armed response unit

noun

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

Example Sentences

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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In its judgement, the employment tribunal accepted evidence that there was an "absolute boys' club culture" within the armed response unit in Edinburgh where Ms Malone worked.

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