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Unique facility trains officers to handle terror threats
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Steve Harrigan reports from Brunswick, Georgia
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- Date Dec 18, 2012
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Really wanted to kind training facility for law enforcement where officers trained to face any terrorist threat there is today from cyber terrorism.
To how to handle weapons of mass destruction.
It is located in Brunswick Georgia up.
And that is where we find none other -- of course he's Sistine.
Tell us about this place that you're visiting today.
Martha they've basically built the miniature world here a potential terror attacks.
And the real goal in the training is to try and make things as realistic as possible.
-- At the Federal Law Enforcement Training Center in Brunswick Georgia.
They use blank ammunition.
But real actors.
You can't simulate behavior you path to use people.
To simulate behavior.
60000.
Federal agents a year come to the 16100 acre site.
Complete with mock airplanes bars and -- test track and the important thing in performing on pit maneuver his location.
No and -- -- no bridges.
No congestion.
Terror events from the past like -- Sarin gas subway attack.
Are rehearsed alongside potential future attacks like improvised explosive devices.
We were prepared domestically for any kind of threat we will be able to keep that.
-- -- that occur here in the states.
-- back out.
Response training though to abductions or active shooters is only part of the mission who can't afford to just respond to incidents anymore we have to prevent things from happening.
You get a real sense here from talking to the instructors of just how.
Urgent they feel about trying not just to train responders but to try to prevent future attacks Martha.
Wow that is fascinating look -- behind Jeff there's little to smoke coming out of that truck back there has to give.
Very interesting luck thank you so much -- --