First Responders Train for Worst Case Scenarios at Saratoga Race Course
CBS6 Albany
[{'start': '0.160', 'end': '3.600', 'text': 'With the Belmont Stakes just over a'}, {'start': '1.839', 'end': '4.799', 'text': 'month away now, Saratoga Springs Police'}, {'start': '3.600', 'end': '7.120', 'text': "and the fire department, they're"}, {'start': '4.799', 'end': '9.200', 'text': 'preparing for the unthinkable, an active'}, {'start': '7.120', 'end': '11.440', 'text': 'shooter or mass casualty event during'}, {'start': '9.200', 'end': '13.519', 'text': 'race season. Today, they teamed up with'}, {'start': '11.440', 'end': '16.000', 'text': 'actors to bring realism to emergency'}, {'start': '13.519', 'end': '17.680', 'text': "training drills. CBS 6's Sam Israel went"}, {'start': '16.000', 'end': '20.439', 'text': 'to the Saratoga Racecourse as first'}, {'start': '17.680', 'end': '22.880', 'text': 'responders put their plans to the'}, {'start': '20.439', 'end': '24.480', 'text': 'test. Right behind this entrance is'}, {'start': '22.880', 'end': '27.439', 'text': 'where the first active shooter drill'}, {'start': '24.480', 'end': '29.279', 'text': 'played out. This is where it started. An'}, {'start': '27.439', 'end': '30.960', 'text': 'active mock shooter stood exactly where'}, {'start': '29.279', 'end': '33.440', 'text': "I'm standing on the second floor of the"}, {'start': '30.960', 'end': '36.079', 'text': 'post bar. Officers rushed the scene as'}, {'start': '33.440', 'end': '38.559', 'text': 'they heard gunfire. And just across the'}, {'start': '36.079', 'end': '40.719', 'text': 'way, this field became a mock emergency'}, {'start': '38.559', 'end': '42.399', 'text': 'scene where first responders rush to'}, {'start': '40.719', 'end': '44.239', 'text': 'rescue victims on the ground under'}, {'start': '42.399', 'end': '46.079', 'text': 'pressure, preparing for the worst ahead'}, {'start': '44.239', 'end': '48.480', 'text': "of Belmont weekend. What we're trying to"}, {'start': '46.079', 'end': '49.920', 'text': 'do here is find the issues that we have'}, {'start': '48.480', 'end': '52.559', 'text': 'before they arise in a real world'}, {'start': '49.920', 'end': '54.320', 'text': 'scenario. Unfortunately, these incidents'}, {'start': '52.559', 'end': '57.320', 'text': 'are going up, not necessarily going'}, {'start': '54.320', 'end': '57.320', 'text': 'down.'}, {'start': '57.360', 'end': '61.199', 'text': 'Just over a month ahead of one of the'}, {'start': '59.359', 'end': '63.600', 'text': 'largest events in Saratoga Springs'}, {'start': '61.199', 'end': '66.159', 'text': 'history, first responders are preparing'}, {'start': '63.600', 'end': '68.000', 'text': 'for the worst case scenario.'}, {'start': '66.159', 'end': '70.760', 'text': "We are going to have a bad actor who's"}, {'start': '68.000', 'end': '74.000', 'text': 'going to come and cause mass casualties'}, {'start': '70.760', 'end': '75.600', 'text': 'and our initial responding officers are'}, {'start': '74.000', 'end': '77.600', 'text': 'going to deal with that threat and then'}, {'start': '75.600', 'end': '79.439', 'text': 'the follow on is going to be us'}, {'start': '77.600', 'end': '82.320', 'text': 'combining with the fire department and'}, {'start': '79.439', 'end': '84.479', 'text': 'their paramedics. Somebody help me.'}, {'start': '82.320', 'end': '86.400', 'text': 'Local actors with Saratoga Homemade'}, {'start': '84.479', 'end': '89.360', 'text': 'Theater played both victims and'}, {'start': '86.400', 'end': '90.960', 'text': 'suspects.'}, {'start': '89.360', 'end': '93.600', 'text': "I think it's a great opportunity for"}, {'start': '90.960', 'end': '95.680', 'text': 'them um to to do these types of'}, {'start': '93.600', 'end': '97.119', 'text': 'trainings because, you know, this is a'}, {'start': '95.680', 'end': '99.840', 'text': "safe environment that they're doing it"}, {'start': '97.119', 'end': '102.320', 'text': 'in. So, this is a place where they can,'}, {'start': '99.840', 'end': '105.200', 'text': 'you know, make mistakes and learn, you'}, {'start': '102.320', 'end': '106.399', 'text': 'know, from whatever happens here.'}, {'start': '105.200', 'end': '108.399', 'text': "Be advised, we're going to be closing"}, {'start': '106.399', 'end': '110.960', 'text': 'down roadways around the track. From'}, {'start': '108.399', 'end': '113.360', 'text': 'inside a command center, police used'}, {'start': '110.960', 'end': '116.399', 'text': 'Naira surveillance cameras and bodywn'}, {'start': '113.360', 'end': '118.560', 'text': 'videos to map out realtime responses,'}, {'start': '116.399', 'end': '120.719', 'text': 'coordinate units, and plan long-term'}, {'start': '118.560', 'end': '122.960', 'text': "strategies. Saratoga police say they'll"}, {'start': '120.719', 'end': '125.439', 'text': 'have 12 to 17 officers working daily'}, {'start': '122.960', 'end': '127.360', 'text': 'during the summer meet with even more'}, {'start': '125.439', 'end': '129.280', 'text': 'deployed for Belmont weekend. Everyone'}, {'start': '127.360', 'end': '131.520', 'text': 'here is so professional and they seem'}, {'start': '129.280', 'end': '134.160', 'text': 'really well trained as far as their'}, {'start': '131.520', 'end': '137.040', 'text': 'their times. It was, you know, securing'}, {'start': '134.160', 'end': '138.800', 'text': 'everything, getting the EMTs there, and'}, {'start': '137.040', 'end': '141.760', 'text': 'it was a relatively short amount of'}, {'start': '138.800', 'end': '144.640', 'text': 'time. In Saratoga Springs, Sam Israel,'}, {'start': '141.760', 'end': '144.640', 'text': 'CBS6 News.'}]