Mobile is home to the area’s regional SWAT training program. Mobile Police invited WKRG News 5 along, showing us an exclusive look at what kind of training goes into being a SWAT officer.

News 5's Mary Smith and Photojournalist Jason Garcia spent an entire day with Mobile's SWAT Team, learning the difference between the television drama and real life.

The mobile command center itself will cost about $316,548, with an additional delivery cost of $2,250 and an H-GAC fee of $1,000. Advertisement Article continues below this ad ...

In 2023, the city was awarded $493,336 through the Department of Homeland Security’s Port Security Grant Program for the mobile command center, and the PPD will fund an additional $164,445.

Elgin’s new mobile command unit has four large monitors in the front and more in the back and outside of the vehicle that can view the area from cameras on the 44-foot high mast.