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Line 32: The squad was renamed the Special Tactics Group in early 1990/1991,<ref>{{cite book\| last = Forbes \| first = Murray J. \| year = 1997 \| title = Confessions from the front line \| isbn = 0-9583568-5-8 \| publisher = Howling at the Moon Productions \| location = Sandringham, Auckland \| page=178}}</ref><ref name="News">{{cite web \|url= http://www.stuff.co.nz/the-press/news/national/2393521/Police-trained-for-ugly-situation \|title=Police trained for 'ugly situation' \|accessdate=2009-05-09 \|date=2009-05-08 \|work=The Press}}</ref> and became a full-time group in 2002 due to changes made by the New Zealand Police in response to worldwide terrorism-related events.<ref>{{cite web \|title=Protecting New Zealand's Borders – the Government's Approach \|url= http://www.beehive.govt.nz/speech/protecting+new+zealand%E2%80%99s+borders+%E2%80%93+government%E2%80%99s+approach \|date=30 August 2007 \|work=NZ Government \|accessdate=2008-03-26}}</ref> The STG was involved in the [[2009 Napier shootings]] alongside their colleagues in the [[Armed Offenders Squad]].<ref name="News"/> The STG was recently involved in the Megaupload arrests and were considered to be needed because Dotcom was holding a shotgun in a picture and because of him stomach bumping an individual, it was then because of this the police prioritised it as a high risk assignment and called in the Anti-Terrorist Police. When asked for a statement regarding the incident a Sargent John Key concluded that "the incident was merely a ruse by the individual to claim a piece of Dotcom's fortune, and that, what was thought to be a shotgun was actually a gardening tool". ==Role==

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