List of special police units
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This list is about law enforcement units. For military, see List of special forces units
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Afghanistan
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Albania
- Shqiponjat (The Eagles)[citation needed]
- Immediate Intervention Forces - FNSH (Forcat e Ndërhyrjes së Shpejtë)[citation needed]
- Port Authority Security Force[citation needed]
- RENEA
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Algeria
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Argentina
- Federal Special Operations Group (GEOF)
- Hawk Special Operations Brigade (BEOH)
- Special Operations Troops Company (TOE)
- Albatross Group
- Scorpion Group
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Austria
- Einsatzkommando Cobra (EKO Cobra)
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Australia
- Tactical Operations Unit (TOU)
- State Protection Support Unit (SPSU)
- Public Order and Riot Squad (PORS) - full-time riot squad
- Public Order and Operational Support Group (POOSG) - part-time riot squad
- Hostage Response Group (HRG)
- Territory Response Group (TRG)
- Special Emergency Response Team (SERT)
- Public Safety Response Team (PSRT)[1]
- Queensland Department of Corrective Services
- Tactical Response Unit (TRU)[2]
- Special Tasks and Rescue (STAR)
- Special Operations Group (SOG)
- Public Order Response Team (PORT)[3]
- Tasmania Corrective Services
- Tactical Response Group (TRG)[4]
- Special Operations Group (SOG)
- Critical Incident Response Team (CIRT)
- Public Order Response Team (PORT)[5]
- Tactical Response Group (TRG)
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Bahamas,The
- Security and Intelligence Branch
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Bangladesh
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Belgium
- Federal Police Special Units (former SIE/ESI)
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Bolivia
- Bolivian Police Force
- Polivalente
- Fuerza especial de lucha contra el narcotráfico- FELCN (Bolivian anti-narcotics force)
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Bosnia and Herzegovina
- Bosnian Police Force
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Brazil
- BOPE - Batalhão de Operações Policiais Especiais (Special Police Operations Battalion), State of Rio de Janeiro.
- COE - Comandos e Operações Especiais (Commandos and Special Operations)
- CAESA - Companhia Independente de Ações Especiais do Semi-Árido (Company Independent Special Shares of the Semi-Arid)
- CPAC - Companhia de Polícia de Ações em Caatinga (Police Company of share Caatinga)
- CIAC - Companhia Independente de Ações no Cerrado
- CAESG - Companhia Ações Especiais no Sudoeste e Gerais
- CAEMA - Companhia de Ações Especiais em Mata Atlântica
- CAEL - Companhia de Ações Especiais do Litoral
- CIOSAC - Companhia Independente de Operações e Sobrevivência na Área de Caatinga
- COT - Comando de Operações Táticas (Tactical Operations Command)
- CORE - Coordenadoria de Recursos Especiais (Special Resources Direction), State of Rio de Janeiro.
- GARRA - Grupo Armado de Repressão a Roubos e Assaltos (Robbery and Assault Repression Armed Group), State of São Paulo.
- GOE - Grupo de Operações Especiais (Special Operations Group), State os São Paulo.
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Bulgaria
- Counter-Terrorist Squads
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Canada
- Emergency Response Team (RCMP) / Groupe Tactique d'Intervention (GTI)
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Chile
- Carabineros de Chile
- GOPE - Grupo de Operaciones Policiales Especiales (Police Special Operations Group)
- Chilean Investigation Police (Policía de Investigaciones de Chile)
- ERTA - Equipo de Reacción Táctica Antinarcóticos (Antinarcotics Tactical Response Team)
- Gendarmería de Chile (Prison Service)
- SOT - Sección de Operaciones Tácticas (Tactical Operations Section)
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China, People's Republic of
- People's Armed Police (CAPF)
- Snow Leopard Commando Unit (SWCU)
- Immediate Action Unit (IAU)
- Provincial Special Police Groups (SPG)
- Municipal Public Security Police Bureaus
- Beijing SWAT Unit
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Hong Kong
- Airport Security Unit (ASU)
- Counter Terrorism Response Unit (CTRU)
- Special Duties Unit (SDU)
- VIP Protection Unit (G4)
- Surveillance Support Unit (Hit Team)
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Macau
- Macau Public Security Police Force
- Unidade Táctica De Intervenção Da Polícia (Police Intervention Tactical Unit, UTIP, a.k.a. "Special Police")
- Grupo de Operações Especiais (Special Operation Group, GOE, a.k.a. "Macau's Flying Tigers")
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Colombia
- JUNGLAS
- SIJIN
- GAULA
- C.T.I
- DAS
- Anti-drugs command
- Anti-disturbs command
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Costa Rica
- Unidad Especial de Intervención (UEI) - attached to the Directorate of Intelligence and National Security (DIS) of Ministry of the Presidency.
