Episode 10: The SERT Operatives

About this episode

The episode explores the dangerous operation faced by SERT operatives during the Wieambilla incident in December 2022.

They’re some of the most highly trained police officers in Australia; and now, specialist operatives take us inside “the most dangerous operation” they’ve ever faced - Wieambilla in December 2022. The team leader recalls the extraordinary ‘volley of gunfire’ that shook their heavy, armoured vehicles. The SERT commander lays out their mission to ‘isolate, contain and arrest’, and their tactical approach, fearing the Trains would escape. Plus, the court releases new recordings of negotiation attempts, appeals to the Trains to end the situation without violence, that went unheeded... See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Topics covered

• police operations
• true crime
• tactical response
• negotiation attempts
• gunfire incident

Keywords

• SERT
• police
• Wieambilla
• gunfire
• negotiation
• Australia
• tactical approach

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: SERT

Places: Australia

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