Lions (police unit)
Appearance
Unit for Fast Interventions "Lions" Единица за брзи инервенции ,,Лавови" Edinica za brzi intervencii "Lavovi" | |
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Motto | „Подобро еден ден лав, отколку цел живот овца!“ "Better one day a lion, than a whole life as a sheep!" |
Agency overview | |
Formed | 2001 |
Dissolved | 2004 |
Jurisdictional structure | |
National agency | Republic of Macedonia |
Operations jurisdiction | Republic of Macedonia |
Governing body | Republic of Macedonia |
Operational structure | |
Headquarters | Skopje |
Agency executive |
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The Lions was a special police unit for fast interventions formed by the Ministry of Internal Affairs of North Macedonia in 2001.[1] It was dissolved in 2004.[2]
History
Persons of note
- Goran Stojkov, police general
- Goran Georgievski Mujo, police commander
- Toni Mihajlovski, spokesman
- Oliver Petrushevski, KIA (†2001)
See also
- North Macedonia
- Macedonian Police
- Albanian terrorism in North Macedonia
- Special Operations Unit - Tigers
- Border Police
- Alpha (Police Unit)
- Special Support Unit
- Lake Patrol