Military Police

FALL 2015

Military Police contains information about military police functions in maneuver and mobility support, area security, law and order, internment/resettlement, and police intelligence operations.

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20 MILITARY POLICE I n the distance, he hears a man shout, "Offcer down!" Immedi- ately, he is triggered into action. His heart pumps faster, adrenaline kicks in, and muscle memory takes over as he returns fre and runs to the offcer's aid. Once the commotion is over, an instructor provides feed- back on his ability to complete all re- quirements with skill, precision, and timeliness. The annual North Carolina Tac- tical Offcers Association Special Weapons and Tactics (SWAT) Com- petition, held at the North Caro- lina Justice Academy in Salemburg, North Carolina, tests SWAT teams on their tactical profciency and men- tal toughness over a 4-day period. According to Department of the Army police lieutenant, Blair Rock- well, the offcer in charge of the Fort Bragg Special Reaction Team (SRT), 16th Military Police Brigade, the competition brings SWAT teams together to compete against each other for the top spot. It is an opportunity to foster fellowship and exchange tactics and ideas among the teams. The 16th Military Police Brigade was the only team with military members at the competition. The SRT, established in 1976, is a specialized law en- forcement team designed to decisively approach high- risk incidents on military installations with discipline and precision. This year, the SRT competed for the fourth time against 12 other teams, taking second place for the third year in a row. Competitions like these afford police offcers a chance to build good relationships with one another and develop interoperability that they normally would not experience on national and international levels. Corporal Lewis Sargeant, 156th Provost Com- pany, Royal Military Police, British Army, spent an afternoon watching the SWAT competition with his comrades. They compared similarities and differenc- es in techniques so that they might be able to take lessons learned and incorporate them into their

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