{"id":147709,"date":"2026-02-02T17:18:11","date_gmt":"2026-02-02T17:18:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/147709\/"},"modified":"2026-02-02T17:18:11","modified_gmt":"2026-02-02T17:18:11","slug":"swat-teams-from-florida-new-york-and-texas-taking-part-in-uae-swat-challenge-2026","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/147709\/","title":{"rendered":"SWAT teams from Florida, New York, and Texas taking part in UAE SWAT Challenge 2026"},"content":{"rendered":"

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The UAE SWAT Challenge will take place Feb. 7\u201311 at the Training City in Al Ruwayyah, Dubai and feature 118 teams from 52 countries. (UAE SWAT Challenge) <\/p>\n

Police agencies from around the world will once again showcase their tactical skills at the\u00a0United Arab Emirates (UAE) Special Weapons and Tactics (SWAT) Challenge hosted by the Dubai Police.<\/p>\n

Dig deeper:<\/p>\n

This year\u2019s challenge features 118 teams from 52 countries, including the Orlando Police Department SWAT team, New York Police Department Emergency Service Unit, San Antonio Police Department, and the Dallas Police Department SWAT.<\/p>\n

The challenge, now in its seventh year, will take place Feb. 7\u201311 at the Training City in Al Ruwayyah, Dubai.<\/p>\n

What we know:<\/p>\n

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An obstacle course is one of the events participants take part in at the competition. (UAE SWAT Challenge) <\/p>\n

Over the five days of competition, the teams will compete in specialized tasks, including an assault event, hostage rescue, officer rescue, tower assault, and an obstacle course.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n

The UAE SWAT Challenge says a total of $260,000 in cash prizes will be awarded to the top 10 teams recognizing their strength, skill, and strategy.\u00a0<\/p>\n

The competitions will be broadcast live on the official\u00a0UAE SWAT Challenge YouTube<\/a>\u00a0<\/p>\n

The Source: Information in this article was provided by the UAE SWAT Challenge. \u00a0This story was reported from Orlando.<\/p>\n

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Crime and Public Safety<\/a>World<\/a>U.S.<\/a>News<\/a> <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"article The UAE SWAT Challenge will take place Feb. 7\u201311 at the Training City in Al Ruwayyah, Dubai…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":147710,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[1046,223,27,29,28,393,3703],"class_list":{"0":"post-147709","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-texas","8":"tag-crime-publicsafety","9":"tag-news","10":"tag-texas","11":"tag-texas-headlines","12":"tag-texas-news","13":"tag-us","14":"tag-world"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/147709","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=147709"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/147709\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/147710"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=147709"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=147709"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=147709"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}