Notes
The New Zealand Armed Offenders Squad (AOS) was brought together to protect the public from armed criminals. Born in the 1960s as a response to acts of violence, the AOS and the ultra-elite Anti-Terrorist Squad took on the burgeoning organised crime scene of the 1970s and the horror of Aramoana in the 1990s. Today the AOS remains as the Police frontline rapid response to protect the public from armed criminals. The Special Tactics Group (STG) has been created to defend against and respond to possible threats from domestic terrorism as well as the most difficult armed confrontations.
