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This is a list of non-military law enforcement units tasked with special duties, including:

Interior Ministry
Argentine Federal Police
Argentine National Gendarmerie
  • Equipo Antiterrorista (Anti-Terrorist Team)
  • Escuadrón Especial de la Gendarmería Nacional
  • Scorpion Group
  • Sección Operaciones Especiales de Monte de Gendarmería Nacional "Groupe Monte" (National Gendarmarie Jungle Special Operations Section)
  • Unidad Especial de Lucha Contra Narcotraficante (UELCON)
Local and other units

Police Tactical Group (PTGs)

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)[8]
South Australia Police
Tasmania Police
Tasmania Corrective Services
  • Tactical Response Group (TRG)[11]
Victoria Police
Western Australia Police
Special Operations Group, Department of Corrective Services, Western Australia

[19] [20] [21]

Federal Ministry of the Interior
  • EKO Cobra (Special operations and counterterrorism unit)
Bundespolizei (Federal police)
Justizwache (Penitentiary police)
Ministry of Internal Affairs
Royal Bahamas Police Force
  • Security and Intelligence Branch
Bangladesh Police
Federal police
Bolivian Police Force
  • Unidad Tactica de Operaciones Policiales - UTOP (Tactical Response Unit)
  • Fuerza especial de lucha contra el narcotráfico- FELCN (Bolivian anti-narcotics force)
  • Fuerza especial de lucha contra el crimen- FELCC (Bolivian anti-criminal force)
Bosnian Police Force
Other units
Bulgarian Gendarmerie
  • Counter-Terrorist Squads
Federal Police Department
Polícia Militar
Policia Civil
Royal Brunei Police Force
  • Special Operations Squad (SOS) - (Malay: Pasukan Gerak Khas (PGK))
Royal Canadian Mounted Police
Provincial, local and other units
Ministry of Public Security of the People's Republic of China
People's Armed Police (CAPF)
Hong Kong Police Force
Public Security Police Force of Macau
  • Police Intervention Tactical Unit (UTIP)
    • Special Operation Group (GOE)
National Police of Colombia
Special Police
Police of the Czech Republic
  • Útvar Rychlého Nasazení (URNa - Rapid Reaction Unit, national police CT unit)
  • Krajská Zásahová Jednotka (KZJ - Regional Intervention Unit, 8 regional police intervention units)
Celní správa České republiky
  • Skupina Operativního Nasazení (SON - Operative Deployment Unit, national customs intervention unit)
Rigspolitiet

Ecuador Ecuador

  • GOE - Grupo de Operaciones Especiales
  • GIR - Grupo de Intervención y Rescate
Egyptian National Police
  • Unit 333 (Special unit of the interior ministry)
Estonian Police
  • K-Commando (Special unit of the Central Crime Police)
  • Police Tactical Response Unit (disbanded in 2007)[46]
  • Police National Operations Support Unit[47][48]
Finnish Police
Gendarmerie
National Police
Prefecture of Police of Paris
Joint unit
  • Groupement interarmées d'hélicoptères (GIH, joint air force and army light aviation helicopters unit for specialized units of Gendarmerie and Police)

Georgia (country) Georgia

Federal
State
Greek Police
Greek Coast Guard
  • Special Operations Teams (OEA)
Icelandic Police
  • Víkingasveitin (Viking Squad / Special Operations Unit of the National Commissioner)
Indian Police Service
Protective Service Unit
Indonesian National Police / Kepolisian Republik Indonesia / POLRI

Indonesian Special Police Forces:

Iranian Police
Iraqi Police
Garda Síochána (National Police)
Israel Police
Israel Border Police
Israel Prison Service
  • Nachshon
  • Dror
  • Masada
Italian Carabinieri
Italian State Police
Italian Penitentiary Police
Italian Finance Security
National Police Agency
Tokyo Metropolitan Police Department
  • Special Investigation Team (SIT)
Akita/Iwate/Ibaraki/Miyagi/Fukushima/Tochigi/Shizuoka/Aichi/Mie/Fukuoka/Nagasaki Prefectural Police
  • Special Investigation Team (SIT)
Osaka Prefectural Police Department
  • Martial Arts Attack Team (MAAT)
Chiba Prefectural Police Department
  • Assault Response Team
Saitama Prefectural Police Department
  • Special Tactical Section
Kanagawa Prefectural Police Department
  • Special Investigation Section
Aomori Prefectural Police
  • Technical Special Team
Hiroshima Prefectural Police
  • Hostage Rescue Team
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
Public Security Force
  • Special Police's Unit 30 (SWAT)
General Directorate Of Gendarmerie
  • Special Unit 14 (Special Intervention)
GID
  • GID Special Unit

