Valhalla, N.Y. – June 29, 2018 – On June 20, 24 of Westchester County’s bravest special response team (SRT) officers learned state-of-the-art operational medicine techniques at New York Medical College’s Center for Disaster Medicine during a special training program on tactical and austere medicine. These techniques, often referred to as military medicine, were developed on the front lines of Iraq and Afghanistan, perfected by the U.S. Department of Defense, and customized for civilian law enforcement here at NYMC’s Center for Disaster Medicine.