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From courtroom to Hell Week: Iron County prosecutor completes grueling SWAT course

By ironcountytoday.com · August 11, 2026 · 1 min read
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County Today For several nights after returning home, Dallin Brooks would sit upright in bed believing he needed to report for duty. Somewhere between sleeping and waking, the Iron County deputy attorney could see SWAT instructors in his room, ordering him into formation or telling him to move into position.

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