It was obvious that this was not a one-off response to an unexpected In a way, yesterday’s entire operation was a preseason practice We are beginning to realize that this is not an isolated situation. Since The following PLAYAS, N.M. — With its pristine Spanish-style houses and flowering First, a man took some hostages and holed up inside 1 Mesquite The attacks are simulations, part of a national training program for emergency Life has been this way since December, when the first trainees began ”You’ll never fight the scenario you train against but the fact that from the Boston Globe<\/a><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" The scariest part of yesterday’s demonstration was not the anorexic anarchists or the facetious fascists, but the smooth and tightly controlled force displayed by Boston police. It was a coordinated and multi-divisional operation; horseback officers, uniformed patrolmen, motorcycle officers, tricked … Continue reading ![](\"http:\/\/cyber.law.harvard.edu\/blogs\/static\/dowbrigade\/fascismisus.jpg\")
The scariest part of yesterday’s
\n demonstration<\/a> was not the anorexic
\n anarchists or the facetious fascists, but the smooth and tightly controlled
\n force displayed by Boston police. It was a coordinated and multi-divisional
\n operation; horseback officers, uniformed patrolmen, motorcycle officers,
\n tricked out riot cops, SWAT teams and undercover officers all worked
\n together to maintain control of all the players at all times.<\/em><\/p>\n
\n situation. The precision and absolute discipline of the goosestepping
\n riot troops in particular, bespoke long hours of drilling and dress rehearsals.
\n The
\n interdepartmental coordination was evidence of multiple drills and simulations
\n in preparation for the real thing.<\/em><\/p>\n
\n for serious situations which might arise in the future. There
\n were several times more police presence than was necessary, given the
\n size and seriousness of the troublemakers. The police display
\n we saw yesterday could have taken on a major riot or civil insurrection.
\n It definitely felt like a dress rehearsal. But for what?<\/em><\/p>\n
\n 9\/11, all over America the forces of order have been wood shedding like
\n crazy, training and drilling in the arcania of crowd control, civil discipline,
\n checkpoint
\n maintenance, street clearing technique. hostage situations, crisis management,
\n panic control. <\/em><\/p>\n
\n article <\/a>describes an entire town in New Mexico dedicated
\n to anti-terror and urban command and control activities. Coming soon
\n to a city near you….<\/em><\/p>\n
\n gardens, this remote town seems an unlikely place to be the most dangerous
\n spot in the United States. But for the past six months, it has been under
\n siege by terrorists.<\/p>\n
\n St., threatening to blow up the place. A SWAT team had to take him out.
\n Then came the discovery of a pipe-bomb factory in a neighbor’s kitchen,
\n and an explosion on a bus in which eight were killed or wounded.<\/p>\n
\n personnel such as police, paramedics, and border patrol officers. For the
\n roughly 20 families who live in this government-contracted town and the
\n several dozen others who live on the outskirts, though, the events often
\n seem too real.<\/p>\n
\n arriving from across the country. Nicknamed ”terror town" by locals,
\n Playas is part of a multibillion-dollar initiative by the federal government
\n to prepare for what some think is inevitable: another attack on US
\n soil.<\/p>\n
\n you’ve been exposed to similar conditions in a synthetic environment
\n — one where
\n there’s no penalty or harm for making a mistake — is the best opportunity
\n you’re going to have to learn," said Corey Grube of the Office for
\n Domestic Preparedness, part of the Department of Homeland of Security<\/p>\n