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  2. Hostage Rescue Team - Wikipedia

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    The Hostage Rescue Team (HRT) is the Federal Bureau of Investigation's (FBI) elite tactical unit. [ 9 ][ 10 ] The HRT was formed to provide a full-time federal law enforcement tactical capability to respond to major terrorist incidents throughout the United States. [ 9 ] Today, the HRT performs a number of tactical law enforcement and national ...

  3. Special Operations Response Team - Wikipedia

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    Special Operations Response Teams are a group under the US Federal Bureau of Prisons (BOP), a component of the US Department of Justice. The BOP is responsible for maintaining the custody of anyone convicted of committing a federal crime. To achieve this goal, the BOP maintains a number of correctional facilities, which are divided into six ...

  4. FBI Special Weapons and Tactics Teams - Wikipedia

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    1,073 [1] Teams. 56 (field offices) [1][3] FBI Special Weapons and Tactics (FBI SWAT) Teams are specialized part-time SWAT teams of the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI). The FBI maintains SWAT teams at each of its 56 field offices throughout the United States. [3] Each team is composed of a varying number of certified SWAT operators ...

  5. FBI Academy - Wikipedia

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    The FBI Academy is the Federal Bureau of Investigation 's law enforcement training and research center near the town of Quantico in Prince William County, Virginia. The academy occupies 547 acres (221 ha) on the US Marine Corps Base Quantico. [1] It is located 36 miles outside Washington, D.C., and is a full service [clarification needed ...

  6. List of police tactical units - Wikipedia

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    Saint John Police Force & Kennebecasis Regional Police Force - Emergency Tactical Services (ETS) [ 41 ] South Simcoe Police Service - Containment Team/Emergency Response Unit (ERU) [ 42 ] Stratford Police Services - Emergency Response Unit (ERU) [ 43 ] Sûreté du Québec - Groupe d'intervention tactique.

  7. Lon Horiuchi - Wikipedia

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    Lon Tomohisa Horiuchi (born June 9, 1954) is an American former Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) Hostage Rescue Team (HRT) sniper and former United States Army officer who was involved in the 1992 Ruby Ridge standoff and 1993 Waco siege. In 1997, Horiuchi was charged with manslaughter for killing Vicki Weaver at Ruby Ridge; the charges ...

  8. Secret Service Counter Assault Team - Wikipedia

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    The Counter Assault Team (CAT) is a specialized tactical unit of the U.S. Secret Service that provides tactical support to the Presidential Protective Division to protect the President of the United States. [1][2] This is in contrast to the Presidential Protective Division whose mission is to shield the president from an attack and to evacuate ...

  9. Waco siege - Wikipedia

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    The FBI took command soon after as a result of the deaths of federal agents, placing Jeff Jamar, head of the Bureau's San Antonio field office, in charge of the siege as Site Commander. The FBI Hostage Rescue Team (HRT) was headed by HRT Commander Richard Rogers, who had previously been criticized for his actions during the Ruby Ridge incident ...