Glock Serial Number
NP16051
OC Spray
0127984
Baton
15029
Handcuffs
78921
TORS Mission
To provide extraordinary operational support on a 24-hour basis to the Tactical Operations
Group (TOG) with the intent of resolving High Risk Situations without loss of life, injury to
persons or damage to property.
Charter
In conjunction with TOU, requested for high risk situations
- Active Armed Offenders
- Arresting Armed and Dangerous Offenders
- Containing Siege and Armed Offender Situations
- Resolving siege/hostage situations
- Searching of premises during high risk deployments (search/crime scene warrants
- Street arrests
- Bushcraft (covert rural surveillance)
What is a stoppage?
Anything that prevents the pistol from firing, when the user intends that it should fire.
Immediate Action Drill
Tap, rack, assess
Secondary Stoppage
Rip, retain, rack x3, reload, assess
Render Safe Procedure
- Face safe direction
- Remove Magazine & Secure
- Draw pistol
- Rack 3 times
- Pull and lock slide to rear
- LOOK CHECK, FEEL CHECK (Chamber)
- Rotate pistol 90°
- LOOK CHECK, FEEL CHECK (Magazine Well)
- Declare “WEAPON CLEAR”
Degrees of Weapon Readiness
UNLOADED:
- Magazine not fitted
- No round in chamber
- Pistol cannot be fired
LOADED:
- Magazine containing rounds fitted
- Round in chamber
- Pistol can be fired
Glock Description
The Glock Pistol is a mechanically locked, recoil operated self-loading pistol, with inbuilt
trigger, firing pin and drop safety mechanisms.
Glock Safeties
Trigger safety
Drop safety
Firing pin safety
Safe Direction
A safe direction is a direction in which any unintentionally fired shot would be safely stopped
and contained with No Human Injury, and at most, only minimal property damage
Unintentional Discharges
Unintentional discharges are rounds fired unintentionally during weapons handling. Three
Steps must occur for a firearm to discharge:
• The firearm must be a functional, working model.
• There must be a round in the chamber.
• Someone must pull the trigger
General Safety Principles
- Treat all firearms as if they are loaded.
- Be conscious of where the muzzle of your firearm is pointed at all times. (Never allow the
muzzle of your firearm to cover another human being unless it is required by your duties as a
police officer) - Keep your finger off the trigger and on the receiver until your sights are on the target and
you have decided to fire. - Be sure of your target. (Know what it is, what is in line with it and what is behind it. Never
fire at anything you have not positively identified).
Functioning Sequences
- FIRING – Of the chambered round
- UNLOCKING – Of the slide
- EXTRACTING – The fired case from the chamber
- EJECTING – The fired case from the pistol
- FEEDING – A round from the magazine into the chamber
- LOCKING INTO BATTERY – Round chambered, slide locked fully forward – ready to
fire - LOCKING OPEN (Last Shot) – Magazine follower engages slide stop lever and locks
slide open
Active Armed Offender (AAO)
An armed offender who is actively engaged in killing or attempting to kill people and who
demonstrates their intention to continue to do so while having access to additional potential
victims.
OC Justification
- Protect Human Life
- Less lethal option for controlling people when violent resistance or confrontation occurs or is likely to occur
- Protection against animals
Baton Justification
- Decision rests with you
- Being danger of being overpowered
- Protect yourself or others from injury
- Be reasonable
Firearm Justification
- Immediate risk to your life or someone else’s life
- Immediate risk of serious injury to you or someone else
- No other way to prevent the risk
- Don’t draw firearm unless you would be justified in using it
- Last resort
Taser Justification
- Protect human life
- Proteft yourself or others where violent confrontation is occurring or imminent
- Protect an officer in danger of being overpowered or from ABH
- Protection from animals
- Police should only use force that is reasonable, necessary, proportionate and appropriate to
the circumstances. Police should use no more force than is reasonably necessary for the safe
and effective performance of their duties.
Handcuffs Justification
Generally, you are justified in handcuffing prisoners only when they have tried to escape or to
prevent escape or injury to themselves or others.
10 Fatal Errors
- Failure to handcuff
- Failure to watch hands
- Poor or no search
- Relaxing too early
- Making false assumptions
- Tombstone courage
- Sleepy or asleep
- Failure in detecting warning/danger signs
- Taking a bad position
- Lack of knowledge, apathy and or complacency
