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[zang]

My apologies. "Emergency Task Force"

Not to make things more confusing, but note that the OPP equivalent is the TRU (Tactics and Rescue Unit) and the RCMP are ERT (Emergency Response Team).

 

[Admiral Beez]

Not to make things more confusing, but note that the OPP equivalent is the TRU (Tactics and Rescue Unit) and the RCMP are ERT (Emergency Response Team).

Whereas SWAT = Special Weapons and Tactics. That moniker alone demonstrates how the Americans are all about the guns, while we Canadians are about emergency and rescue response.

 

[zang]

Whereas SWAT = Special Weapons and Tactics. That moniker alone demonstrates how the Americans are all about the guns, while we Canadians are about emergency and rescue response.

Ironically, Some More News' weekly video spawned today, and it's all about the history of SWAT and police militarization.