Kuwait Kuwait

  • Kuwait Special Force (Al Quwat Al Khasa)
  • Kuwait Swat team
State Police of Latvia
  • Special Task Battalion ALFA (riot squad)
  • OMEGA (counter-terrorism and special operations unit)
Military
Lebanese Police Force
  • Fuhud (Panthers)(Special Police Unit)
  • internal intelligence (fast reaction force)
  • general security (special unit)
Landespolizei
Police
  • ARAS - Lithuanian Police Anti-terrorist Operations Unit (Lithuanian: Lietuvos policijos antiteroristinių operacijų rinktinė)
  • VSAT SPB (Lithuanian State Border Guard Service Rapid Reaction Squads)
Military
  • AITVARAS - Lithuanian Special Operations Force (LITHSOF) (Lithuanian: Lietuvos Specialiųjų Operacijų Pajėgos)
Grand Ducal Police
Macedonian Police
  • Special Task Unit - "Tigers" (Единица за Специјални Задачи - Тигар)
  • Unit for fast deployment (Единица за Брзо Распоредување)
Royal Malaysia Police (Polis Diraja Malaysia)
Malaysian Maritime Enforcement Agency (Agensi Penguatkuasaan Maritim Malaysia)
Malaysian Prison Department (Jabatan Penjara Malaysia)
Malaysian Immigration Department (Jabatan Immigresen Malaysia)
Maltese Police
  • Special Mobile Unit till 1987
  • Special Assignments Group till June 2013
  • Rapid Intervention Unit (RIU) since July 1, 2013
Policia Federal
Procuraduria General de la Republica PGR
Mongolian Police
  • Special Response Unit
  • SWAT
Nationale Politie (National Police)
  • Dienst Speciale Interventies (Special Intervention Service) - Collection of joint, on-call or part-time basis SWAT teams recruiting from police, military police and army (but falling under civilian police command). The Service consists out of four Units:
    • Aanhoudings- en Ondersteuningsteams (Arrest and Support Teams) - High-risk arrests, protection of undercover police officers and secret agents and supporting investigation work.
    • Unit Interventie (Intervention Unit) - Small-scale high-risk operations, deployed in situations involving heavy firearms, explosions, hazardous substances and/or suicidal gunmen.
    • Unit Interventie Mariniers (Marines Intervention Unit), also known by the name of its main component, MARSOF - Large-scale counter-terrorism operations. Capable of land, air, amphibious, marine and submarine operations and responsible for operations in large aircraft and buildings and installations at sea. Called in when the Unit Interventie can no longer handle the situation, which makes it the ultimate special law enforcement unit of the Netherlands.
    • Unit Expertise en Operationele Ondersteuning (Expertise and Operational Support Unit) - Sniper teams. Police and army each provide one half of the snipers.
  • Dienst Bewaken & Beveiliging (Guard & Security Service) - VIP security, most notably the royal family, politicians and diplomats.
  • Mobiele Eenheid (ME) (Mobile Unit) - Part-time non-lethal riot police. When not deployed, officers serve as regular police.
Koninklijke Marechaussee (Royal Military Constabulary)
  • Brigade Speciale Beveiligingsopdrachten (Special Protection Tasks Brigade) - Very high-risk arrests, infiltration and VIP security. Unlike the secret agents of the AIVD, its undercover police officers are allowed to carry weapons.
  • Bijstandseenheid (Support Unit) - Various SWAT duties and, most notably, serving as heavy riot police and internal security force cleared to use lethal force if necessary to restore public order.
Dienst Justitionele Inrichtingen (Custodial Institutions Agency)
  • Intern Bijstand Team (Internal Support Team) - Low-risk prison riot squads and backup teams for regular prison officers, available around the clock at every institution
  • Dienst Vervoer en Ondersteuning (Transport and Support Service) - In addition to the offices and training facilities of the Agency, also consists out of:
    • Landelijke Bijzondere Bijstandseenheid (National Special Support Unit) - High-risk prison riot, shakedown and evacuation unit. Also includes canine units and escorts for when prisoners have to go to hospitals.
    • Bijzonder Ondersteunings Team (BOT) (Special Support Team) - High-risk prisoner transport.
New Zealand Police

Nicaragua Nicaragua

Policia Nacional-DOEP
  • Tácticas y Armas Policiales de Intervención y Rescate (TAPIR)
  • Departamento de Intervención Rápida (GIR)
Nigeria Police Force
  • Anti-Terrorism Squad (ATS), counter terrorist
State Security Service (Nigeria)
  • Department of State Security (DSS), VIP protection/counter terrorist
Norwegian Police Service
Philippine National Police
Policja

