Flashpoint is a Canadian television program about a special strategic team that rescues hostages, busts gangs, defuses bombs, and takes on other rough cases. The program is produced by Avamar entertainment and the show is based around Action, Crime, Drama and Thrill. Flashpoint is about an elite tactical unit, called the Strategic Response Unit (SRU), within a Canadian metropolitan police force styled on the Toronto Police Emergency Task Force. The SRU are tasked to determine extreme situations that regular officers are not trained to hold including hostage-taking, bomb threats and heavily armed criminals. Equipped with high-tech tools and a cache of weapons and explosives, members use negotiation tactics and intuition to try to avoid the use of force.

When their Strategic Unit arrives, the rules change. The bad guys are caught before they know it. The SRU, is a handpicked team of elite cops. High risk is their business and these men and women do it all: rescue hostages, bust gangs, defuse bombs. Talk down suicidal teens. Protect the Pope. They handle state-of-the-art weapons – sniper rifles and flash-bang grenades. They climb the sides of buildings. See through walls. But they’re different from other SWAT teams, because their arsenal also includes a gift for words. On the scene, they’re in charge. No one knows their job better.

SRU Constables outrank senior Inspectors and the Inspectors don’t like it. Regular uniforms grumble when pushed aside by the SRU ‘prima donnas.’ While secretly wishing they were in their place. It’s a tough job. A job that carries the kind of pressure only your teammates – your band of brothers – can really understand. It’s a stress that shades all your choices and can take a heavy toll on families, friends, lovers… These people are A-types and risk-takers. On the job, they play by the rules, bend them if they have to. But off the job, all bets are off.

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