One of the flood-ravaged homes on State Route 202 near Fall City was the place where members of the Valley SWAT Team—not this Valley, but a regional team for South King County—got down to basics all day Thursday, Jan. 10.
The team, which is made up of police officers from Kent, Renton, Auburn, Tukwila, Federal Way and the Port of Seattle, meets to train every month. Thirty members spent from noon to 8 p.m. Thursday in Fall City. Squad cars, vans and an armored truck lined up on the highway outside as the officers, clad in black or camouflage, some carrying non-lethal firearms, practiced in and outside the house.