Discussions

I haven't been on for a while but about 2 weeks ago the swat team and the armored vehicle were deployed to Willowdale west and I have not seen anything in the paper. Does anyone have any info

Someone busted for no mask ?  
 
Too soon lol ?

Could have been a training exercise. You’d think an incident requiring the SWAT team would be very newsworthy.

Maybe they thought they wanted to play. Could have been a slow day.

I didn’t see the armoured vehicle that day but seen police car blocking one side of the the road to those apartments and another blocking the road by the traffic circle. It was right after school and all the school kids were coming home and couldn’t go home because their apartments were blocked off. I kept checking the police report didn’t see anything. I don’t think they would do training and inconvenience a ton of children and families from being able to go home in the winter.

BPS doesn't have a SWAT team. It's called ERT (Emergency Response Team) and I like to think if something happens that the public needs to be made aware of they are generally pretty good at keeping us apprised.

What is seen in public is actually called TRU (Tactical Response Unit). ERT is the entire team comprised of the Incident Command (IC), Crisis Negotiators (CN), and TRU. IC and CN are set up in a Command Post, if one is established, and aren't seen in the public domain during active calls. From the BPS website:  
 
EMERGENCY RESPONSE TEAM  
The Emergency Response Team (ERT) is made up of three different units. There is the Incident Commanders (IC), the Tactical Response Unit (TRU) and the Crisis Negotiators Unit (CNU). During High Risk/Critical Response incidents, the ERT is called to deal with the situation. These situations may i:nclude High Risk Search Warrants, Arrest Warrants, Hostage/Barricaded persons, VIP Security, High-risk vehicle stops, Riotous Situations and Disturbances or any other situation where specialized training and equipment are determined to be required.  
 
In any of these situations the Incident Commander is the person in charge of the situation. All information is directed to him and he makes the decision on what tactics are used to resolve the incident. A Command Post would be setup. In the command post would be the Incident Commander, a TRU liaison. a CNU liaison and any other people that are deemed necessary to deal with the situation.  
 
Hope this helps!