List of protective service agencies
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Albania
[edit]Australia
[edit]Austria
[edit]Bangladesh
[edit]- Special Security Force[6]
- President Guard Regiment
- Special Security and Protection Battalion
- Special Branch
- Bangladesh Ansar
Belarus
[edit]Brazil
[edit]Bulgaria
[edit]- National Protection Service[7]
Canada
[edit]- Royal Canadian Mounted Police[8]
- Parliamentary Protective Service[9]
- Alberta Sheriffs Branch[10]
- High Sheriff of Newfoundland and Labrador
- Canadian Forces Military Police
- Ministry of Public Security (Quebec) [11]
Chile
[edit]China
[edit]- Central Security Bureau of the Chinese Communist Party (中共中央办公厅警卫局)
- Ministry of Public Security Guard Corps (Defunct)
- Ministry of Public Security Guards Bureau
Hong Kong
[edit]- VIP Protection Unit (Hong Kong) (要員保護組)
Cyprus
[edit]Czech Republic
[edit]Denmark
[edit]Finland
[edit]France
[edit]- Groupe de sécurité de la présidence de la République
- Service de Protection des Hautes Personnalités[16]
- French Republican Guard
Georgia
[edit]Germany
[edit]Greece
[edit]Hungary
[edit]- Counter Terrorism Centre (TEK – Terrorelhárítási Központ) [19]
- Készenléti Rendőrség (Operational Police)
India
[edit]Indonesia
[edit]- Presidential Security Force (Paspampres)
- Directorate of Vital Object Security (Ditpamobvit)
- Samapta Bhayangkara Corps (Korsabhara)
- Mobile Brigade Corps (Brimob)
- Directorate of VIP and Important Facility Protection (Pamobvit)
- Vital Object Protection Unit (Sat-Pamobvit)
- VIP Protection Unit of the People’s Consultative Assembly Of Indonesia (PAM VIP MPR RI)
- VIP Protection Unit of the House of Representatives Of Indonesia (PAM VIP DPR RI)
- VIP Protection Unit of the Regional Representatives Council Of Indonesia (PAM VIP DPD RI)
- Special Escort Detachment (Denwalsus)
- Special Security for the House of Representatives of the Republic of Indonesia (PAMSUS DPR RI)
- Security of the House of Representatives of the Republic of Indonesia (PAM DPR RI)
- Security of the Regional Representatives Council of the Republic of Indonesia (PAM DPD RI)
- Internal Security of the Regional Representatives Council of the Republic of Indonesia (PAMDAL DPD RI)
- Special Security for the Regional Representatives Council of the Republic of Indonesia (PAMSUS DPR RI)
- Special Security of the People's Consultative Assembly of the Republic of Indonesia (PAMSUS MPR RI)
- Security of the People's Consultative Assembly of the Republic of Indonesia (PAM MPR RI)
- Internal Security of the People's Consultative Assembly of the Republic of Indonesia (PAMDAL MPR RI)
- Internal Security of the House Of Representatives of the Republic of Indonesia (PAMDAL DPR RI)
Ireland
[edit]- Garda Síochána Crime & Security Branch (CSB)
- Special Detective Unit (SDU) [23]
- Emergency Response Unit (ERU)
- Defence Forces Army Ranger Wing (ARW)
Israel
[edit]Italy
[edit]Japan
[edit]Malaysia
[edit]Monaco
[edit]Nigeria
[edit]Norway
[edit]- Hans Majestet Kongens Garde (HMKG) (His Majesty The King's Guard)[25]
- Den Kongelige Politieskorte (The Royal Police Escort)
- Politiets Sikkerhetstjeneste (PST)[26]
Netherlands
[edit]- Grenadiers' and Rifles Guard Regiment
- Garderegiment Fuseliers Prinses Irene
- National Expertise and Operations Unit, National Police Corps
New Zealand
[edit]North Korea
[edit]- Supreme Guard Command[28] (Korean: 호위사령부; Hanja: 護衛司令部)
- Ministry of State Security (Partially)
Philippines
[edit]- Senate of the Philippines[29]
- Office of the Sergeant-at-Arms
- Security Enforcement Service
- Armed Forces of the Philippines
- Philippine National Police
Poland
[edit]Portugal
[edit]Romania
[edit]Russia
[edit]- Federal Protective Service
- Ministry of Internal Affairs (Russia)
- GRU
- Federal Security Service (Russia)
Serbia
[edit]Singapore
[edit]- Police Security Command[35]
Slovakia
[edit]Slovenia
[edit]Sri Lanka
