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The Hostage Rescue Team (HRT) is the Federal Bureau of Investigation's (FBI) elite tactical unit. [ 9 ] [ 10 ] The HRT was formed to provide a full-time federal law enforcement tactical capability to respond to major terrorist incidents throughout the United States. [ 9 ]
In 1991, Cuban inmates at Federal Correctional Institution (FCI) Talladega, Alabama rioted and took several hostages. The BOP responded immediately by deploying several SORTs, and received additional assistance from the FBI's Hostage Rescue Team (HRT), along with several regional FBI SWAT teams. As the situation grew more tense, the order was ...
FBI Special Weapons and Tactics (FBI SWAT) Teams are specialized part-time SWAT teams of the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI). The FBI maintains SWAT teams at each of its 56 field offices throughout the United States. [3] Each team is composed of a varying number of certified SWAT operators, dependent on office size and funding.
Applications to join the team are competitive, and physical requirements for entry include the demonstrated ability to do three pull-ups wearing a 45-pound (20 kg) weighted vest and to complete a 1.5-mile (2.4 km) run in under nine minutes. Approximately ten percent of applicants are ultimately selected.
An FBI analyst who failed a fitness test by one pushup claims in a federal lawsuit filed in Chicago last week that the test is biased against
Tactical Section – Provides the FBI with a nationwide, three-tiered tactical resolution capability that upon proper authorization can be activated within four hours of notification to address a full spectrum of terrorist or criminal matters. Operations and Training Unit; Hostage Rescue Team; SWAT Operations Unit; Special Weapons and Tactics Teams
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The standard unit level testing falls into three levels of physical fitness. The test is very similar to the FBI test or applying to a local or state police agencies SWAT team. The units have an indoctrination phase sometimes referred to as "Green Team". Each unit member will go through water survival training. [21] The Tier One Fitness test is: