CDP alumni support Super Bowl LVI

More than 3,800 responders from the Los Angeles County and Inglewood, California, areas have completed courses at the Center for Domestic Preparedness in the past three years.

When the LA Rams and Cincinnati Bengals face off Sunday in Inglewood in Super Bowl LVI, this means CDP grads will be among those helping to ensure the safety of fans and players at the event.

The responders, including law enforcement officers, healthcare personnel and firefighters, have been trained in person at the CDP campus in Anniston, Alabama, and on-site in California. Many of them have also gained additional knowledge and skills virtually, through the CDP’s web-based offerings.

It’s all in a day’s work for the instructors and support staff of the CDP, who routinely train responders across the nation as their cities and states prepare to host high-profile events such as the Super Bowl, Democratic and Republican National Conventions and presidential inaugurations.

National Special Security Events draw large crowds and television audiences, and the Department of Homeland Security considers them to be potential targets for terrorism or other criminal activities.

For more information about the CDP, to include how to apply for training, visit the CDP website at https://cdp.dhs.gov.