Garda Emergency Response Unit
The Emergency Response Unit (ERU) is the police tactical unit of the Garda Síochána, Ireland's national police and security service. The unit was a section of the forces' Special Detective Unit (SDU), under the Crime and Security Branch (CSB) until 2017, when the Special Tactics and Operational Command was created to take over its operational duties alongside Armed Support Units.
Garda Síochána Emergency Response Unit (ERU) tactical team disembarking from a helicopter
Garda Emergency Response Unit members conducting anti-terror maritime operations on the River Liffey, Dublin
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The Garda Síochána is the national police and security service of Ireland. It is more commonly referred to as the Gardaí or "the Guards". The service is headed by the Garda Commissioner, who is appointed by the Irish Government. Its headquarters are in Dublin's Phoenix Park.
A group of Gardaí in uniform
A member of the Garda Síochána with motorcycle
Garda Traffic Corps car
The two helicopters of the Garda Air Support Unit