- Servicio Policial de Intervención Immediata (SPII) attached to the Organismo de Investigación Judicial (OIJ) from the Judicial Branch.
- Unidad Especial de Apoyo (UEA)from Ministry of Public Security (MSP)
- Unidad de Intervención Policial (crowd management unit/ anti-riot) UIP (MSP)
- Unidad Tactica Policial - MSP
- Unidad Canina - MSP
- Policia Antidrogas - PCD (MSP)
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Croatia
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Cuba
- Police
- BE PNR
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Czech Republic
- URNA (Útvar rychlého nasazení - Rapid Reaction Unit)
- ZJ (Zasahova jednotka) - 8 regional fulltime units)
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Denmark
Rigspolitiets Aktionsstyrke
- Politiets Aktionsstyrke (Special unit of the Police)
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Estonia
- K-Commando (Special unit of the Central Crime Police)
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Fiji
- Police Tactical Response Unit (disbanded in 2007)[6]
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Finland
- Karhuryhmä (Special unit of the East-Finland Police)
- Valo-79 (Special unit of the North-Finland Police)
- Finnish Border Guard
- Border Guard Readiness Unit
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France
- Groupe d'Intervention de la Gendarmerie Nationale (GIGN)
- Pelotons d'Intervention Interrégionaux de la Gendarmerie Nationale (PI2G)
- Recherche Assistance Intervention Dissuasion (RAID)
- Groupes d'Intervention de la Police Nationale (GIPN)
- Joint unit
- Groupement interarmées d'hélicoptères (GIH, joint air force and army light aviation helicopters unit for specialized units of Gendarmerie and Police)
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Germany
- GSG 9
- ASSIK
- German police special response units
- Spezialeinsatzkommando(SEK)
- Mobiles Einsatzkommando (MEK)
- Zollkriminalamt (German Customs Investigation Bureau)
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Greece
- Special Anti-Terrorist Unit (EKAM)
- Special Operations Teams (OEA)
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Hungary
- TESZ
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Iceland
- Víkingasveitin (Viking Squad / Special Operations Unit of the National Commissioner)
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India
- Protective Service Unit
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Indonesia
- Brigade Mobil (National Police Special Operations Force, Police Commandos, Special Response team) POLRI
- Detachment 88 (Police Special Counter-terrorist force)
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Iraq
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Ireland
- Emergency Response Unit (ERU)
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Israel
- Nachshon
- Dror
- Masada
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Italy
- Gruppo Operativo Mobile (GOM)
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Japan
- Special Assault Team (SAT) --- national SWAT units
- Special Investigation Team (SIT)
- Security Police (SP) --- the VIP protection units
- 1st-9th Mobile Units
- Counter Firearms Units --- the armed response teams
- Osaka Prefectural Police Department
- Martial Arts Attack Team (MAAT)
- Special Security Team (SST) --- the maritime SWAT teams
- Special Police Team
- Special Rescue Team --- the maritime search & rescue teams
- National Strike Team (NST) --- the maritime oil pollution response teams
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Jordan
- Special Police's Unit 14 (SWAT)
- Special Police's Unit 30 (SWAT)
- GID Special Units
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Korea, Republic of
- Special Weapons And Tactics (SWAT)
- Seoul Metropolitan Police SWAT Team (Unit 868)
- Incheon Metropolitan Police SWAT Team (Unit 313)
- Busan Metropolitan Police SWAT Team (Unit 431)
- Daegu Metropolitan Police SWAT Team
- Jeju Metropolitan Police SWAT Team
- Sea Special Assault Team (SSAT)
- Busan SSAT Team
- Incheon SSAT Team
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Lebanon
- Lebanese Police Force
- Fuhud (Panthers)(Special Police Unit)
