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Police Tactical Groups (PTGs), formerly known as "police assault groups", are part of the Australian government's National Anti-Terrorism Plan 〔(National Anti-Terrorism Plan, Sept 2005 )〕 which, since 1978, has required each state and territory police force to maintain a specialised counter-terrorist and hostage rescue unit jointly funded by the federal government and respective state/territory governments.〔(National Anti-Terrorism Committee )〕 The Australia-New Zealand Counter-Terrorism Committee (ANZCTC) defines Police Tactical Groups (PTGs) as ''a highly trained police unit that tactically manages and resolves high-risk incidents, including terrorist incidents.''〔http://www.nationalsecurity.gov.au/Mediaandpublications/Publications/Documents/active-shooter-guidelines-places-mass-gathering.pdf〕 PTGs directly support their respective State Police forces in high-risk incidents such as sieges with specialised tactical, negotiation, intelligence and command-support services which are beyond the scope and capability of police generally.〔http://www.police.nsw.gov.au/about_us/structure/specialist_operations/counter_terrorism_and_special_tactics〕 ==History== Various state and territory police forces maintained 'tactical' or 'emergency' squads known by varying names consisting of police trained to use specialist equipment and weapons as far back as 1945.〔http://www.austlii.edu.au/au/other/IndigLRes/rciadic/individual/brm_djg/41.html〕 These sections consisted mainly of detectives and had limited capability and funding.〔(Australian Federal Police Association Journal ), v.2 no. 4, Summer 1998/99〕 The 1978 Sydney Hilton bombing, where a CHOGM event was being conducted at that time, saw the formation of SACPAV (Standing Advisory Committee on Commonwealth/State Co-operation for Protection Against Violence). Prior to this, Australia had no formal mechanisms to respond to terrorism. SACPAV provided national consistency across all jurisdictions and made several recommendations including that all states and territories maintain a specialist police unit trained for counter-terrorist and hostage rescue situations. These units were initially known as 'police assault groups' in line with the Australian Defense Forces nomenclature with their recently created (at the time) tactical assault group. This saw the formalisation of many states' tactical units with the standardisation of all police groups in respect to training, equipment and the desired level of response.〔E.g., Eastwood, Gary (Inside the (Tasmania) SOG ) Police Association News (Tasmania), June 2011, folio 39 (pdf page 11)〕 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「Police tactical group」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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