He had been a member of the Emergency Service Unit since 1998.
Officers from the department's Emergency Service Unit returned the fire, he said.
Within minutes, two officers from the Emergency Service Unit arrived.
But the leader of the union representing detectives, including 300 in the Emergency Service Unit, took a very different position.
Each time he was rescued by members of the elite Emergency Service Unit, known as the department's "special forces."
After checking the situation, they put in a call at 6:45 asking for the Emergency Service Unit and a supervisor.
All the officers were members of Emergency Service Units.
The police, meanwhile, called the department's Emergency Service Unit.
Police from the Emergency Services Unit freed the man.
The correction commissioner traditionally has a security detail, which is part of the agency's Emergency Services Unit.