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The Emergency Response Unit (E.R.U) (Greek: ) is a Unit of the Headquarters of Cyprus Police, the national police of the Republic of Cyprus. The mission and responsibilities of the Emergency Response Unit are closely interwoven with the security of the State, the maintenance of law and order and the provision of help and services to the public. The characteristic features of this Unit are discipline, training, team-work, team-spirit and thorough organisation. Its Commander is accountable to the Chief of Police through the Assistant Chief of Police in charge of Support. The Emergency Response Unit, known up until recently as the Mobile Immediate Action Unit, which was a direct translation of its name in Greek, was set up in 1978 after a government decision. The Government at the time responded to an increase in terrorism in the Eastern Mediterranean, as well as to a number of incidents of terrorism that took place in Cyprus. The first Commander of the Unit was Mr Costas Papacostas, a National Guard Major, who was transferred to the Police. Moreover, the first members of the Unit had previous service in the Special Forces of the National Guard. The Emergency Response Unit is today a very well organised Unit which provides a variety of services to the public.〔http://www.police.gov.cy/police/police.nsf/All/40C9F2EEBA70F376C22578A900271BA7?OpenDocument〕 ==Mission== The primary mission of the Emergency Response Unit is the operational support of policing throughout the Republic in combating organised, violent acts or crimes such as terrorism. It is also responsible for providing protection to VIPs. The secondary Mission of the Emergency Response Unit is the provision of aid, services and rescue in cases of natural disasters or major accidents. Furthermore, the Unit takes on any other mission that is assigned to it by the Chief of Police such as policing sports and other crowd gathering events, searching premises, suspects and vehicles. It also supports all other Police Divisions, Units in carrying out their operations.〔http://www.police.gov.cy/police/police.nsf/All/D9F66D37D57720BCC22578A9002709F8?OpenDocument〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Emergency Response Unit (Cyprus)」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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