Windsor Police Unveil Military “Armored Tactical Rescue” Vehicle | Canadian Awareness Network.
Windsor police unveiled their new armoured tactical vehicle on Friday – don’t call it a tank, they hate that — stressing it will only be used in very specific cases.
Essentially, police said they will use it in rare, extreme “critical” response and rescue situations, and perhaps the odd parade.
“It’s an armoured box that we’re going to use to rescue people should something really bad happen,” said Const. John Nayduk, a former military man now in charge of training other officers to drive the vehicle.
“Maybe we’re not going to need it for a couple years, but the one time we do, we’re going to be very glad we have it.”
The Windsor Police Service received its Tactical Rescue Vehicle (TRV) in April 2013. It’s a Cougar model, the kind used in United Nations missions for protection and convoy escorts in Somalia and Yugoslavia.
