Feral Jundi

Yes, you heard that correctly. Bruce Power is a nuclear plant in Canada that is privately owned and operated, and they have a private security force protecting it. Within that private security force, they actually have a SWAT team to respond to all and any threats against that plant. That is an extremely important job and is of national interest to Canada that these private forces do a good job. So to me, this is another example of private security doing a vital job of protection.

This is not new and private forces protect nuclear facilities all over the world. If you look at the list of competing SWAT teams, there are quite a few ‘private’ SWAT teams competing. Which is great, and all of them are competing against State police and government forces.  I guess my point here is that private forces are perfectly capable of doing a good job and being the best at an activity we usually associate with government or state raised forces.

So bravo to Bruce Power and thanks to Kyle on Facebook for pointing this out. If anyone from Bruce Power SWAT would like to share  with us as to why they keep winning, we would love to hear from you?  I suspect they have excellent schools they attend, and they practice like world class athletes in order to win–or lots of hard work and a mastery of the fundamentals. Also, with these private SWAT teams, they might have more money and time to pursue training because they are not taken away for police duties like their state or government teams might be. But that is just speculation. Either way, Bruce Power SWAT is victorious! –Matt

Bruce Power team wins U.S. National SWAT Championship
26 Oct 2011
Bruce Power’s Nuclear Response Team has captured first prize at the 2011 U.S. National SWAT Championship in Tulsa, Okla.?This is the fourth year in a row Bruce Power has taken top prize at the competition which consists of eight tactical events that test fitness, weapons skills and team organization. Bruce Power finished first in six of those eight events which simulate real-life scenarios faced by tactical officers. Scoring is based on time and target hits and the events are conducted in full tactical gear in head-to-head stages.?“This team is a real credit to our company and have demonstrated great pride, dedication and integrity in winning this championship,” said Duncan Hawthorne, Bruce Power’s President and Chief Executive Officer.

Bruce Power was the only Canadian team competing at the event which attracted 23 tactical units from the U.S. and abroad. The team donated the prizes it won to various cash-strapped law enforcement organizations in the United States earning a standing ovation at the event’s awards banquet.?“These dedicated officers make an incredible personal sacrifice to be competitive at this level and to do this year-after-year is unprecedented,” said John Latouf, Deputy Chief Emergency and Protective Services. “The team that won it for the first time in Colorado has only two members on this year’s championship team so this is a true cross-section of our entire workgroup.”?Latouf said the competition team are Nuclear Response Team members first and part-time competitors second and will be back on shift this week protecting the Bruce Power facility alongside their fellow officers. Earlier this year, Bruce Power formed a new integrated emergency response organization combining all of its emergency response capability into a single organization including its security team.?“We are all very proud of their efforts and they are always excellent ambassadors for Bruce Power,” Latouf said.
Competition history
• April, 2005    Placed fifth at World SWAT Challenge
• April, 2006    Eighth place at World SWAT Challenge
• June, 2006    First place in Police/Military category at Security Protection Officer Team  Competition (SPOTC)
• May, 2007    Fourth at the World SWAT Challenge
• June, 2007    First place in the Police/Military category at SPOTC.
• Sept. 2007    First at Canadian Nuclear Security Officer’s Challenge
• May, 2008    First at U.S. National SWAT Championships
• June, 2008    First in Police/Military category at SPOTC
• June, 2009    First in Police/Military category at SPOTC
• June, 2009    First overall at U.S. National SWAT Championships
• June, 2010    First in Police/Military category at SPOTC
• June, 2010    First overall at U.S. National SWAT
• June, 2011    First in Police/Military category at SPOTC
• Oct. 2011    First overall at U.S. National SWAT Championships
About Bruce Power?Bruce Power is a partnership among Cameco Corporation, TransCanada Corporation, BPC Generation Infrastructure Trust, a trust established by the Ontario Municipal Employees Retirement System, the Power Workers’ Union and The Society of Energy Professionals.
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In 2005, Bruce Power entered its first SWAT competition as a way of measuring against the best in the world and keeping the team sharp.
In 2008, 2009 and 2010, Bruce Power finished first overall at the U.S. National SWAT Championships, an international competition consisting of eight, live-fire tactical events that test fitness, weapons skills and team organization. Scoring is based on time and target hits with events conducted in full tactical gear in head-to-head stages.
In 2006, the team entered the U.S. Department of Energy’s Security Protection Officer Team Competition (SPOTC) for the first time and finished first in its category and has continued to take first prize every year since then.

Link here.