The Emergency Service Unit (ESU) is part of the Special Operations Bureau of the New York City Police Department. The unit provides specialized support and advanced equipment to other NYPD units. Members of ESU are cross-trained in multiple disciplines for …

Jul 10, 2021 · So far this year, ESU has dealt with 214 barricaded suspects, 74 jumpers, 31 vehicle extrications — and 82,525 emotionally disturbed people, according to NYPD data.

May 13, 2021 · Before officers join the department's Emergency Service Unit, they must first make it through a rigorous training course - it is seven and a half months long, during which, vets like Lieutenant...

For Volume 12 of The E-Men: Inside The NYPD’s Emergency Service Unit, Lt. Al Baker, who rose through the ranks to become a Lieutenant Special Assignment in charge of the entire ESU, as well...

Oct 2, 2008 · Lt. Michael Pigott responded by ordering an officer to fire a stun gun at the man, who froze and plunged headfirst to his death in a scene captured on amateur video and replayed frequently on the...

Oct 5, 2011 · Years before 9/11, ESU had adopted the icon of a tomcat as its “mascot” of sorts, in part because of the paint job on a squadron of F-14 Tomcats. Beneath the image of a cat on the vertical stabilizers of those fighter jets read the motto, …

Jun 13, 2013 · The elite multi-disciplined unit personnel provides specialized support and advanced equipment to NYPD units in such areas as special weapons and tactics, hostage situations, water rescues, high angle rescues and emergency medical treatment.

Emergency Service Unit (ESU) responds to a wide range of calls for assistance, including people threatening to jump off bridges or buildings, people stuck in elevators, barricaded perpetrators, and hostage situations.

the NYPD Emergency Service Unit. Each year REMA holds an annual "Day of Remembrance" to show respect for and to pay homage to those members of ESU who have died in the line of duty since the unit was started in April, 1930. Here are some photos from this years event.

ESU is readily available to participate in all scheduled and unscheduled searches, and respond to all jail-based incidents.