[5][6] The OPP has subsequently made changes in its response strategy and approach to First Nations groups with the objective of minimizing the use of force.
[7] Officers within the OPP wishing to become a member of the Tactics and Rescue Unit must have a minimum of three years' exemplary service.
The fitness test consists of the applicant donning a 50 lb (23 kg) vest and travelling an overall distance of 3.2 km (2 miles) over a course corresponding roughly to the perimeter of a basketball court.
[citation needed] After successfully completing all of the above requirements, the officer begins tactical training, which totals 14 weeks broken down into three levels.
During this time they will learn camouflage and concealment, land navigation, K-9 back-up training, witness and VIP protection, rappeling, basic sniper, stealth clearing, and hostage rescue.