Seaside Police Cmdr. Bruno Dias has been an officer for over 13 years and a member of the SWAT team since 2004. He is the SWAT Tactical Commander and was on scene after Matthew Bachelder's 911 call. He talks about working hard police calls.
Seaside Police Cmdr. Bruno Dias on dealing with hard police calls.
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