Editing Devon and Cornwall Police (section)

===Operations department===
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The operations department provides uniformed operational support to the force, and is responsible for traffic policing and tactical support.

====Roads policing Team====
Devon and Cornwall Police patrol a section of the [[M5 motorway|M5]], as well as many 'A' roads. The team is split up into 5 stations across the force. These are Exeter, Plymouth, Barnstaple, Bodmin and Camborne. They deploy in marked and unmarked high performance vehicles. The unit also has officers that patrol on marked and unmarked motorcycles.

Roads Policing officers conduct proactive enforcement on the roads as well as investigating serious and fatal road traffic collisions. 

Under the Roads Policing Team is the No Excuse Team. This is a proactive roads policing team that deploy predominantly in unmarked high performance vehicles to enforce against Fatal 5 offences.

====Force Support Group====
The Force Support Group (FSG), previously called the Tactical Aid Group (TAG), is predominantly responsible for public order, marine operations, searches and dealing with potentially violent offenders.

The FSG's Marine Support Unit, also known as FSG D Section, is responsible for [[police diving|underwater search]] and [[water police|marine operations]].

====Dog section====
The force has [[police dog]]s, which are trained in a variety of roles including drugs dogs, explosives dogs and firearms support dogs. 
The unit, which is headed up by an [[Police inspector|inspector]], is based at headquarters in Middlemoor, in [[Exeter]].

====Armed response ====
Also under Devon and Cornwall's Operations Department is the Firearms Unit. All officers are trained as Armed Response Vehicle Officers (ARVOs), with the additional Tactical Firearms Team (TFT) who are SFO's. The ARVs are tasked with responding to incidents where firearms and other weapons are involved. They are routinely armed.

==== Air Operations Unit====
Air support is provided by the [[National Police Air Service]] (NPAS), which operates a [[Police aviation|dedicated police helicopter]] out of [[Exeter Airport]].

The now-closed Air Operations Unit previous flew a [[MBB/Kawasaki BK 117]]. It took delivery of a [[Eurocopter EC145]] in April 2010, with its call sign being OSCAR 99. The unit was able scramble in two minutes and could reach most areas of the force within 15 minutes.<ref name="shephard">{{cite web|url=http://www.shephard.co.uk/news/rotorhub/devon-amp-cornwall-police-take-delivery-of-a-new-ec145-helicopter/5803/|title=Devon & Cornwall Police take delivery of a new EC145 helicopter|work=shephard.co.uk|access-date=30 August 2014}}</ref>