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List of special law enforcement units

(redirected from List of Special Response Units)
For military special forces units, see List of special forces units.

This is a list of active police tactical units.

Definition

Police tactical units or SWAT teams are part of a police force tasked with resolving high risk/critical incidents, including:

  • high risk armed offender/suspect searches/apprehensions including arrest warrant[1]
  • high risk search warrants involving an armed/dangerous offender/suspect[1]
  • siege/barricade incidents involving an armed offender/suspect[1]
  • domestic counter-terrorism incidents such as hostage rescue and/or armed intervention (including units that may be granted authority for overseas operations)[1]

In the United States, most police tactical units are known by the generic term of Special Weapons And Tactics (SWAT) team (other countries have adopted this term).[2] In Australia, police tactical units are formally known as a police tactical group.[3] The European Union uses the term Special Intervention Unit to define national counter terrorist police tactical units.[4]

For military special forces / special operations units, see list of military special forces units.

Afghanistan

Interior Ministry
  • Special Narcotics Force
  • Afghan National Civil Order Police Special Support Battalion
  • General Command of Police Special Unit "The Triples"
    • Crisis Response Unit 222[5] (CRU 222)
    • Commando Force 333 (CF 333)
    • Afghan Territorial Force 444 (ATF 444)

Albania

Algeria

Algerian police
  • Groupement des opérations spéciales de la police (GOSP)

Argentina

Argentine Federal Police
Argentine National Gendarmerie
  • Equipo Antiterrorista (Anti-Terrorist Team)
  • Scorpion Group - Formerly the Escuadrón Especial de la Gendarmería Nacional
  • 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

Armenia

National Security Service
Police of the Republic of Armenia
  • Police tactical unit

Australia

Main article: Police Tactical Group
Australian Federal Police
  • Specialist Response Group (SRG)
New South Wales Police Force
Northern Territory Police
Queensland Police
South Australia Police
Tasmania Police
  • Special Operations Group (SOG)
Victoria Police
Western Australia Police
New South Wales Corrective Services
  • Security Operations Group (SOG)
Western Australia Department of Corrective Services
  • Special Operations Group (SOG)

Austria

Federal Ministry of the Interior
  • EKO Cobra - Special operations and counterterrorism unit
Landespolizeidirektion
  • WEGA - SWAT team
Justizwache (Penitentiary police)
  • Justizwache Einsatzgruppe (JEG) - Penitentiary police SWAT team

Azerbaijan

Ministry of Internal Affairs
  • OPON
  • Rapid Police Unit

Bahamas

Royal Bahamas Police Force
  • Security and Intelligence Branch

Bangladesh

  • Rapid Action Battalion
  • Counter Terrorism and Transnational Crime
  • Dhaka Metropolitan Police SWAT
  • Crisis Response Team
  • Qick Response Team
  • Anti Terrorism Unit

Belarus

Militsiya
  • Almaz Special Anti-Terrorism Unit (SPBT Almaz)
  • OMON (AMAP) Special Purpose Police Unit

Belgium

Federal police

Bolivia

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

Bosnia and Herzegovina

Bosnian Police Force
  • State Investigation and Protection Agency (SIPA)
    • Special Support Unit
  • Bosnian Special Police Units
    • Special Police Unit
Other units

