ended when an ETF sharpshooter fired a shot, killing the man. The hostage was traumatized but unharmed. ETF responded to another operation that involved an off-duty 33 Division Officer inside a CIBC bank on Lawrence and Victoria Park. On February 26, 2008, ETF, K-9 and officers from 33 Division were called to a bank robbery in progress. Unknown to the 16-year-old suspect, officers surrounded the bank and waited for the suspect to exit. The suspect left the bank only to be tackled by the off-duty officer and awaiting ETF. ETF officers were involved with Project Fusion arrests. This was an investigation led by the Province of Ontario Guns and Gangs Task Force, whose officers were working hand-in-hand with other services, mainly the Durham Regional Police Drug and Gang Enforcement Units. These arrests happened on the morning of April 1, 2009 and saw over 120 locations raided by not only Toronto Police tactical officers, but also officers from surrounding police services as well from as far away as Belleville and London, Ontario. In total, 38 police tactical units were used for these warrants. The centre of the raids was at the area of Markham and Eglinton, but also included locations in Peel and York Region, along with several locations in Durham Region. The ETF responded to a call on board a TTC bus in which an emotionally disturbed person tried to hijack the bus at knife point on August 2, 2016. The ETF and their psychiatrist negotiated with the man for over five hours and were successful in getting him to surrender; they were highly praised by the media for taking the time to resolve the scene peacefully. In popular culture The Canadian television series Flashpoint, which aired in both Canada and the United States from 2008 to 2012, focused on a fictional version of the ETF called the "Strategic Response Unit" (SRU). See also ERT (Royal Canadian Mounted Police) Joint Task Force 2 (Canadian Forces) Special Weapons And Tactics (SWAT) Emergency Service Unit (ESU) Police tactical unit (PTU) References External links Emergency Task Force webpage Documentary on the ETF Toronto Police Service Law enforcement units Protective security units Non-military counterterrorist organizations Task forces