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The police departments and sheriff's offices of thousands of towns, cities, and counties across the United States have tactical units, which are usually called Special Weapons and Tactics (SWAT), Sheriff's Emergency Response Team, (SERT), or Emergency Response Team (ERT). Some examples are below.
The Special Operations Unit includes the department's Gang Task Force. The Simi Valley Police SWAT team, composed of officers from across the department, is considered a part-time team, or an ancillary duty to an officer's primary assignment.
In the United States, a SWAT (special weapons and tactics) team is a generic term for a police tactical unit. SWAT units are generally trained, equipped, and deployed to resolve "high-risk situations", often those regular police units are not trained or equipped to handle, such as shootouts , standoffs , raids , hostage-takings , and terrorism .
Police tactical group (PTG) is the generic term used to refer to highly trained Australian and New Zealand police tactical units that tactically manage and resolve high-risk incidents, including sieges, armed-offender situations and terrorist incidents.
Based on scores in both categories, a member will be selected for the open position. The process is similar for lateral positions, i.e. Detective, Community Police Officer, K-9 Handler, etc. [5] Below are sworn personnel ranks used by the Bel Air Police Department. The rank insignia are worn on the collar, or the sleeve just below the ...
The STG is supported during its operations by the Armed Offenders Squad, Police Negotiation Teams and canine units trained for use in situations involving firearms. The group is known to train with New Zealand Special Air Service of which little public information is released as well as with Australian police tactical groups. [21] [22] [12] [23]
The leader of a SORT team can be of any rank, SORT teams are composed of 15+ personnel from various departments within the institution. Each team will have a number of specialist personnel assigned to it, such as: An EMT; A certified firearms instructor; A rappel master; A security specialist/locksmith; A blueprint expert; A sniper/spotter team
SWAT team members position themselves on stadium light towers to take aim on the sniper's nest. The sniper kills two of the SWAT marksmen but a third one coolly waits for a clear shot and hits the sniper's arm and neck area, seriously injuring him. Mike Ramsay spots the sniper with his binoculars.