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Lithuania
- VSAT SPB (Lithuanian State Border Guard Service Rapid Reaction Squads)
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Luxembourg
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Malaysia
Pasukan Gerakan Khas (Police Special Counter-terrorist force) PDRM
- 69th Commando Battalion (Police Commandos, Paramilitary Police, Bomb Squad)
- Special Actions Unit (Metropolitant Police SWAT, Anti-Organized Crime Task Force, Special Response Teams)
- UNGERIN (Marine Police SWAT, Counter-Piracy units, Maritime Anti Terror units / Modelled on by US Navy SEALs)
- Malaysian police special response units
- Unit Tindakan Cepat (UTC)
- Trup Tindakan Cepat (Prison SWAT Team, Prison Special Counter-terrorist force)
- Special Task And Rescue (Malaysian Maritime SWAT, Counter-Piracy units)
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Malta
- Maltese Police
- Special Assignments Group
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Mexico
- Grupo de Operaciones Especiales (GOPES)
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Namibia
- Special Field Force (SFF)
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Netherlands
- Dienst Speciale Interventies (DSI)
- Arrestatieteam
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Kosovo
- Forca E Sigurise Se Kosoves{FSK}
- Policia E Kosoves {PK}
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New Zealand
- Armed Offenders Squad (AOS), incidents involving weapons
- Diplomatic Protection Squad (DPS), VIP protection
- Special Tactics Group (STG), counter terrorist
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Norway
- Team Delta (Beredskapstroppen)
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Panama
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Philippines
- Special Action Force[7]
- Philippine National Police Aviation Security Command
- Police and Armed Forces Anti-Crime Emergency Response Task Force (PACER)
- Special Response Unit
- SWAT
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Poland
- Biuro Operacji Antyterrorystycznych - Bureau of Antiterror Operations - central Police CT/SWAT units, subordinated to Main Police Command
- Samodzielne Pododdziały Antyterrorystyczne Policji, Sekcje Antyterrorystyczne - Independent Antiterrorist Subunits and Antiterrorism Sections - Regional full time SWAT/CT units, subordinated Regional Police Commands.
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Portugal
- Security Forces (Public Security Police & National Republican Guard)
- Grupo de Operações Especiais (Special Operations Group)
- Companhia de Operações Especiais (Special Operations Company)
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Romania
- Detaşamentul de Poliţie pentru Intervenţie Rapidă
- DIAS, Special Actions and Interventions Detachment
- Serviciul de Poliţie pentru Intervenţie Rapidă
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- BAT - Anti-Tero Brigade
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Russia
- Rus (special forces)
- Vityaz (MVD)
- OMON
- SOBR
- Rosich
- Ratnik
- Vyatich
- Skif
- OMSDON
- OMSN
- Federal Drug Control Service of Russia
- Federal Security Service
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Saudi Arabia
- Saudi Emergency Force (SEFC)
- Mission-Security Force
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Serbia
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Singapore
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Slovenia
- Specialna Enota Policije (SEP)
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Slovakia
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South Africa
- Special Task Force (STF)
- South African Police Service Riot Squad/Anti-Riot Squad/ Public Order Policing/Internal Stability Unit (POP/ISU)
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Spain
- Unidad Especial de Intervención (UEI)
- Grupo Antiterrorista Rural (GAR)
- Grupos Operativos Especiales de Seguridad (GOES)
- Grupo Especial de Operaciones (GEO)
- Grup Especial d'Intervenció (GEI)
- Berrozi Berezi Taldea (BBT)
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Sri Lanka
- Special Task Force (STF)
