FBI - Tactical Operations

Tactical Operations CIRG’s Tactical Section ensures that the FBI has a full-time, national-level tactical team and regional SWAT teams capable of being deployed to protect American citizens around the world. The Tactical Section includes the Hostage Rescue Team (HRT), the Crisis Negotiation Unit (CNU), and other programs to support SWAT operations, tactical intelligence, and tactical aviation. Hostage Rescue Team Created in 1983 and based at the FBI Academy in Quantico, Virginia, the HRT is the U.S. gove