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K-Commando (K-Komando) is a special unit of the Estonian Criminal Police, created in the early 1990s. It is a special unit of the Estonian police force similar in function to the SWAT teams in the U.S., and is responsible for such issues as managing hostage situations, riot management, high-risk raids and close-protection. The name K-Commando comes from the name of the group's former leader, Lembit Kolk (retired). They were trained by the FBI and other foreign agencies.

K-Commando is known for it's fearsome reputation and high level of professionalism. Recruitment involves rigorous testing and requires the approval of all current team members. Only when a consensus has been reached will the candidate be accepted into the unit. As in other special police units, applicants must have a long service record. The number of members is undisclosed, and there are no known casualties thus far. Unit operates under the command of the Central Crime Police (Keskkriminaalpolitsei).

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-'''K-Commando''' (K-Komando) is a special unit of the [[Estonia]]n Criminal Police, created at the beginning of the [[1990s]]. It is a police special force and it is solving typical police work related issues as [[hostage situation]]s, riot management, high risk raids and vip protection. The name K-Commando comes from the name of the groups former commisar Lembit Kolk (retired). They were trained by the [[FBI]] and many other foreign advisors.
+'''K-Commando''' (K-Komando) is a special unit of the [[Estonia]]n Criminal Police, created in the early [[1990s]]. It is a special unit of the Estonian police force similar in function to the [[SWAT]] teams in the U.S., and is responsible for such issues as managing [[hostage situation]]s, riot management, high-risk raids and close-protection. The name K-Commando comes from the name of the group's former leader, Lembit Kolk (retired). They were trained by the [[FBI]] and other foreign agencies.
-It is known for it's fearsome reputation and high professionalism. Selection to unit is rigorous and after all the tests the rest of the team will have a vote on a new member. When the result of a vote is consensus, only then a new member is accepted to the unit. As in other police special units, possible recruit must have quite long [[service record]] in the police force.
+K-Commando is known for it's fearsome reputation and high level of professionalism. Recruitment involves rigorous testing and requires the approval of all current team members. Only when a consensus has been reached will the candidate be accepted into the unit. As in other special police units, applicants must have a long [[service record]]. The number of members is undisclosed, and there are no known casualties thus far.
-The number of unit members is undisclosed and so far none of the unit member has got wounded or killed.
 Unit operates under the command of the Central Crime Police ([[Keskkriminaalpolitsei]]).
 [[Category:Law enforcement agencies of Estonia]]