The Elite Team: New Milford Police Host County Drill on Potential Child Abduction (Originally published Nov. 2011)
Simulated child abduction coordinates county resources and prepares police for real events
Editor's note: In light of the recent attempted luring incidents, Police Chief Frank Papapietro asked that Patch re-run this story about an inter-jurisdictional drill that was held in New Milford last November centering around a child abduction. Here is the drill and the breakdown of the coordination that occurs among all of the agencies that would be involved in a real incident. "In light of the recent attempted lurings, I want to reassure the public that we are fully trained and fully prepared to deal with any potential situation of this magnitude," Papapietro said. "We may not advertise our training drills," he said. "But we are always exercising them." Every parent's worst nightmare was simulated Friday morning in the area behind New …
