Police Support Unit (UK) - Full-time PSU

Full-time PSU

Most police forces maintain full-time PSU sections whose role is to provide a wide range of specialist services in addition to high visibility core policing. Forces that do not maintain a full-time PSU section will have PSU trained officers in other roles (such as standard response roles) who can be called upon by a rota system.

As well as PSU they (full-time units) may be called, dependent on the police force:

  • Support Group (Avon and Somerset)
  • Tactical Support Group (Leicestershire Constabulary, Surrey Police, Kent Police)
  • Force Support Unit (Hampshire Constabulary, Essex Police)
  • Operational Support Unit (Ministry of Defence Police, British Transport Police, Lancashire Constabulary, Lincolnshire Police, West Midlands Police, West Yorkshire Police (formerly Operation Target Team), South Wales Police)
  • Tactical Aid Unit (Greater Manchester Police)
  • Force Support Group (Devon and Cornwall Police)
  • Divisional Support Unit (Hertfordshire Constabulary)
  • Territorial Support Group (Metropolitan Police, Nottinghamshire Police)
  • Matrix Disruption Team (Merseyside Police)
  • Vector (Cheshire Police)
  • Area Support Group (Northumbria Police)
  • Task Force/Operational Support Services (South Yorkshire Police)

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