Bulgaria

Ministry of Interior

Bulgarian Gendarmerie
  • Counter-Terrorist Squads

Brazil

Federal Police Department
  • Comando de Operações Táticas (COT) - is a specialized counter terrorism unit with headquarters in Brasília[6]
  • Grupos de Pronta Intervenção (GPI) - are SWAT like tactical units that supports local operations. Each state has its own G.P.I. unit
Polícia Militar
  • BOE/BOPE (Batalhão de Operações Especiais) units:
    • Special Operations Battalion (PMAC) - in Acre[7]
    • Special Operations Battalion (PMDF) - in the Federal District[8][9][10]
    • Specials Battalion Operations (PMMT) - in the state of Mato Grosso[11]
    • Special Operations Battalion (PMPR) - the state of Paraná[12]
    • Special Operations Battalion (PMPI) - the state of Piauí[13]
    • Special Police Operations Battalion (PMAL) - the state of Alagoas[14]
    • Special Police Operations Battalion (PMRR) - in the state of Roraima[15][16]
    • Special Police Operations Battalion (PMSC) - the state of Santa Catarina[17]
    • Special Police Operations Battalion (PMERJ) - in the state of Rio de Janeiro[18]
    • Special Police Operations Battalion (PMRN) - in Rio Grande do Norte state[19]
    • Special Police Operations Battalion (PMBA) - the state of Bahia[20]
    • Special Police Operations Battalion (PMRS) - in Rio Grande do Sul state[21]
    • Special Police Operations Battalion (PMAP) - in Amapá state[22]
    • Special Police Operations Battalion (PMMG) - is a GATE type unit of the Military Police of Minas Gerais State
  • Special Actions and Tactics Group (GATE) - is a police tactical unit within Military Police of São Paulo State[23]
Policia Civil
  • Grupo Tático 3 (GT3) - in the state of Goiás[24]
  • Grupo Especial de Reação (GER) - is tactical unit similar to GOE operating in the state of São Paulo[25]
  • Grupo de Operações Especiais (GOE) - is the elite arm of the Civil Police of the state of São Paulo[26]
  • Centro de Operações Policiais Especiais (COPE) - is a specialized division within the civil police of Paraná state[27]
  • Tático Integrado de Grupos de Repressão Especial (TIGRE) - is a SWAT type tactical unit that specializes in hostage rescue operations in the state of Paraná[28]
  • Coordenadoria de Recursos Especiais (CORE) - is a paramilitary police unit within the Civil Police of Rio de Janeiro State[29]
  • Divisão de Operações especiais (DOE) - is a special tactics unit based in Federal District[30]
  • Grupo de Operações Especiais (GOE) - is the GOE unit of the state of Pernambuco[31]

Brunei

Royal Brunei Police Force
  • Special Operations Squad (SOS; Malay: Pasukan Gerak Khas — PGK)

Canada

Federal units
  • Parliamentary Protective Service (PPS; French: Service de protection parlementaire) - Mobile Response Team[32]
  • Correctional Service of Canada (CSC; French: Service correctionnel du Canada)
    • Institutional Emergency Response Team (IERT)
    • Institutional Crisis Intervention Team (ICIT)
Provincial and Municipal units
Other units

Chile

Carabineros de Chile

  • Grupo de Operaciones Policiales Especiales (GOPE; 'Police Special Operations Group')

Chilean Investigation Police (Policía de Investigaciones de Chile)

  • Equipo de Reacción Táctica Antinarcóticos (ERTA; 'Antinarcotics Tactical Response Team')

Gendarmería de Chile (Prison Service)

  • Sección de Operaciones Tácticas (SOT; 'Tactical Operations Section')

China

Ministry of Public Security of the People's Republic of China
People's Armed Police

Colombia

National Police of Colombia (Gendarmerie as it´s under military law)
  • LOBOS (Wolves)
  • (COPES) Comandos de Operaciones Especiales (Special Operations Commandos)
  • (JUNGLA) Jungle
  • (GOES) Grupo de Operaciones Especiales (Special operations group) (SWAT equivalent)
  • GAULA Units (Hostage rescue)

Croatia

Special Police
  • Lučko Anti-Terrorist Unit (ATJ Lučko)
  • Special Police Units (SJP Split "BATT", SJP Rijeka "AJKULA", SJP Osijek "ORAO")
  • Riot Police Units- EPZ ( Ekipa za Posebne Zadaće) tactical platoon within Intervention/riot police

Cyprus

Cyprus Police
  • Emergency Response Unit (MMAD)

Czech Republic

Police of the Czech Republic
  • Útvar rychlého nasazení [ÚRN/URNA] Rapid Reaction Unit, national police CT unit
  • Krajská zásahová jednotka - [KZJ] 8 regional police intervention units
Celní správa České republiky
  • Skupina operativního nasazení - [SON]

Denmark

Rigspolitiet
Københavns Politi (Copenhagen Police Department)
  • Udrykningssektionen (First Response Unit)

Ecuador

  • GEO - Grupo Especial de Operaciones (Ecuadorian Army)
  • GOE - Grupo de Operaciones Especiales (Police)
  • GIR - Grupo de Intervención y Rescate (Police)

Egypt

Egyptian National Police
  • Unit 333 (Special unit of the interior ministry)
  • Black Cobra ( Counter terrorism special unit )
Egyptian Armed Forces

