Tactical Response Team

Mission

The Cherry Hill Police Tactical Response Team (TRT) holds a significant role and responsibility with being tasked to respond to highly critical incidents. Members of the unit go through an extensive selection process that includes a firearms proficiency qualification, a physically demanding obstacle course and an extensive oral interview board. The training, knowledge and experience the team provides to the everyday patrol function is paramount to the Cherry Hill Township residents. The Tactical Response Team maintains its core mission to protect and meet the needs of the community when called upon to act. 

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Training

The Tactical Response Team trains constantly throughout the year both as a single unit and in conjunction with other specialty units within the department such as our K-9 Unit, Critical Incident Negotiations Team (CINT) as well as other law enforcement agencies. The team trains in a multitude of specialized police tactics to include reconnaissance, perimeter training, shield deployment, commercial/high-rise building assaults, rapid deployment and vehicle assaults. Members of the Tactical Response Team are required to qualify with their firearms more frequently than those tasked with the regular patrol function. Members of the Tactical Response Team are also responsible for instruction at both the police department and county level.

Incidents Subject to a TRT Response

Critical incidents are more and more prevalent as we can see through the media and through news sources/outlets. Critical incidents need to be met with the level of training, education, discipline, and experience that members of an elite unit such as TRT can provide in order to reach a safe resolution. Some of the types of incidents TRT could be deployed for shall resemble the following:

-Barricaded Person

-Hostage Incident

-High Risk Search/ Arrest Warrants 

-Sniper Situations

-Out Of County/Multi-Agency Aid 

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Specialty Units

Within the organization of the Tactical Response Team, the team itself is broken down into smaller subsection specialty units which undergo even more additional training and are specialized in various elements such as: Snipers/ DMO (Designated Marksman Observer), Less Lethal/Chemical Munitions, Team Medics, Breachers etc.