Armed Support Units (ASU) (Irish: Tacaíochta Faoi Arm) are specialist regional firearms units of the Garda Síochána,[2] the national police force of Ireland. Based in all four Garda regions in the country, Gardaí attached to an ASU unit carry a combination of lethal firearms and non-lethal weapons, as opposed to regular uniformed Gardaí, who are unarmed, and detective gardaí, who are armed but not assigned to ASU roles.
The ASU is under the command of the Special Tactics and Operational Command alongside the ERU.[3]
Armed Support Units were known as Regional Support Units (RSU) when first established in 2008.[3]
^"Groups of uniformed gardai to be fully armed in shake-up". Irish Independent. 1 January 2014. Archived from the original on 19 August 2014. Retrieved 16 August 2014.
^O'Connor, Niall (7 July 2022). "Armed gardaí have trained for 'active shooter' attacks at empty schools and public buildings". thejournal.ie. Journal Media Ltd. Retrieved 3 September 2023. The regional Armed Support Units (ASU) and Dublin based Emergency Response Unit (ERU) are Ireland's specialist garda firearms units
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