PLEASANTON — This week’s Urban Shield “real time training for real world events” will be the last of its kind in Alameda County with a militaristic bent. The purpose of the five-day Urban Shield event ...

OAKLAND (KTVU)-- A police training exercise wrapped up recently in the Bay Area and Frank Somerville was embedded with SWAT teams from around the country to get firsthand experience of the kind of ...

The Alameda County Board of Supervisors voted unanimously today to continue supporting the sheriff's office's controversial "Urban Shield" first-responder training exercise despite strong opposition ...

On this episode of "Behind The Shield," the offseason is underway with fresh talent joining the Silver and Black. Head Coach Pete Carroll, linebacker Elandon Roberts and quarterback Geno Smith are ...

OAKLAND — The Alameda County Board of Supervisors on Tuesday voted to accept federal funds to continue hosting its celebrated but controversial disaster training program in the face of activists who ...

The Urban Shield law enforcement training program has been mischaracterized as merely a SWAT-team exercise and weapons expo. I was present during the meeting in 2007 when then-newly elected Alameda ...

CAMP ATTERBURY, Ind. (April 22, 2016) --- Cyber warriors from across the country gathered here April 18 to kick off Cyber Shield 2016, a defensively focused U.S. Army National Guard cyber training ...