armed response unit

noun

(in Britain) a unit of police officers who are trained to use firearms in situations where unarmed police officers would be in danger

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He was then shot at close range by a Thames Valley Police officer from the armed response unit.

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An armed response unit was sent to Prague's busy IP Pavlova intersection on Friday evening after reports of a man holding a grenade.

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PC Daniel Cooper, part of the armed response unit from Merseyside Police, was the first officer on the scene.

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Last year, Police Scotland had to pay out almost £1m in compensation to a former firearms officer who was victimised by "horrific" boys' club sexism in the force's elite armed response unit.

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An ex-firearms officer says she has been through "absolute hell" after an employment tribunal found evidence of a sexist "boys' club" culture in a Police Scotland armed response unit.

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