Police Specialist Response Group launched

unclebill said :

Better negotiation skills would come in handy. I watched some of the siege at the Northbourne Flats, “negotiation” was a cop with a megaphone hiding around the corner calling the guy a “$%%&^wimp” because he wouldn’t come out and face the half a dozen snipers hiding in the bushes, behind cars etc. then the armoured tank thingy came and tossed a “negotioting’ phone through the glass of his window which the guy promptly threw out again. Siege lasted 6 or 7 hours, the guy didn’t even have a weapon!

I call bullsh*t. Standard Police negotiating tactics are to bore you so much you either give up or die from it. I’ll give up if you make him stop talking type thing.

I think there might have been some misunderstanding on my comment. I 100% agree with you, put yourself in the position where you are threatening the safety and or lives of others and as far as I am comcerned all bets are off.

troutfisher said :

Why would you shoot the engine block when they should be using the helicopter to follow it till it stopped. Then again, why shoot the engine block, when you could shoot the tool driving it, ala NSW style in Kings Cross.

I’d rather the tool be shot then a whole heap of people run down…

Why would you shoot the engine block when they should be using the helicopter to follow it till it stopped. Then again, why shoot the engine block, when you could shoot the tool driving it, ala NSW style in Kings Cross.

Nah, these are the ones who thought that to take down two ‘arms dealers’, it was a great idea to throw a flash bang right in front of them while running towards it. Might have looked good for the cameras but seemed neither necessary nor safe.

p1 said :

AFP Commissioner Tony Negus said the SRG will provide the AFP with a ‘one-stop shop’ of specialist functions.

So they are specialist generalists?

I saw a sign on a chimney sweepers van a few years ago. It read “Specialising in all types of chimneys”, which is something that I still find amusing.

These guys seem to be “specialising” in all forms of police work. The OP even says they’ll have a wide range of responsibilities.

Pork Hunt said :

Are these guys the hot shots who can take out the engine block of a stolen car with a .50 cal?

LOL classic

I’m very interested in this northbourne flats siege story

Are these guys the hot shots who can take out the engine block of a stolen car with a .50 cal?

Wow, looked again it was actually August 2010, how time flies for us oldies……I remember it well as I caught bus from Phoenix bootlegs to go home only to be let off in Braddon Haig Park & upon approaching Northbourne was screamed at by a policewoman a block away that my block of flats was in “lockdown” & not to approach. A few of us tenants had to watch from the Rex side in the cold while everyone else was inside oblivious, in one way or another.

It was last year, ABC crew filmed some of it, was also mentioned on RiotACT. Northbourne Flats was left out of the story & it became a “Condamine Street apartment”, because the guy wasn’t an actual tenant. The guy has since been gaoled on other charges & released I think. Not many people saw it because it happened from 10PM till 4AM, motorists would have been “concerned” because they did close down Nothbourne Ave .

unclebill said :

Better negotiation skills would come in handy. I watched some of the siege at the Northbourne Flats, “negotiation” was a cop with a megaphone hiding around the corner calling the guy a “$%%&^wimp” because he wouldn’t come out and face the half a dozen snipers hiding in the bushes, behind cars etc. then the armoured tank thingy came and tossed a “negotioting’ phone through the glass of his window which the guy promptly threw out again. Siege lasted 6 or 7 hours, the guy didn’t even have a weapon!

Must have been a complete media blackout on this one.

Anyone else recall it?

I certainly don’t and I work nearby, so it would have piqued my interest at least.

AFP Commissioner Tony Negus said the SRG will provide the AFP with a ‘one-stop shop’ of specialist functions.

So they are specialist generalists?

Better negotiation skills would come in handy. I watched some of the siege at the Northbourne Flats, “negotiation” was a cop with a megaphone hiding around the corner calling the guy a “$%%&^wimp” because he wouldn’t come out and face the half a dozen snipers hiding in the bushes, behind cars etc. then the armoured tank thingy came and tossed a “negotioting’ phone through the glass of his window which the guy promptly threw out again. Siege lasted 6 or 7 hours, the guy didn’t even have a weapon!