New York City Police Department Strategic Response Group
| Strategic Response Group | |
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Badge of the SRG | |
| Active | 2015–present |
| Country | United States |
| Agency | New York City Police Department |
| Role |
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| Part of | Special Operations Bureau |
| Common name | The "Goon Squad" |
| Abbreviation | SRG |
| Structure | |
| Officers | Approx. 800 |
| Squads |
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| Commanders | |
| Current commander | Deputy Chief John D’Adamo |
| Website | |
| www1 | |
The New York Police Department's Strategic Response Group (SRG) is a unit of the New York City Police Department (NYPD) formed in 2015 to police protests. It was announced in 2014 by NYPD Police Commissioner William J. Bratton as a unit that would also be dedicated to counterterrorism until it was separated following controversy. The unit has been criticized for its use of excessive force and mass arrests against political demonstrators protected under the First Amendment, disproportionately high numbers of complaints to the Civilian Complaint Review Board, among other issues. Activists, the New York City Council, the New York City Department of Investigation, and organizations such as Human Rights Watch and the New York Civil Liberties Union, among others, have called for its regulation or disbandment.