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Emergency Response Team
The Emergency Response Team is made up of 25 members of The Saskatoon Police Service. Each member of the team has regular, full-time duties as Police Officers in other areas such as Patrol, Traffic, Investigations, etc. All team members go through extensive testing as part of the selection process, followed by training, which is both extensive and ongoing. The present team has four marksmen. ERT may be requested to assist at an incident any time weapons are involved.
The job of ERT is to contain and secure the scene with consideration to the safety of the public, the police and the suspects. Deployment of the Emergency Response Team should not be considered an escalation of the situation, but rather maximizing officer and citizen safety. Specialized training, equipment and personnel are the team’s greatest assets. After the situation is resolved, ERT turns the incident over to the investigators. The majority of their work is done in the background and is unseen.
