Authorised Firearm Officers

Joining AFO will be no means an easy task due to the high interest, we look for the highest level of applicants as it is an extremely trusted position, all officers who are successful in the recruitment process will undergo heavy amounts of training familiarising themselves with weapons, other equipment and tactics. AFO are trained to a very high standard taught in our very own Kill House (which is a training building designed to practice room clearance)

Firearm Officers will be held accountable for all their actions whilst deployed.

In training you are taught about Dynamic Risk Assessments (DRA) as well as the National Decision Model (NDM) to develop an understanding of the level of force and how to adapt to ever changing scenarios, along with that comes the responsibility of carrying a loaded firearm on the streets and making split second decisions whether to discharge said firearm at a moment’s notice should they need to.

Officers who are currently on probation can request First Response Advanced (FRA) Training which gives them knowledge on advanced medical techniques to preserve life. Once officers have finished probation they are eligible to apply for TPAC, SRO & EOD training to further develop their skills. SRO (Specialist Rifle Officer) are trained in Long Range Surveillance and Rifle Control to become elite sharpshooters