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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[edit] Afghanistan Afghanistan

Interior Ministry

[edit] AlbaniaAlbania

[edit] AlgeriaAlgeria

[edit] ArgentinaArgentina

Argentine Federal Police

[edit] AustriaAustria

Austrian Federal Police

[edit] AustraliaAustralia

Australian Federal Police
New South Wales Police Force
New South Wales Department of Corrective Services
Northern Territory Police
Queensland Police
Queensland Department of Corrective Services
  • Tactical Response Unit (TRU)[2]
South Australia Police
Tasmania Police
Tasmania Corrective Services
  • Tactical Response Group (TRG)[4]
Victoria Police
Western Australia Police

[edit] The BahamasBahamas,The

Royal Bahamas Police Force
  • Security and Intelligence Branch

[edit] Bangladesh Bangladesh

Bangladesh Police

[edit] BelgiumBelgium

Belgian Federal Police

[edit] BoliviaBolivia

Bolivian Police Force
  • Polivalente
  • Fuerza especial de lucha contra el narcotráfico- FELCN (Bolivian anti-narcotics force)

[edit] Bosnia and HerzegovinaBosnia and Herzegovina

Bosnian Police Force

[edit] BrazilBrazil

Military Police
Federal Police
Civil Police

[edit] BulgariaBulgaria

Bulgarian Gendarmerie
  • Counter-Terrorist Squads

[edit] CanadaCanada

Royal Canadian Mounted Police

[edit] ChileChile

[edit] ChinaChina, People's Republic of

People's Armed Police (CAPF)
Municipal Public Security Police Bureaus

[edit] Hong KongHong Kong

[edit] MacauMacau

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")

[edit] ColombiaColombia

Colombian National Police
  • JUNGLAS
  • SIJIN
  • GAULA
  • C.T.I
  • DAS
  • Anti-drugs command
  • Anti-disturbs command

[edit] Costa RicaCosta 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)

[edit] CroatiaCroatia

Law Enforcement

[edit] CubaCuba

Police
  • BE PNR

[edit] Czech RepublicCzech Republic

  • URNA (Útvar rychlého nasazení - Rapid Reaction Unit)
  • ZJ (Zasahova jednotka) - 8 regional fulltime units)

[edit] DenmarkDenmark

Rigspolitiets Aktionsstyrke

[edit] EstoniaEstonia

Estonian Police
  • K-Commando (Special unit of the Central Crime Police)

[edit] FijiFiji

  • Police Tactical Response Unit (disbanded in 2007)[6]

[edit] FinlandFinland

Finnish Police

[edit] FranceFrance

Gendarmerie
National Police
Préfecture de Police de Paris
Joint unit
  • Groupement interarmées d'hélicoptères (GIH, joint air force and army light aviation helicopters unit for specialized units of Gendarmerie and Police)

[edit] GermanyGermany

Bundespolizei (Federal Police)
German police special response units
Zollkriminalamt (German Customs Investigation Bureau)

[edit] GreeceGreece

Greek Police
Greek Coast Guard
  • Special Operations Teams (OEA)

[edit] HungaryHungary

  • TESZ

[edit] IcelandIceland

Icelandic Police
  • Víkingasveitin (Viking Squad / Special Operations Unit of the National Commissioner)

[edit] IndiaIndia

Indian Police Service
Protective Service Unit

[edit] IndonesiaIndonesia

Indonesian National Police / POLRI
  • Brigade Mobil (National Police Special Operations Force, Police Commandos, Special Response team) POLRI

[edit] IraqIraq

Iraqi Police

[edit] Republic of IrelandIreland

Irish Police

[edit] IsraelIsrael

Israel Police
Israel Border Police
Israel Prison Service
  • Nachshon
  • Dror
  • Masada

[edit] ItalyItaly

Italian Carabinieri
Italian State Police
Italian Penitentiary Police
Italian Finance Security

[edit] JapanJapan

National Police Agency
Tokyo Metropolitan Police Department
  • 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)
Japan Coast Guard
  • 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

[edit] JordanJordan

Public Security Force
  • Special Police's Unit 14 (SWAT)
  • Special Police's Unit 30 (SWAT)
GID
  • GID Special Units

[edit] South KoreaKorea, Republic of

National Police Agency
  • 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
Republic of Korea Coast Guard
  • Sea Special Assault Team (SSAT)
    • Busan SSAT Team
    • Incheon SSAT Team

[edit] LebanonLebanon

Lebanese Police Force
  • Fuhud (Panthers)(Special Police Unit)

[edit] LithuaniaLithuania

  • VSAT SPB (Lithuanian State Border Guard Service Rapid Reaction Squads)

