In other agencies, Hayward’s Special Response Unit would be called a S.W.A.T. team. It is a critical incident response team of sworn law enforcement personnel from throughout the Police Department. They are used whenever the resolution of a situation requires specialized training and equipment outside the capabilities of beat officers.
The SRU consists of 25 tactical officers, 9 critical incident negotiators, 2 tactical support officers, and 2 paramedics. They respond to an average of 10-12 incidents per year including:
- Incident containment, evacuation, and suspect negotiation
- Sniper and counter sniper deployment
- Tactical entry of barricaded structure
- High risk warrant and arrest situations
- Crowd control
- Protection of dignitaries
- Mutual aid requests from other jurisdictions
For more information, please call
Darin Nishimoto at 510-293-7143
Bryan Matthews at 510-293-5061
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