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Carlsbad police outline active-shooter training, response priorities and equipment
Summary
Sergeant Brett Cosgrove briefed commissioners on active-shooter response evolution, department training (SWAT cadre, tactical casualty care, simunitions), proactive exercises with schools and venues, and the two-phase operational priority to "stop the killing" then "stop the dying."
Sergeant Brett Cosgrove presented the Carlsbad Police Department's active-shooter posture to the commission, describing changes in operational doctrine, training investments and interagency preparedness exercised with schools, large venues and first responders.
Cosgrove defined an active shooter as "an individual actively engaging in killing or attempting to kill people in a confined space and a populated area," noting it does not have to involve a firearm. He traced law-enforcement response changes since Columbine and Uvalde and explained the department's proactive…
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