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The Special Patrol Group (SPG) was a special police unit of Greater London's Metropolitan Police Service, responsible for providing a centrally based mobile capacity to combat patrols serious public disorder, crime, and terrorism, that could not be dealt with by local police division. [1] The SPG was active from 1961 to 12 January 1987.
The RUC SPG was based on the Metropolitan Police model with the main roles of preventing outbreaks of public order and an anti-terrorist role. The SPG in London was disbanded in January 1987 and the same fate befell the RUC Special Patrol Group. They were replaced by Divisional Mobile Support Units operating under local divisional control. [5]
26 January – Soldiers from the Special Air Service (SAS) intercepted a team of loyalist paramilitaries returning weapons to a derelict farmhouse on the outskirts of Saintfield that was being used as an arms cache. One of the loyalists was shot and wounded in the chest as he ascended the staircase.
The TSG is a uniformed unit of the MPS that replaced the similarly constituted Special Patrol Group in 1987. [1] TSG units patrol the streets of London in marked police vans or "carriers"; using the call sign prefix "Uniform". Generally each carrier has an advanced (police) driver, six constables, and a sergeant.
The Special Patrol Group (SPG) was formed in 1961 as a specialist squad within the Metropolitan Police. [c] It provided a mobile, centrally controlled reserve of uniformed officers which supported local areas, particularly when policing serious crime and civil disturbances. [28]
The State Protection Group (SPG) is part of the Counter Terrorism & Special Tactics Command of the New South Wales Police Force and was established in 1991 to deal with extraordinary policing responses. [2]
The special patrol protecting Spain's brown bears and wary villagers. Juan Medina and Elena Rodriguez. February 8, 2024 at 12:03 AM. ... To that end, a team of veterinarians, biologists and ...
The Special Protection Group (SPG) [a] is an agency of the Government of India whose sole responsibility is protecting the prime minister of India and, in some cases, his or her family. It was formed in 1988 by an Act of the Parliament of India .