The Noblesville/Westfield Emergency Services Unit (ESU) provides the residents of Westfield, Noblesville, and other surrounding communities with a highly trained, highly capable tactical team to mitigate those situations that arise that are outside the capability of the normal police officer.
ESU members undergo a rigorous selection and training process designed to identify those officers who are capable of working long hours, in adverse weather conditions, under extreme stress and scrutiny, and who are able to make quick and intelligent tactical decisions. ESU members are expected to excel in physical fitness, firearms proficiency, communications, teamwork, leadership, and tactical trauma care. ESU members train for 12 hours each month and attend week-long training twice each year to maintain their tactical excellence. Additionally, ESU members are routinely called upon to share their considerable knowledge and experience through training other officers at the agency.
The ESU may be called upon to conduct a variety of law enforcement operations; to include, high-risk warrant service, barricaded subjects, hostage rescue, high-risk vehicle interdiction, dignitary protection, woodland operations, and any other task directed by the Chief of Police.
A separate Crisis Negotiations Unit exists within the ESU to provide the tactical element with critical support.
