NEW YORK (1010 WINS) —Two months after a mass shooting on a Brooklyn subway train left ten people wounded, a training session for the NYPD Transit Bureau's Anti-Terrorism Unit on Thursday provided the opportunity to assess their response to an active shooter as well as other scenarios.
Police responded as a "gunman" fired into a crowded subway car — though the terror was not real.
It was one of four scenarios produced at the FDNY Training Academy on Randall's Island that enlisted the help of federal experts for anti-terrorism training, and 1010 WINS was one of four media outlets on hand to see it.
C.J. Taylor of the federal law enforcement training center said new methods were incorporated after the April 12 shooting on the M train at the 36th Street subway station in Sunset Park.
"We did do massive amounts of research on your April shooting, all the way going back to the canisters used to smoke up the train," he said.
NYPD Inspector Raymond Porteus said they wanted officers taking part to feel "a real life environment" with stand-ins playing passengers — some of whom were pretending to be hurt, even "bleeding out" on the platform.
He said the transit response teams currently roam throughout the city's subway system.
"They're on the trains, they're on platforms and stations, they're all over the city," Porteus added.
The teams will also be outfitted with emergency medical gear to treat the injured as soon as possible.
Their ultimate goal is to stop the shooting and stop the dying.
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