Gilroy officer Hugo Del Moral, left, and Morgan Hill officer
Scott Purvis compete in a two-man combat event during the Best in
the West Annual SWAT Competition at the Sheriff’s Office Firing
Range in south San Jose Thursday.
Gilroy officer Hugo Del Moral, left, and Morgan Hill officer Scott Purvis compete in a two-man combat event during the Best in the West Annual SWAT Competition at the Sheriff’s Office Firing Range in south San Jose Thursday.
Racking up the first place score was the U.S. Department of Energy’s SWAT team, according to Sheriff’s Office Sgt. Rick Sung. The San Francisco Police Department’s SWAT team came in second, and the Sonoma County Sheriff’s Office took third place. Officer Joe Scott of the U.S. Department of Energy was named the ‘Top Gun’ out of about 250 individual competitors.
