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The Emergency Response Team (ERT; French: Groupe tactique d'intervention) [2] are police tactical units of the Royal Canadian Mounted Police based throughout Canada and are mainly part-time teams. According to the RCMP, the ERT "is a group of highly-trained RCMP members capable of employing specialized weapons, equipment, and tactics to resolve ...
The Special Emergency Response Team (SERT) (French: Groupe spécial d'intervention d'urgence, GSIU) was an elite police tactical unit of the Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP). The SERT was formed in 1986 to provide a tactical capability to respond to major terrorist incidents throughout Canada.
In 1978, the RCMP formed 31 part-time emergency response teams across the country to respond to serious incidents requiring a tactical police response. [ 49 ] [ 50 ] In 1986, in the wake of the 1985 Turkish embassy attack in Ottawa and the bombing of Air India Flight 182 , the Canadian government directed the RCMP to form the Special Emergency ...
Service Model Calibre type Action Origin Details Reference Royal Canadian Mounted Police: Smith & Wesson 5946 & 3953: 9×19mm Parabellum: Semi-automatic pistol
Emergency Response Team (RCMP) P. Royal Canadian Mounted Police Protective Policing; R. RCMP Technical Security Branch This page was last edited on 20 July 2021, at ...
Courage in Red is a 13-part television documentary that details many aspects of crime that the Royal Canadian Mounted Police must contend with on a daily basis. Each 30 minute episode focuses on a certain aspect of the RCMP such as training at the RCMP Academy, Depot Division in Regina, frontline police work, the Emergency Response Team, canine unit, and VIP protection among others.
In 1992, Deputy Minister of Defence Robert Fowler announced he was recommending to Governor General Ray Hnatyshyn that he disband the Royal Canadian Mounted Police's Special Emergency Response Team (SERT) and create a new military counter-terrorism group. The decision was made largely because the Canadian Forces offered a greater pool of ...
Cpl. Galoway was shot and killed while assisting the Edmonton Emergency Response team alongside his police dog Cito during a standoff at a home. When the suspect tried to flee in a vehicle, a gunfight occurred that also left the suspect dead. Constable Chris Garrett Cobourg Police Service: Cobourg, Ontario May 15, 2004 Cst.