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Switzerland
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Sweden
- Nationella Insatsstyrkan (Police CT Unit)
- Piketgruppen
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Republic of China (Taiwan)
- Air Police Corps
- Special Police Corps
- Wei-An Special Services Commando
- Thunder Squad (Special Weapons And Tactics Police Counter-Terrorism unit)
- Special Task Unit
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Thailand
- Royal Thai Police Arintaraj 26 Special Operations Unit (Metro Bangkok SWAT)
- Royal Thai Police Naresuan 261 Special Operations Unit (Border Patrol Police SWAT)
- Royal Thai Police Black Tigers Special Operations Unit (VIP Protection)
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Türkiye
General Directorate of Police (known as Emniyet Genel Müdürlüğü)
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Ukraine
- Berkut (Golden Eagles)
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United Arab Emirates
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United Kingdom
- Serious Organised Crime Agency (SOCA)
- Metropolitan Police Service
- Greater Manchester Police
- Counter Terrorism Unit (CTU)[8]
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United States
- LAPD Special Weapons And Tactics (SWAT)
- Aerial Support to Regional Enforcement Agencies (ASTREA), a special division of the San Diego County Sheriff's Department.[9]
- NYPD ESU
- USMS Special Operations Group (SOG)
- USMS Special Response Teams (SRT)
- United States Federal Witness Protection Program
- Missile Escort Program (MEP)
- Special Response Teams (SRT)
- Mobile Enforcement Teams (MET)
- Foreign-deployed Advisory Support Team (FAST)
- Helicopter Interdiction Tactical Squadron
- Maritime Safety and Security Team (MSST)
- Maritime Security Response Team (MSRT)
- Tactical Law Enforcement Teams (TACLET)
- Department of Energy (DOE)
- Special Response Teams (SRT)
- Special Response Force (SRF)
- United States Secret Service (USSS)
- Counter Assault Team (CAT)
- Uniformed Division Emergency Response Team (ERT)
- Counter Sniper Team (CST)
- US Border Patrol (USBP)
- US Border Patrol Special Operations Group (SOG)
- Border Patrol Air Mobile Unit (AMU)
- Border Patrol Tactical Unit (BORTAC)
- Border Patrol Special Response Teams (SRT)
- Border Patrol Search, Trauma, and Rescue (BORSTAR)
- Special Response Teams (SRT)
- Homeland Security Investigations (HSI) Special Response Teams (SRT)
- Enforcement & Removal Operations (ERO) Special Response Teams (SRT)
- Enforcement & Removal Operations (ERO)Tactical Intervention and Control Teams
Special Response Teams (SRT)
- Diplomatic Security’s Office of Mobile Security Deployment (MSD)
- Containment Emergency Response Team (CERT)
- United States Mint Police (USMP)
- USMP Special Response Teams (SRT)
- United States Park Police (USPP)
- United States Pentagon Police Emergency Response Team (ERT)
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Vietnam
- Vietnam Mobile Police Force (Cảnh sát Cơ động Việt Nam) and Vietnam Special Police Force (Cảnh sát Đặc nhiệm Việt Nam)
[edit] References
- ^ http://www.police.qld.gov.au/Resources/Internet/services/reportsPublications/bulletin/347/documents/public%20safety%20response%20team.pdf
- ^ http://www.correctiveservices.qld.gov.au/Publications/Corrections_News/online/stories/pdfs/20100924_CN_Sept_dog_squad_combined_training_days.pdf
- ^ http://www.police.tas.gov.au/uploads/file/Corporate%20Documents/Annual%20Report/Annual%20Report%202009-2010/DPEM_Annual_Report_2009-10_Public_Safety_.pdf
- ^ http://www.themercury.com.au/article/2011/07/17/246205_todays-news.html
- ^ http://www.theage.com.au/victoria/strong-arm-of-the-law-overlands-armourclad-swat-squads-to-tackle-urban-troublemakers-20110609-1fv70.html
- ^ "Fiji’s military disbands Police Tactical Response Unit". Radio New Zealand International. 5 February 2007. http://www.rnzi.com/pages/news.php?op=read&id=29931. Retrieved 15 October 2011.
- ^ http://www.pnp.gov.ph/SAF/history.html
- ^ http://www.gmp-recruitment.co.uk/ctuintro.htm
- ^ Colquhoun, Jason. "The Sounds of Security", Vertical 911 Magazine, Jun/Jul 2008.