5 July 2012

Police Specialist Response Group launched

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The Australian Federal Police (AFP) will today launch its new Specialist Response Group (SRG), which will be the largest centralised specialist policing capability of its kind in Australia.

The SRG is a Canberra-based amalgamation of the AFP’s ACT Policing Specialist Response and Security (SRS) Team and the nationally and internationally focused Operational Response Group (ORG).

The new specialist capability became effective on 1 July 2012 and will have a wide range of capabilities including public order management, search and rescue, disaster response, intelligence, police negotiation, canine, bomb appraisal, water operations and tactical operations.

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

“The creation of the SRG will provide an enhanced operational model for all AFP business and provide a more effective capability to meet AFP operational responses locally, nationally and internationally,” Commissioner Negus said.

“The establishment of the SRG will deliver better operational outcomes which in turn will benefit the community.”

The SRG will be officially launched at the AFP’s International Deployment Group (IDG) facility at Majura today (5 July 2012).

During the event, the SRG will showcase its capability through a demonstration involving an advanced driving display, a public order situation, a negotiator response and a tactical resolution to a hypothetical scenario.

[Courtesy ACT Policing], [Photo courtesy Simon Corbell’s office with Jason Clare and Commissioner Tony Negus]

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Antagonist said :

What a load of bullsh!t. Who proof-reads this garbage? I noticed the word capability appears five times, with two of those in the same sentence. Dropping meaningless buzz words much?

They’ve confused themselves: they’re trying to re-purpose the word “capability” to serve as a substitute for the word “resource” or simply “unit”, but then they’ve continued to (over-)use the word “capability” in its genuine meaning as well, giving them a pretty poor piece peppered with “capabilities” alternately used and mis-used.

This should tell us that the usual illiterate bogan who writes these things has been bypassed and that this is the work of a PR firm or management consultancy.

What a load of bullsh!t. Who proof-reads this garbage? I noticed the word capability appears five times, with two of those in the same sentence. Dropping meaningless buzz words much?

p1 said :

Lookout Smithers said :

Among the members of this team is an ex TAG east specialist. Don’t come any more trained. Safe hands here.

Ummm, is that some sort of police outfit? Or a paintball team?

Tactical Assault Group – the domestic counter terrorism and interdiction capability of the ADF comprising elements from the SAS, Commandos and the Navy.

p1 said :

Lookout Smithers said :

Among the members of this team is an ex TAG east specialist. Don’t come any more trained. Safe hands here.

Ummm, is that some sort of police outfit? Or a paintball team?

Tactical Assault Group East – Australia’s domestic counter-terrorism response group.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tactical_assault_group

Lookout Smithers said :

Among the members of this team is an ex TAG east specialist. Don’t come any more trained. Safe hands here.

Ummm, is that some sort of police outfit? Or a paintball team?

c_c said :

Tooks said :

c_c said :

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.

You may be right, but it’s quite possible they know more than you and I about such tactics.

In a real situation I have no doubt they’d know what to do. I just meant for the media demo, they were hamming it up to a silly degree. Flash bangs work by emitting light that over loads the eyes for under a minute, and a sound so loud it moves the fluid in the ears to cause loss of balance. Hence at the range they used it, and with the officers looking right at it, if it had been real they would have been affected as much as the offenders. When you look at real examples of their use, they’re thrown and the officers look away while shielding their ears.

Must admit, it looked a little odd watching it on the news, but I know SFA about that kind of stuff.

Tooks said :

c_c said :

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.

You may be right, but it’s quite possible they know more than you and I about such tactics.

In a real situation I have no doubt they’d know what to do. I just meant for the media demo, they were hamming it up to a silly degree. Flash bangs work by emitting light that over loads the eyes for under a minute, and a sound so loud it moves the fluid in the ears to cause loss of balance. Hence at the range they used it, and with the officers looking right at it, if it had been real they would have been affected as much as the offenders. When you look at real examples of their use, they’re thrown and the officers look away while shielding their ears.

Lookout Smithers11:15 am 08 Jul 12

Among the members of this team is an ex TAG east specialist. Don’t come any more trained. Safe hands here.

c_c said :

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.

You may be right, but it’s quite possible they know more than you and I about such tactics.

screaming banshee9:37 am 08 Jul 12

buzz819 said :

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…

Plus you wouldn’t want to damage a commodore radiator, those things cost more than the cars are worth.

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.

Comic_and_Gamer_Nerd8:32 pm 06 Jul 12

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!

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