| September 23rd, 2017 09:35 AM | |
| Garima Chauhan | Re: Delhi Police Special Weapons and Tactics (SWAT) Delhi Police is set to extend it hostile to dread SWAT (Special Weapons and Tactics) unit with the arrangement of groups in every one of the six territories in the capital. As SWAT commandos must be squeezed energetically inside a moment of an alert being raised, police feel a committed SWAT group for each range will help enhance reaction time. Sources revealed to The Indian Express that a proposition for the unit's extension is being drafted by police. Delhi has six police reaches and 11 police regions. "Being the national capital, Delhi is dependably on the radar of fear gatherings. A solitary group positioned at one area can't cover the whole city amid a crisis. Along these lines, it is important to extend the unit," said a senior cop. The SWAT unit was framed in 2009 in the wake of 26/11 fear assault in Mumbai, to counter dread operations in exceedingly convoluted circumstances. SWAT commandos are very prepared along the lines of the National Security Guard, and are furnished with AK-47 rifles, MP5 automatic weapons, Glock 17 or 26 guns, and corner shot gadgets for upgraded night vision. They are additionally prepared in Krav Maga, a self-preservation framework created for the Israel Defense Forces. The commandos are further outfitted with a pencil burn, impenetrable head protector, impenetrable coat, a cutter and a commando blade. They additionally wear unique knee and elbow cushions for insurance amid incognito operations. At introduce, the unit has 160 commandos. The group, which contains faculty from the rank of constable to investigator, gets 10 months of preparing at Jharoda Kalan in southwest Delhi. They are then drafted to the unit, which is going by an ACP-level officer. The unit additionally has an impenetrable mine ensured vehicle, which is positioned close India Gate and other vital areas. Sources said Delhi Police is intending to purchase all the more such vehicles for the new groups. Sources said each group, including no less than 30 commandos, will be going by an examiner and remain positioned in their separate reaches. The commandos from the present SWAT group will be dispersed among the new groups, they included. |
| September 22nd, 2017 03:41 PM | |
| Unregistered | Delhi Police Special Weapons and Tactics (SWAT) Hi I would like to have the information and the details about the Delhi police proposal for SWAT teams in all six ranges? |
