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

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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.The actual 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-ordinating Group. 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>