City of Quincy ILLINOIS

Emergency Response Team

The Quincy Police Department's Emergency Response Team or ERT Unit is the department's special weapons and tactics team that is ready and available to respond to a number of incidents. Formed in 1984, the Emergency Response Team has received regular and ongoing training from both military providers, as well as private instructions to yield a corps of highly committed and talented individuals to meet the growing need for a tactical response.

In addition to successfully responding to a number of barricade situations, the Emergency Response Team has served a number of high-risk search warrants and remains an important component of the department's tactical response capability. Their valued expertise and equipment have provided an important resource, not only for handling situations requiring a tactical response, but also for facilitating training of other officers to various areas of tactical response and chemical munitions.

The Emergency Response Team continues to be a valued corps of officers who have demonstrated capability that has won the respect of other federal, state and local law enforcement agencies with whom they have been in contact.