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The Emergency Response Unit (ERU) (Irish: Aonad Práinnfhreagartha) is the police tactical unit of the Garda Síochána, Ireland's national police and security service. The unit was a section of the forces' Special Detective Unit (SDU), under the Crime and Security Branch (CSB) [3] until 2017, when the Special Tactics and Operational Command was created to take over its operational duties ...
The Special Detective Unit (SDU) (Irish: Aonad Speisialta Bleachtaireachta) is the main domestic security agency of the Garda Síochána, the national police force of Ireland, under the aegis of the Crime & Security Branch (CSB). [2] It is the primary counter-terrorism and counter-espionage investigative unit within the state.
Unmarked patrol cars are also used in the course of regular, traffic and other duties. Specialist units, such as the ERU, use armoured vehicles for special operations. The Garda Fleet management Section manages the vehicles, totalling approximately 2,750 in 2019, which are located in the various Garda Divisions and specialist units. [45]
The Garda Special Branch became aware of the unsanctioned operation and informed Minister for Justice Mícheál Ó Móráin and Taoiseach Lynch, who were slow to take action. Sensing this inaction, the Special Branch leaked the information to the press and the leader of the opposition Fine Gael leader Liam Cosgrave, who put pressure on Lynch to ...
Armed Support Units (ASU) (Irish: Tacaíochta Faoi Arm) are specialist regional firearms units of the Garda Síochána, [2] the national police force of Ireland.Based in all four Garda regions in the country, Gardaí attached to an ASU unit carry a combination of lethal firearms and non-lethal weapons, as opposed to regular uniformed Gardaí, who are unarmed, and detective gardaí, who are ...
The unit is headquartered in the Phoenix Park, but carries out many operations from Harcourt Street. [3] The NSU has personnel nationwide, and works closely with the Special Detective Unit (SDU) as well as Garda analysts or "techies" in other Garda regions, although often local Gardaí are unaware of the presence of the NSU operating in their area.
Garda Operational Support. Garda Operational Support (formally Special Services) is a section of the Garda Síochána responsible for providing support services to policing in Ireland. Operational Support is operationally under the authority of Garda National Support Services branch and is headed by a Superintendent.
A Garda Eurocopter EC 135 T2. Garda Air Support Unit aircraft are flown and maintained by the No. 3 Operations wing of the Irish Air Corps. Britten-Norman Defender 4000 (one) [12] Eurocopter EC135 T2 (two) [13] DHC-6 Twin Otter Guardian (one on order) [14]