Law Enforcement and other organizations carry on drills year round. Frankly I think it's fairly intelligent for some actors to sign up for these drills, a job is a job is a job after all.

I've been to several crisis drills and they often last all day. You're talking about everything from learning how to clear a buiilding, to learning how to triage victims, including victims with special circumstances/wounds/etc. Shooting, plane crash, chemical spill, you name it. The actors scripts and wounds are tailored to the scenario.

Hospitals also do this, hiring actors to learn a script of specific symptoms and then come in to be diagnosed..and not just "my nose is sniffly", they do full on work-ups, just like the mock plane crashes or chemical spills, they're simulating real life as closely as possible which ultimately helps first responders know what to do. It's basically real life stuff that couldn't be done WITHOUT trained actors.


Why is this such a big deal? Not trying to say you're wrong or discounting your thread, I'm just trying to follow your logic as to why this is huge?