page_title: Emergency Task Force (TPS)
section_title: Equipment
hierarchical_section_title: Emergency Task Force (TPS) / Equipment
caption_attribution_description: English: Toronto Police Service Emergency Task Force vehicle on Queen Street, with "POLICE" in mirror writing ("ECILOP").
context_page_description: The Emergency Task Force is the tactical unit of the Toronto Police Service. Created in 1965, it is mandated to deal with high risk situations like hostage taking, emotionally disturbed persons, high risk arrests, warrant service, and protection details. The ETF mission profile also includes terrorism and counter-terrorism threats in some extreme cases.
context_section_description: The ETF use the MP5A3 sub-machine gun, Remington 700 bolt-action sniper rifle, Remington 870 shotgun, and the Diemaco C8 carbine, while Glock 17 or 19 handguns are authorized as sidearms.
  Less than lethal options are also at the disposal of team members: these include X26 Tasers, pepper spray (OC Spray) and tear gas (CS Gas), and rubber bullets or bean bag rounds.
  ETF also operates Northrop Grumman Remotec Andros MK V1A bomb disposal remote robots to defuse suspected bombs or suspicious objects. The newest robot used by the team is the Remotec Andros F6B.
  The vehicles used by the team include the Ford Crown Victoria Police Interceptor, Chevrolet Suburban, Ford Expedition, Ford F150, Ford F550, Ford Explorer and Ford Taurus Police Interceptor. They also have a number of Chevrolet express vans as RDVs. Since  the summer of 2005, the ETF also have an armoured car, the Armet Trooper, which can be used to rescue injured civilians or officers.
  Currently, the Toronto Police Service does not have its own helicopter, but has access to the helicopters from York and Durham Regional Police, along with the Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) and the Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP).
caption: A Chevrolet Suburban of the Emergency Task Force in 2008
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