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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 ...
In early April 2019, the Garda Representative Association called for 24-hour armed support units in every division across Ireland. In response, Minister Flanagan noted that "gardaí have had armed support for a long number of years. One of the great attributes of the [Garda Síochána], is the fact that it is in the main an unarmed police service.
On 30 December 2020, the Garda Armed Support Unit shot 27-year-old George Nkencho in Clonee on the Dublin–Meath border, after graduated attempts to detain him failed. He had allegedly assaulted a shop staff member and threatened others with a knife.
The Garda Armed Support Unit used ‘less-than-lethal’ devices to arrest the man. Gardai said everyone involved is believed to have been known to each other and officers are not looking for ...
Dublin City Centre is ‘open for normal business’, says Garda Saturday 25 November 2023 09:15 , Tara Cobham Dublin City Centre is “open for normal business”, Garda has said.
The Garda Commissioner said that by 6.30pm, further attacks on garda and public transport vehicles, as well as looting, began. He said by 7pm, approximately 500 people were involved in disorder.
A suspect known to the victims, a man in his early 20s, was arrested at the scene after being subdued by members of the Garda Armed Support Unit (ASU) and Garda Emergency Response Unit (ERU) using non-lethal weapons, including a taser and pepper spray. [15] A full forensic examination of the scene was carried out.
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 ...