Armed Offenders Squad
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The Armed Offenders Squad are specialist part-time units of the New Zealand Police based around the country available to respond to high risk incidents using specialist tactics and equipment.
AOS member in 2010
Wellington AOS member in 2008
An AOS member armed with a sniper rifle in 2008
Special Tactics Group
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The Special Tactics Group is the full-time police tactical group of the New Zealand Police. The STG, originally named the Anti-Terrorist Squad, was established to respond to high-risk situations which
Armed Offenders Squad
…the Aramoana massacre on 13–14 November 1990, which involved at least 150 police officers. Officers from the Anti-Terrorist Squad, now known as the Special Tactics Group, were also present at the crisis. Sergeant Stewart Guthrie, an NCO in the AOS, was killed in the massacre, although he arrived alone with only a revolver…
STG patch