Police Tactical Unit

16 Dec 2012

Officers in the police tactical unit, who usually use real guns when they practice shooting, recently had to face a new challenge - hitting balloons with rubber bands.

4:40AM

Training pays off for elite officers

18 Dec 2011

While Hongkongers sit back to enjoy Christmas and the new year, the elite Police Tactical Unit is kicking into full gear to ensure we are safe and sound over the holidays.

3:33AM

Bank robber gone in 20 seconds

5 Mar 2009

A man stole HK$76,300 from a Tung Chung bank after he leaped onto the teller's counter, climbed over a glass partition through a gap at the top, grabbed the cash from an unlocked drawer and fled...

5:48AM

50 years on, blue berets are still doing what they do best

14 Nov 2008

This year marks the 50th anniversary of the establishment of the Police Tactical Unit (PTU), which has grown with the city since 1958 to meet Hong Kong's changing requirements.

12:10PM

Officer attacked during demonstration

14 Jan 2008

An officer from the Police Tactical Unit was taken to Ruttonjee Hospital after being attacked when police closed a traffic lane during yesterday's march.

A police spokeswoman said...

4:26PM

Riot police swap blue berets for red hats

27 Dec 2007

Officers shed tough-guy image for morning of seasonal fund-raising

It is common for the public to perceive the Police Tactical Unit as a group of tough guys with guns and shields,...

2:57PM

Opinion

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The last straw for Terry Wong?

2:53PM

Jake Van Der Kamp

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3:55AM

Kevin Sinclair's Hong Kong

The vicious political riots of 1956 took Hong Kong by surprise. Communists and Kuomintang supporters battled each other in the streets of Kowloon and butchered victims in the factories of Tsuen...

10:58AM

Force for good

Members of a Police Tactical Unit team sweat and strain as they haul a 9.5-tonne Saxon armoured vehicle across the tarmac at the unit's headquarters in Fanling.

12:47PM

Resume

1995: Graduated from the police training school and joined the patrol sub-unit

1996: Moved to the police tactical unit

1997: Moved to the patrol sub-unit and...

3:05AM

Bravely borne

F Company competes in the sedan chair race at Fanling, one of the gruelling events contested by Police Tactical Unit members to raise $48,000 for Operation Santa Claus.

12:22PM

Three officers collapse in heat during anti-riot drill

Three Police Tactical Unit (PTU) officers collapsed in the heat during an anti-riot exercise yesterday.

The three men were drilling with 38 other officers at the PTU headquarters in...

7:42PM

Constable collapses after test run for special duties

A policeman fainted shortly after completing an endurance run on the first day of a three-day Airport Special Duties Unit selection process yesterday.

Another constable, Cheung Chi-...

2:34PM