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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.
GSG 9 (operator and helicopter pictured here in 1978) was established in September 1972 following the Munich massacre to combat terrorism, and was one of the first police tactical units. [7] Police tactical units are dedicated units composed of personnel selected and trained in tactical skillsets to carry out the responsibilities of the unit ...
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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 ...
In 1989 the Tactical Response team, a part of the TRG became a separate unit – the Special Weapons and Operations Squad known as SWOS. [4] SWOS was a part-time unit with officers performing normal policing duties, responding to incidents as required and training one day per a fortnight. [6] [3] In 1992, the Queensland Police Service ...
The Territory Response Group is responsible for the following: [5] [1] Police Tactical Group: Provides a tactical response capability to deal with the containment and resolution of violent offences beyond the capability of general duties police. Bomb Response Unit: Responds to civilian improvised explosive or incendiary devices incidents. [24]
Quick Response Team of the Pune Police; Counter-terrorism response unit SOBR: the Special Unit of Quick Response, a spetsnaz unit of the National Guard of Russia; Quick reaction force teams from the military; Rapid reaction force teams from the military; Drug abuse response team (DART), also called quick response team; Rapid response team ...
A rapid deployment force (RDF) is a military formation that is capable of fast deployment outside their country's borders. They typically consist of well-trained military units (special forces, paratroopers, marines, etc.) that can be deployed fairly quickly or on short notice, usually from other major assets and without requiring a large organized support force immediately.