Territorial Support Group

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The Territorial Support Group (TSG) is the Metropolitian Police Service's "strategic reserve for public disorder and critical incident response.[1]

The TSG was created in 1986 to replace the Special Patrol Group.[2]

G20 death

<youtube size="medium" align="right" caption="Video of police assault on Ian Tomlinson, who died at the London G20 protest">HECMVdl-9SQ</youtube> Ian Tomlinson died on 1 April 2009 after being struck with a baton by a TSG officer while he attempted to make his way home from work through a G20 protest in Central London.[3]

Another TSG officer, Delroy Smillie, was due to be charged with assault after footage emerged in which he appeared to strike a woman at a vigil for Tomlinson the following day.[4]

Notes

  1. Territorial Support Group, Metropolitan Police, 5 October 2009.
  2. Territorial Support Group, Metropolitan Police, 5 October 2009.
  3. Paul Lewis, G20 death: police officer could face manslaughter charge, guardian.co.uk, 4 August 2009.
  4. Alexandra Topping and paul Lewis, Police officer will be charged for G20 assault, guardian.co.uk, 28 September 2009.