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TRG


noun a special section of a law enforcement agency trained and equipped to deal with emergencies which require an armed response. [T(actical) R(esponse) G(roup)]

Contributor's comments: TRG in the NT as well, Best in Australia.

Contributor's comments: In Perth, other police officers have been known to refer to TRG as the "Terribly Rough Guys", said with limp wrist and pronounced lisp!

Contributor's comments: [Perth informant] Also called by my brother (a copper) the "Hut-huts", from the marching at the double sound, "Hut - hut - hut - hut"!

Contributor's comments: Also stands for 'terribly rough guys'.