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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 ...
Osaka Prefectural Police Riot Police Unit officers arresting a suspect during training. A police tactical unit (PTU) [a] is a specialized police unit trained and equipped to handle situations that are beyond the capabilities of ordinary law enforcement units because of the level of violence (or risk of violence) involved.
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 established a full-time dedicated police tactical group the Special Emergency Response Team (SERT) from SWOS.
In the United States, police tactical units are known by the generic term Special Weapons and Tactics (SWAT) team (other countries have adopted this term). [2] In Australia, the term police tactical group is used for police tactical units. [3] The European Union uses the term special intervention unit for national counter terrorist police ...
PIT maneuver diagram (animated GIF image) California Highway Patrol cruisers using a PIT maneuver to disable a fleeing vehicle The PIT maneuver (precision immobilization technique [1]), also known as TVI (tactical vehicle intervention), is a law enforcement pursuit tactic in which a pursuing vehicle forces another vehicle to turn sideways abruptly, causing the driver to lose control and stop. [2]
Upon completion of the selection process, new ZUZ members have to attend a 10-week basic training which is followed by a 48-week advanced training. Preservation of the various basic skills (i.e., shooting, sport and self-defence) is a top priority on the ZUZ training plan as well as driving and safety training and courses on new technical devices.
Police Support Unit training in the United Kingdom is voluntary tactical training undertaken by selected candidates that provides students with the skills required to safely and effectively deal with a variety of public order situations outside the remit or capability of regular divisional officers.
The exterior of the Michigan State Police Training Academy in Michigan, United States. A police academy, also known as a law enforcement training center, police college, or police university, is a training school for police cadets, designed to prepare them for the law enforcement agency they will be joining upon graduation, or to otherwise certify an individual as a law enforcement officer ...