Overcoming obstacles

TUCSON – When you think of a S.W.A.T. team, most think of individuals who are tough, strong, determined and usually men. Pima Regional S.W.A.T. has all that and Sam Sanders.
“I don’t see myself as female with all these males, just an operator on the team,” said S.W.A.T. Deputy Sam Sanders.
She is a body builder, a rodeo cowgirl and a S.W.A.T. Deputy. Some little girls dream of becoming a princess when they grow up, but not Sanders. She never saw herself wearing a tiara,