Public Security Police

  • Special Police Unit (UEP)
    • Intervention Corps - riot control unit
    • Special Operations Group (GOE) - special tactical assault unit
    • Personal Security Corps - VIP protection unit
    • Center for Explosive Disposal and Subsoil Security (CIESS) - EOD and subsoil security unit
    • Cino-technical Operational Group - K9 unit

National Republican Guard

  • Intervention Unit (UI)
    • Special Operations Intervention Group (GIOE) - special tactical assault unit
    • Public Order Intervention Group (GIOP) - riot control unit
    • Protection and Rescue Intervention Group (GIPS) - Rescue and firefighting unit
    • Center for Explosive Disposal and Subsoil Security (CIESS) - EOD and subsoil security unit
    • Cino-technical Intervention Group (GIC) - K9 unit

Prison Guard

  • Cino-technical Operational Group - K9 unit
  • Intervention and Prison Security Group (GISP) - tactical intervention unit

Maritime Police

  • Tactical Actions Group (GAT) - special boarding unit
  • Forensic Diving Group - underwater forensic investigation unit
Ministry of Interior and Administrative Reform
Police
Romanian Gendarmerie
Romanian Secret Service (SRI)
  • BAT - Anti-Terror Brigade
Foreign Intelligence Service[58][58][59][60]
  • Special Operations Department of Directorate S (Zaslon)

Ministry of Internal Affairs

Federal Drug Control Service of Russia

  • OSN "Grom"

Ministry of Justice

  • Dozens of various independent detachments, such as OSN Saturn.

Federal Penitentiary Service OSNs:

Center of Special Operations of the FSB[76]

Singapore Police Force
Singapore Prison Service
Police Coast Guard
  • Útvar Osobitného Určenia (UOU) - Special Designation Unit of the Presidium of Police
  • Pohotovostný Policajný Útvar (PPÚ)
  • Úrad boja proti organizovanej kriminalite - Zásahová skupina (ZS ÚBOK PPZ) - Organized crime department - Intervention unit
  • Úrad pre Ochranu Ústavných Činiteľov a Diplomatických Misií - Odbor špeciálnej ochrany (ÚOÚČ OŠO) - Security of the state, state officials and foreign dignitaries - Special protection unit
  • Jednotka služobných zákrokov Colného krimináleho úradu Colnej správy SR (JSZ CKÚ ) - Customs Criminal Office’s Intervention Unit
  • Zásahová jednotka Mobilnej zásahovej skupiny RHP Sobrance - Hraničná polícia - Intervention unit of the Border Police
  • Zásahové jednotky Špeciálnych zásahových skupín Zboru väzenskej a justičnej stráže - Intervention units of the Special intervention groups of the Department of Corrective Services

South Africa South Africa

South African Police Service
  • Special Task Force (STF)
  • National Intervention Unit (NIU) - This Unit of the South African Police Service respond to incidents of medium to high risk.
  • Tactical Response Team (TRT) a part of the South African Police Response services, responding to medium to high risk situations. Tasked with follow up operations, battle craft rural and urban operations, support at ports of entry, cluster operations, land borne operations and other situations; all members of this unit are fully fledged operators.
  • South African Police Service Riot Squad/Anti-Riot Squad/ Public Order Policing/Internal Stability Unit (POP/ISU)
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
Guardia Civil
National Police Corps of Spain
Mossos d'Esquadra
  • Grup Especial d'Intervenció (GEI)
Ertzaintza
Sri Lanka Police Service
Swedish Police Authority

Switzerland has around 1000 Police SWAT members, each State (canton) has a group with at least 14 members, the Federal Police also has its own SWAT group. The Swiss Army also provides a SWAT team, around 300-400 people are in that team

Federal Office of Police (FedPol)
Swiss Armed Forces
Vaud State Police
Kantonspolizei Zürich
Bern State Police
Geneva State Police
Valais State Police
Jura State Police
Fribourg State Police
Neuchatel State Police
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
Royal Thai Police
General Directorate of Security
Turkish Gendarmerie
Dubai Police Force
National
Firearms units
Regional counter terrorism units
Regional organised crime units
Service Police
Federal agencies
  • United States Department of Army- Military District of Washington (MDW)

MDW Special Reaction Team (SRT) [77]

Independent federal agencies
State agencies
Local/County Agencies

The police departments of many counties and most major cities have special police units.

Militsiya

National Guard of Ukraine

Security

  • Vietnam People's Public Security
    • Vietnam Mobile Police (Cảnh sát cơ động) - Counter-terrorist and riot police
    • Vietnam Rapid Response Police (Cảnh sát Phản ứng nhanh), also known as CS113 - Counter criminal police
    • Vietnam Special Criminal Investigation Police (Cảnh sát Hình sự Đặc nhiệm) - Investigation of special criminal cases[78]

See also

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