NYPD , FDNY & DHS Stage Active Shooter Scenario at High School
Volume 6
NYPD , FDNY & DHS Stage Active Shooter Scenario at High School
Staged Active Shooter Scenario Training held at NY High School
The New York Police Department ( NYPD ), the Fire Department of New York ( FDNY ) and the Department of Homeland Security ( DHS ) Science and Technology Directorate ( S & T ) took part in an active shooter exercise early Sunday at a Brooklyn high school to evaluate tactics and technologies for responding to and containing rapidly escalating shooting incidents . The exercise was organized around a scenario in which multiple active shooters with improvised explosive devices ( IED ) storm their way into the Leon M . Goldstein High School , which is co-located on the Kingsborough Community College campus .
William J . Bratton , NYC Police Commissioner
July-Aug 2016 Edition
“ The exercise that we conducted today in Brooklyn allows the NYPD , its fellow first responders , and Department of Homeland Security to demonstrate and strengthen our active shooter response capabilities ,” said Police Commissioner William J . Bratton . “ We hope that these skills and equipment are never needed , but we know that we must be prepared to respond in a moment ’ s notice . This drill allows the department to test the coordination skills between our elite Emergency Service Unit , our newly formed Critical Response Command and Strategic Response as well as our precinct patrol personnel . Today ’ s training will help us be even more prepared .” The exercise provided a valuable evaluation platform for existing and emerging technologies identified by NYPD , FDNY and S & T that could be deployed in the future .
Mutualink – a technology that enables interoperability of voice , text and radio , and one of the technologies tested .
“ Our city ’ s preparedness level improves with each of these realistic exercises designed to test our response to difficult , dangerous scenarios we must be ready for ,” said Fire Commissioner Daniel Nigro . “ Joint training with the NYPD has never been more collaborative and cooperative , and it ’ s critically important to an effective response to an active shooter incident .” The exercise enabled the NYPD , FDNY and S & T to view and assess emerging technologies in an operational setting .
“ S & T ’ s role in this exercise is to see if new tools and equipment that have been designed to help responders in an active shooter situation perform as they should ,” said DHS Under Secretary for Science and Technology Dr . Reginald Brothers . “ Analyzing video footage from the exercise , combined with gaining responders ’ feedback to determine what worked – and what needs work – informs our efforts to better equip responders like the NYPD
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