SEVERAL BERNALILLO COUNTY PUBLIC SAFETY AGENCIES WERE AT THE MALL SUNDAY NIGHT. NOT TO SHOP, BUT WITH GUNS DRAWN FOR ACTIVE SHOOTER TRAINING. BCSO SPOKESMAN AARON WILLIAMSON SAYS THEY CONDUCTED THE EXERCISES AT COTTONWOOD MALL AFTER IT CLOSED.
WILLIAMSON SAYS THE TRAINING ALLOWED THEM TO USE A COMMUNITY LOCATION TO IDENTIFY WHERE THEIR STRENGTHS AND WEAKNESSES ARE AND BETTER PREPARE THEMSELVES FOR A POSSIBLE TRAGIC EVENT.
THE TRAINING INCLUDED THE COUNTY’S EMERGENCY RESPONSE TEAM, SWAT AND COUNTY FIRE PERSONNEL.
