Police Tactical Unit (Hong Kong)

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Police Tactical Unit (PTU)
PTU on guard.jpg
Fully armoured Police Tactical Unit in Riot control during the WTO 2005 meeting protests.
Active 1958-Present
Country  Hong Kong
Branch Hong Kong Police Force
Type Paramilitary riot control
Role Internal security, crowd control, anti-crime operations, disaster response and riot control
Size Regulars about 2 thousand & echelon over thousands
Part of Operations Wing
Garrison/HQ 1 Wu Tip Shan Road, Fanling
Nickname the Blue Berets
Motto Failing to plan is planning to fail.
Anniversaries 2008
Commanders
Current
commander
Lo Mung Hung

The Police Tactical Unit (Abbreviation: PTU; Chinese: 警察機動部隊) is a paramilitary riot control unit of the Hong Kong Police Force. The Police Tactical Unit provides an immediate manpower reserve for use in any emergency, Unit companies are attached to all land Regions and are available for internal security, crowd control, anti-crime operations, disaster response and riot control throughout Hong Kong. The Police Tactical Unit is often referred as the 'Blue Berets', which is in reference to the blue berets worn as part of the uniform.

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[edit] Organisation

The Police Tactical Unit Base and training camp is located in Fanling.

This Unit is made up of eleven Companies, comprising in total about 2 thousand officers. Each company (under the command of a Superintendent) is made up of 4 platoons, each led by an Inspector or Senior Inspector. A platoon comprises 32 Officers with 1 Station Sergeant (senior NCO) and 8 Sergeants.

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