[edit] Luxembourg Luxembourg

Grand Ducal Police

[edit] MalaysiaMalaysia

KHEDN-Insignia.PNGMinistry of Home Affairs
Royal Malaysian Police.svgRoyal Malaysian Police / Polis Diraja Malaysia
  • RMP PGK pennant.jpgPasukan Gerakan Khas (Police Special Counter-terrorist force) PDRM
  • UNGERIN (Marine Police SWAT, Counter-Piracy units, Maritime Anti Terror units / Modelled on by US Navy SEALs)
Malaysian police special response units
Prison logo3.jpgMalaysian Prison Department / Jabatan Penjara Malaysia
APMM-Logo.pngMalaysian Maritime Enforcement Agency / Agensi Penguatkuasaan Maritim Malaysia

[edit] MaltaMalta

Maltese Police
  • Special Assignments Group

[edit] MexicoMexico

Federal Preventive Police

[edit] NamibiaNamibia

[edit] NetherlandsNetherlands

Police

[edit] Republic of KosovoKosovo

  • Forca E Sigurise Se Kosoves{FSK}
  • Policia E Kosoves {PK}

[edit] New ZealandNew Zealand

New Zealand Police logo.svgNew Zealand Police

[edit] NorwayNorway

Norwegian Police Service

[edit] PanamaPanama

[edit] PhilippinesPhilippines

Philippine National Police

[edit] PolandPoland

PolishPoliceEagle.pngPolicja
  • 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.

[edit] PortugalPortugal

Security Forces (Public Security Police & National Republican Guard)

[edit] RomaniaRomania

Stema MIRA.jpgMinistry of Interior and Administrative Reform
Sigla SRI.svgRomanian Secret Service (SRI)
    • BAT - Anti-Tero Brigade

[edit] Russia Russia

Ministry of Internal Affairs (Russia)

[edit] Saudi Arabia Saudi Arabia

Saudi Arabian General Security

[edit] SerbiaSerbia

Law enforcement

[edit] SingaporeSingapore

Singapore Police Force
Singapore Prison Service
Police Coast Guard

[edit] SloveniaSlovenia

[edit] SlovakiaSlovakia

[edit] South AfricaSouth Africa

South African Police Service

[edit] SpainSpain

Guardia Civil
Cuerpo Nacional de Policía
Mossos d'Esquadra
  • Grup Especial d'Intervenció (GEI)
Ertzaintza

[edit] Sri Lanka Sri Lanka

Sri Lanka Police Service

[edit] SwitzerlandSwitzerland

Federal Office of Police

[edit] SwedenSweden

Swedish Police Service

[edit] Republic of ChinaRepublic of China (Taiwan)

National Police Agency (NPA)
  • Air Police Corps
  • Special Police Corps
    • Wei-An Special Services Commando
  • Thunder Squad (Special Weapons And Tactics Police Counter-Terrorism unit)
Coast Guard Administration
  • Special Task Unit

[edit] ThailandThailand

Royal Thai Police
  • 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)

[edit] TurkeyTürkiye

General Directorate of Police (known as Emniyet Genel Müdürlüğü)

[edit] UkraineUkraine

Ukrainian Police Force

[edit] United Arab EmiratesUnited Arab Emirates

Dubai Police Force

[edit] United KingdomUnited Kingdom

[edit] United StatesUnited States

Police
Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI)
United States Marshals Service (USMS)
Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF)
  • Special Response Teams (SRT)
Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA)
  • Mobile Enforcement Teams (MET)
  • Foreign-deployed Advisory Support Team (FAST)
Coast Guard
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)
U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP)
  • Special Response Teams (SRT)
U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE)
  • 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
Federal Protective Service (FPS)

Special Response Teams (SRT)

Bureau of Diplomatic Security
  • Diplomatic Security’s Office of Mobile Security Deployment (MSD)
United States Capitol Police
  • Containment Emergency Response Team (CERT)
United States Mint Police (USMP)
  • USMP Special Response Teams (SRT)
United States Park Police (USPP)
Pentagon Force Protection Agency (PFPA)
  • United States Pentagon Police Emergency Response Team (ERT)

[edit] VietnamVietnam

[edit] References

  1. ^ http://www.police.qld.gov.au/Resources/Internet/services/reportsPublications/bulletin/347/documents/public%20safety%20response%20team.pdf
  2. ^ http://www.correctiveservices.qld.gov.au/Publications/Corrections_News/online/stories/pdfs/20100924_CN_Sept_dog_squad_combined_training_days.pdf
  3. ^ http://www.police.tas.gov.au/uploads/file/Corporate%20Documents/Annual%20Report/Annual%20Report%202009-2010/DPEM_Annual_Report_2009-10_Public_Safety_.pdf
  4. ^ http://www.themercury.com.au/article/2011/07/17/246205_todays-news.html
  5. ^ http://www.theage.com.au/victoria/strong-arm-of-the-law-overlands-armourclad-swat-squads-to-tackle-urban-troublemakers-20110609-1fv70.html
  6. ^ "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. 
  7. ^ http://www.pnp.gov.ph/SAF/history.html
  8. ^ http://www.gmp-recruitment.co.uk/ctuintro.htm
  9. ^ Colquhoun, Jason. "The Sounds of Security", Vertical 911 Magazine, Jun/Jul 2008.
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