthy year. Team readiness is a high priority and steadily <br />increased. Team members (of which St. Anthony has one member) made <br />great gains through hard work and engaged in superior training events with <br />agencies at the local, county and federal levels. This included training with <br />the Minneapolis Bomb <br />Squad in which teams <br />successfully navigated <br />through booby trapped <br />courses to reach and <br />complete objectives. An <br />exercise that recreated a <br />terrorist event at a school <br />included working with <br />tactical teams from two <br />counties and the National Guard Civil Support Team (CST). The WMD <br />Team continued to develop a strong and vital relationship with the CST <br />through frequent cooperative training events. Both teams provide each other <br />with great resources and strengthen the response and readiness required for <br />their missions. Training with federal agencies included the FBI and Federal <br />Air Marshals. Air Marshals trained the team in hostage rescue operations in <br />passenger aircraft. Last year the entire team went to Camp Ripley for two <br />days of intensive training operations in simulated urban environments and <br />live fire weapons training and qualifications. This training proved to be <br />extremely valuable and is planned as an annual training event in future <br />years. <br />The WMD Team's <br />training experience <br />and equipment has <br />directly benefitted <br />the St. Anthony <br />Police Department <br />and the agency's <br />East Metro SWAT <br />Team both in <br />20 <br />