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Australian Police Tactical Groups - surveillance capabilities?
Wondering if the PTG groups such as the SOG, STAR and TOU around Australia conduct surveillance operations as part of their operational capabilities, or are they simply limited to counter terrorism and hostage rescue?
I have personally done quotes to different governments around the world here is the capabilities they have for surveillance.
I do not know if Australian Tactical Groups use this or not but it is available and used by other agencies like them for anti-terrorism, Military border defence, and search and rescue. They use these cameras at great distances to get intel without anyone knowing though they are normally only used in boarder and coastline deference and for search and rescue.
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