BenWC
Police Constable
- Joined
- Jul 4, 2022
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Suggestion Title: RTPC Roads Crime Team (Raptor) / Bringing more purpose to RCT
Division: MET - RTPC
Bringing more purpose to RCT currently our sole purpose is just bikes practically, while this is absolutely brilliant, RCT being used really isn't that common anymore in comparison to when it was released or when we have intakes.
I think making us multi-purpose in some way fitting the name of the team such as;
1. Scorpion units (our raptor) chasing bikes, or even having free range/use of traffic bikes chasing other bikes like irl (along with the cars chasing too).
2. Raptor (irl way of it) targeting specific high risk areas, people/individuals who cause risk to other road users and the road network itself, with both visibly marked and unmarked vehicles and bikes to target these risks through a use of tactics.
3. Spider Unit whom patrol while utilising ANPR to target 'high harm offenders', such as gangs, OCGs and so on so forth.
The idea would to practically merge all of these teams/roles into one under the 'Road Crime Team' or as currently known 'Raptor' where the officers within the sub-division (along with their training for this role/capability) can perform all of these roles highly effectively, with this being under RCT would help massively giving us more purpose, and that element of team work we already have further exemplified from knowing each other and how we all work together, therefore creating a multi-purpose/role team that is highly efficient and can target a multitude of areas/offenders.
I believe this RCT if these changes are implemented would be able to massively assist other divisions such as CID, as it gives us that extra capability and role which may also ease of the workload of general traffic units while the RCT can deal specific individuals and groups.
Images attached showing purposes of these from met itself and the general idea of it.
File(s) attached
Division: MET - RTPC
Bringing more purpose to RCT currently our sole purpose is just bikes practically, while this is absolutely brilliant, RCT being used really isn't that common anymore in comparison to when it was released or when we have intakes.
I think making us multi-purpose in some way fitting the name of the team such as;
1. Scorpion units (our raptor) chasing bikes, or even having free range/use of traffic bikes chasing other bikes like irl (along with the cars chasing too).
2. Raptor (irl way of it) targeting specific high risk areas, people/individuals who cause risk to other road users and the road network itself, with both visibly marked and unmarked vehicles and bikes to target these risks through a use of tactics.
3. Spider Unit whom patrol while utilising ANPR to target 'high harm offenders', such as gangs, OCGs and so on so forth.
The idea would to practically merge all of these teams/roles into one under the 'Road Crime Team' or as currently known 'Raptor' where the officers within the sub-division (along with their training for this role/capability) can perform all of these roles highly effectively, with this being under RCT would help massively giving us more purpose, and that element of team work we already have further exemplified from knowing each other and how we all work together, therefore creating a multi-purpose/role team that is highly efficient and can target a multitude of areas/offenders.
I believe this RCT if these changes are implemented would be able to massively assist other divisions such as CID, as it gives us that extra capability and role which may also ease of the workload of general traffic units while the RCT can deal specific individuals and groups.
Images attached showing purposes of these from met itself and the general idea of it.
File(s) attached