[edit]South Korea
[edit]- Presidential Security Service[38] (Korean: 대통령경호처; Hanja: 大統領警護處)
- Defense Communication Command (Korean: 국군지휘통신사령부; Hanja: 國軍指揮通信司令部)
- 90th Communication Group
- Defense Counterintelligence Command
- 828th Guards Brigade
- Ministry of National Defense Service Support Group (Korean: 국방부 근무지원단; Hanja: 國防部 勤務支援團)
- Military Police Battalion
- Capital Defense Command (Korean: 수도방위사령부; Hanja: 首都防衛司令部)
- 33rd Military Police Guards Brigade
- 55th Security Group
- Republic of Korea Navy
- "Cheonghae" Brigade
- Republic of Korea Air Force
- 35th Flight Group
- National Police Agency (South Korea)
- 101st Security Group
- 202nd Security Group
- 22nd Police Guards Brigade
- National Fire Agency (South Korea)
- Presidential Security Fire Brigade
- Defense Communication Command (Korean: 국군지휘통신사령부; Hanja: 國軍指揮通信司令部)
Spain
[edit]Sweden
[edit]Taiwan
[edit]Thailand
[edit]- Armed Forces Security Center (AFSC) – Personal protective security for the royal family, members of the Royal Thai Government VIPs, and Thai Military VIPs.
- King's Guard – Ceremonial distinction given to various units in the Royal Thai Armed Forces and protective security to members royal family.
- National Intelligence Agency (NIA) – Maintaining civil security for civil government agencies and provides members of the Royal Thai Government protective security.
- Royal Security Command (RSC) – Militarized royal guards under the Monarchy of Thailand and provides personal protective security to the royal family.
- Special Branch Bureau (SBB) – Personal protective security to members royal family, members of the Royal Thai Government VIPs, and members of foreign governments VIPs visiting Thailand.
Turkey
[edit]Ukraine
[edit]United Kingdom
[edit]- Household Division
- Civil Nuclear Constabulary[41]
- Metropolitan Police Service
- Ministry of Defence Police[42]
- Northern Ireland Security Guard Service
- Royal Military Police Close Protection Unit[43]
- Police Scotland
United States
[edit]
Department of Homeland Security
Department of State
Department of Justice
Department of Defense
Department of the Treasury
Department of Veterans Affairs
Department of the Interior
- United States Postal Service
Congress of the United States
- other
Vatican
[edit]Vietnam
[edit]- Ministry of Public Security (Bộ Công an) - High Command of Protective Guard of Vietnam (Bộ Tư lệnh Cảnh vệ Việt Nam)
Historical
[edit]Roman Empire
[edit]Byzantine Empire
[edit]Tsarist Bulgaria
[edit]Ottoman Empire
[edit]Ethiopian Empire
[edit]Egypt
[edit]First French Empire
[edit]Second French Empire
[edit]Nazi Germany
[edit]- Schutzstaffel (SS)
Hungary
[edit]- Köztársasági Őrezred Until 1 July 2012
- BM Kormányőrség from 1957 to 1990
- Magyar Királyi Testõrség from 1920 to 1945
Austria-Hungary
[edit]- Magyar Királyi Darabont Testőrség from 1904 to 1918
- cs. kir. csendőr-testőrség (Leibgarde-Gendarmerie) 1850–1918
- Magyar Királyi Nemes Testőrség from 1760 to 1850
Iraq
[edit]Edo Japan
[edit]Imperial Japan
[edit]Achaemenid Empire
[edit]Iran under the Pahlavi dynasty
[edit]Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth
[edit]Kingdom of Laos
[edit]- Royal Lao Army, Laotian Royal Guard
- Royal Lao Police, Laotian Gendarmerie
- Royal Lao Police; Directorate of National Coordination, 1st Special Mobile Group (Groupement Mobile Speciale 1 – GMS 1)
Second Polish Republic
[edit]- Kompania Zamkowa 1926–1939
Poland
[edit]- Biuro Ochrony Rządu 1956–2018[31]
Tsarist Russia
[edit]Kingdom of Serbia/Yugoslavia
[edit]Great Britain
[edit]Kingdom of Romania
[edit]Republic of Vietnam
[edit]See also
[edit]- Border guard
- Coast guard
- Home guard
- Imperial guard
- List of intelligence agencies
- List of law enforcement agencies
- List of secret police organizations
- National Guard
- Republican guard
- Royal guard
- State defense force
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