March 7, 2023
Dubai Police have been crowned the winners of this year’s UAE Swat Challenge.
Dubai Police B team won the event with 325 points and Dubai Police A team came second with 303 points. The Sardar team from Kazakhstan were third, scoring 302 points.
The UAE Swat Challenge is organized by the Dubai Police and held under the patronage of Sheikh Saif bin Zayed, Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Interior.
The fifth annual event concluded on Wednesday at the Dubai Police training Centre in Al Ruwayyah, with 11 squads from the UAE taking place.
Eighty seven teams from 48 countries participated, up from 55 last year, with prizes totalling Dh1 million ($272,000).
The challenge categories were tactical, assault, officer rescue, tower event and obstacle course.
In the obstacle challenge, the RNP Swat team from Rwanda won with 52 points, while teams from Kyrgyzstan and Uzbekistan came in second and third with scores of 51 and 50, respectively.
Maj Gen Abdullah Ali Al Ghaithi, assistant commander-in-chief for operations affairs at Dubai Police, awarded the top 10 finishers their trophies during a ceremony held on Wednesday.
The Abu Dhabi Police women’s team made their debut in this year’s competition.
