I am just starting this series on Netflix, but so far it seems that every situation is a hostage negotiation of some sort or another. I see that there are 5 seasons of this show, does more variety show up later down the line?
shareNot to be too spoiler-y, but there are variations on the theme of hostage-taking in a lot of the episodes. These situations arise out of different "flashpoints". What led "X" person to do this?
Other cases have involved home-invasions, kidnappings, robberies, and just violent outbursts in general. Bombings. Gang warfare. Suicidal people.
But the SRU's mandate to use "talk" over deadly tactics was a major theme, showing that they always preferred a situation to be resolved peacefully. (As an aside, the SRU was modelled after the real-life Toronto Emergency Task Force--ETF--whose mandate is also to use talk before tactics.)
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I wish our real-life police here in the US were more like this. I know it's a fictional show, but it's nice to know the SRU was based on a real-life police unit. Thanks for the info. :)
BTW, I've never been to Canada but have friends and family there - I love to see the shots of different areas of Toronto. Makes me want to visit there one day. :)
Flashpoint definitely shows real police work.
shareI am just now starting season 2 on Netflix so I can't tell you what happens later, however, I think that negotiation is (mostly) what the SRU team is about with lethal force used only when they feel they have no other option. I may be talking out of my a@@ (nothing new) so we shall watch and learn...see you on the message boards!