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Gastonia Police Department Teams

Special Situations Unit

SWAT Team

State, Regional and National Champions

Gastonia's SWAT Team has earned state, regional and national recognition in SWAT competitions. They are a four-time state winner at the North Carolina Justice Academy (1992-1994 and 1996), and a three-time regional winner in Spartanburg, S.C., (1995, 1997 and 2004). ESPN billed the 11th Annual Southeastern SWAT Competition in Spartanburg April 28-May 1, 2004, as the National SWAT Challenge.

SWAT and Entry Team members:

• Capt Steve Duncan (Team Commander)
• Sgt. Travis Brittain (Assistant Commander)
• Sgt. Jimmy Arndt (Team Leader)
• Sgt. Jamey Blalock (Team Leader)
• Jim Poole
• Lex Popovich
• Matt Willis
• Kevin Putnam
• Sgt. Brian Atkins
• Scott Norton
• Anthony Borja
• David Wind
• Adam Wilson
• Craig Singer
• Eric Seagle
• Clint Bridges
• David Ferguson (Reserves)
• Sgt. David Sisk (Mount Holly PD)
• David Lancaster (Belmont PD)
• Paul Kaiman (Belmont PD)
• Max Davis (Gaston County Sheriff's Office)
• Brian Lawrence (Gaston County Sheriff's Office)
• Jason Ellis (Gaston County Sheriff's Office)
• Stephen Strickland (Gaston County Sheriff's Office)
• Capt. Gary Williams (Gaston County Sheriff's Office)
• Joe Griffin (Gaston County Sheriff's Office)

The SWAT Team also includes the Sniper Team.

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