Operational Support Unit (Ministry of Defence Police): Difference between revisions

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|dates= 1991 – Present

|country={{flagcountry|United Kingdom}}

|branch= Director of Operational Support

|command_structure= [[Ministry of Defence Police]]

|type=Domestic Law Enforcement

|role=[[Counter Terrorism]], [[Police_Support_Unit_(UK)|Public Order]], [[Police|Law Enforcement]], [[CBRN]]

|current_commander=

|nickname=OSU

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The '''Operational Support Unit''' (OSU) is the Ministry of Defence Police centrally managed, multi-capability, national response unit. Its specialist skills may be deployed anywhere in the UK at short notice. These include public order duties, anti-terrorist search teams.<refThe name="talkthrough">http://www.mod.uk/NR/rdonlyres/AB17C18Factual duties carried out are dependent upon the specific needs of the occasion at any given time and are prioritised appropriately via the Force’s Tactical Tasking and Co-2712-4B15-B51D-024C3C6CC38A/0/tt132_sep07ordinating Group.pdf</ref> The OSU still remains one of the Agency’s primary providers of surge capacity. The OSU provides expertise and support in a range of

specialist areas, such as Public Order, Defensive Search, CBRN response, Rope Access and Cutting and Firearms.

They also provide search and firearms teams for the [[Defence Nuclear Material Transport Operations|nuclear convoys]]. The training and standards employed in all of these specialist areas meet those laid down by the relevant [[ACPO]] Manuals of Guidance and by the MDP Policy and Procedures Manual.<ref name="talkthrough">http://www.mod.uk/NR/rdonlyres/AB17C18F-2712-4B15-B51D-024C3C6CC38A/0/tt132_sep07.pdf</ref>

==Locations==