The ESU is the NYPD’s version of a SWAT team, dealing with high-risk situations such as hostage-takings, dangerous rescues and active shooters. Werfel, ...

The NYPD’s tactical response unit participated in a series of SWAT games earlier this month against dozens of police forces around the world — including a Chechen military group that has… ...

Stunning video obtained by The Post shows Emergency Services Unit Sgt. Bryan Vesely and Detective Dan Dongvort, who were on patrol in ESU Truck 9 in Jamaica, Queens, when they sniffed out danger.

CBS2 recently got a look inside one of the NYPD' s most ... It's built like a New York City apartment where ESU members get hands-on experience handling some of the most difficult real-life scenarios.

The NYPD is spending more than $700,000 to buy automatic rifles for cops assigned to the Emergency Services Unit, the Daily News has learned. The purchase means every cop assigned to the elite unit… ...

There was a lot of pomp and circumstance in Brooklyn Wednesday as the newest members of the Emergency Service Unit became department graduates.

Chris Bamfo is a marine who worked at precincts in Queens but says ESU was his calling. "With the 18 years of military experience, each disciple is challenging me mentally and physically in ways I ...

The NYPD's Emergency Services Unit (ESU) will welcome 36 new members at a graduation ceremony Thursday, and for three of them, a family connection makes the new job much more meaningful.

In World Trade Center, NYPD Emergency Services Unit (ESU) Detective John Busching, a tactical medic, works to save the life of Port Authority Sergeant John McLoughlin, the last survivor removed ...

With rifles out, members of the NYPD’s Elite Emergency Services Unit have boarded a train in search of an armed suspect. Another detective cuts through cement in search of a buried person ...