OPERATIONAL. TACTICAL. STRATEGIC—Three adjectives that would adequately describe the W.A. Police Tactical Response Group in action. They are a militarised and highly skilled team of extraordinary Police.
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The TRG are akin to the Special Air Service and operate under a very similar code. Very few times yesterday, during “Drill 507” at the Port of Fremantle, did I actually get to see the identities of TRG personnel, though they worked around us for hours. The times when we were forced to ask for their ID (as part of the exercise) they simply showed their ID in a way that was very difficult to remember name or face.
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The TRG are held in respected awe amongst police it seems. The two traffic Police who were stationed on the main (Western) gate on Peter Hughes Drive, one a year or so out of the Academy, the other 20-years, were both quietly and visibly respectful of the TRG in their midst.
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There was one thing I did notice in the demeanour of a TRG operative however, in one of two interactions with Sergeants of the TRG—their calmness and humility and respect. They sought information in a way that worked ‘with the situation’ not seeking to fluster the person with the information—It is one thing to react well when questioned in an emergency situation, and to react with clarity of thought to transmit a vital set of messages, but it does add some complexity dealing with a Police Officer in a daunting black uniform. This TRG Sergeant sought information in a way that aided a win / win situation.
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From the ‘Bearcat’ special response vehicle to the special black military apparel the TRG wear, and the automatic ‘machine’ guns they carry, to the way they move—it is all presence, all power; people you ‘don’t want to meet down a dark alley’.
S
The TRG are akin to the Special Air Service and operate under a very similar code. Very few times yesterday, during “Drill 507” at the Port of Fremantle, did I actually get to see the identities of TRG personnel, though they worked around us for hours. The times when we were forced to ask for their ID (as part of the exercise) they simply showed their ID in a way that was very difficult to remember name or face.
S
The TRG are held in respected awe amongst police it seems. The two traffic Police who were stationed on the main (Western) gate on Peter Hughes Drive, one a year or so out of the Academy, the other 20-years, were both quietly and visibly respectful of the TRG in their midst.
S
There was one thing I did notice in the demeanour of a TRG operative however, in one of two interactions with Sergeants of the TRG—their calmness and humility and respect. They sought information in a way that worked ‘with the situation’ not seeking to fluster the person with the information—It is one thing to react well when questioned in an emergency situation, and to react with clarity of thought to transmit a vital set of messages, but it does add some complexity dealing with a Police Officer in a daunting black uniform. This TRG Sergeant sought information in a way that aided a win / win situation.
S
From the ‘Bearcat’ special response vehicle to the special black military apparel the TRG wear, and the automatic ‘machine’ guns they carry, to the way they move—it is all presence, all power; people you ‘don’t want to meet down a dark alley’.
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