Tactical Response Officers
Tactical response officers are highly trained teams that escort containment teams when dealing with dangerous anomalies or hostile groups. They defend Foundation facilities against attacks.
Responsibilities
- Responding to incidents
- Observing and reporting suspicious behavior
- Communicating security issues
- Documenting incidents
- Securing facilities by patrolling, monitoring surveillance, and inspecting buildings
- Requesting backup when needed
Training
Training covers areas like specialized firearms and weapons, tactical operations, defensive tactics, and emergency response. Experience in military, law enforcement, or corrections is preferred.
The team provides emergency response and supports high-risk operations. Officers are resilient, courageous and adaptable.
Role of a Response Officer
Emergency response officers (EROs) are trained to be the first line of response in any emergency situation. EROs check out any reported incident locally and assess the situation. If appropriate, the professional emergency services like the police, ambulance, and/or fire brigade will be called up, and the EROs will facilitate access to the location and provide the initial briefing. This is very important as EROs are local and can reach the location before professional services.
Every police recruit completes a 2-year probationary period on the front line. After probation, there’s a range of different positions you could progress to, including the role of a response officer. As a response officer, you provide frontline response to a wide range of incidents, including complex and confrontational situations. Your training will develop advanced driving skills so you can get to incidents quickly.
Working Environment and Progression Opportunities
- Working environment: Response officers are at the heart of policing and often the first police contact for the public. While responding to incidents is primary, they also protect and assist the public, patrol, manage incidents, help vulnerable people, apply conflict management, and give emergency first aid.
- Progression opportunities: Most police will be a response officer and return between roles. Many skills for progression start there. Those seeking promotion often undertake response sergeant duties. Response officers can progress within their role and gain skills throughout their career, or specialize. Strong investigation skills may lead to a career as an investigator.