Armed Response Unit

The Armed Response Unit provides both a training and operational role in the highly specialised area of 

firearms deployment and weapons training to ensure suitably trained and equipped officers are able to efficiently respond to incidents involving the criminal use of firearms through its Armed Response Vehicles (ARV) and tactical teams.

Many tactical options are available to the ARVs as they contain (either upon the AFOs or inside the ARV itself): 

• shields

• advanced lifesaving equipment 

• their firearms which include pistols, carbines, incendiary devices and less than lethal options such as Tasers, baton and baton gun. 

The units have a permanent staff of instructors, administrators and the Force Armourer, who is responsible for the safe storage, maintenance and record keeping for each of the force's firearms.