Estonia

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

Fiji

  • Police Tactical Response Unit (disbanded in 2007)[49]
  • Police National Operations Support Unit[50][51]

Finland

Police of Finland
  • Police Rapid Response Unit
Finnish Border Guard
  • Border Guard Special Intervention Unit[52]

France

National Police
  • Recherche Assistance Intervention Dissuasion (RAID). National unit based in Bièvres (near Paris).
  • Antennes du RAID (RAID branches). 13 Regional units based in metropolitan and overseas France. Formerly known as GIPNs.
  • Brigade anticommando (BRI-BAC). The Paris Police Prefecture anti-terrorism task force. It is activated in emergency situations. BRI-BAC is primarily composed of personnel from two Paris Police Prefecture units : the Brigade de recherche et d'intervention (BRI-PP) (from the Judiciary Police directorate) and the Brigade d'intervention (BI) (from the Public Order directorate). Although the official name of the unit is Brigade anticommando, it is often simply referred to by the press as BRI (which can be confusing as there are BRIs in each region of France).

In an emergency situation, BRI-BAC and RAID can also form a task-force called FIPN (Force d'intervention de la Police nationale), under the command of the RAID commander.

Gendarmerie
  • Groupe d'Intervention de la Gendarmerie Nationale (GIGN; "National Gendarmerie Intervention Group"). National unit based in Versailles-Satory, near Paris.
  • Antennes du GIGN (AGIGN): 13 Regional units based in metropolitan and overseas France and performing high risk arrests, personal protection and emergency counter-terrorism missions under operational control of GIGN.
  • Pelotons spécialisé de protection de la Gendarmerie (PSPG). 20 units primarily dedicated to protecting the French civilian nuclear sites. Can be engaged as tactical units in a secondary role.
Helicopter support for GIGN and RAID
  • Groupe interarmées d'hélicoptères (GIH). A joint army/air force helicopter unit belonging to COS (Commandement des opérations spéciales : Special operations command). Its primary role is support of GIGN and RAID.
Ministry of Justice
  • ERIS (Regional Intervention and Security Team). Unit under the command of the carceral administration, formed partially by the GIGN, to intervene inside prison in case of particular events (riots, mutiny, evasion, terrorism).

Ghana

Ghana Police Service
  • National SWAT Unit[53]

Georgia

State Security Service of Georgia

  • Counterterrorist Center
  • Special Operations Center

Ministry of Internal Affairs of Georgia

  • Counter Intelligence Department[54]
  • Special Emergency and Situations Management Center[55]
  • Central Anti Crime Department[54]
  • Regional Special Task Divisions[54][56]

Special State Protection Service (SSPS)

  • Tactical Response Group

Germany

Federal
  • Bundespolizei (Federal Police)
    • Grenzschutzgruppe 9 der Bundespolizei (GSG 9) - Special Operations and Counterterrorism unit
    • Beweissicherungs- und Festnahmeeinheit (BFE) - Special Detention Unit of Federal Anti Riot Police
    • Beweissicherungs- und Festnahmeeinheit plus (BFE+) - Special Counter-Terrorism Unit of Federal Anti Riot Police
    • Polizeiliche Schutzaufgaben Ausland der Bundespolizei - Police protection unit of German Diplomatic Missions
  • Bundeskriminalamt (Federal Criminal/Investigation Police)
    • Mobiles Einsatzkommando (MEK) - Tactical Unit, but also handles surveillance, observation and arrests
    • Auslands- und Spezialeinsätze (ASE) - Close protection unit for high-threat environments
  • Zollkriminalamt (Customs Investigation Bureau)
  • Feldjäger (Military Police)
    • Zugriffskräfte ('Special Tactics and Apprehension Unit')
State
  • Landespolizei (State Police)
    • Spezialeinsatzkommando (SEK) - State Tactical Unit, Part of Uniformed Police
    • Beweissicherungs- und Festnahmeeinheit (BFE) - Special Detention Unit, Part of State Anti Riot Police
    • Mobiles Einsatzkommando (MEK) - Tactical and Surveillance Unit, Part of Criminal Police

Greece

Greek Police
  • Special Anti-Terrorist Unit (EKAM)
Greek Coast Guard
  • Special Operations Teams (OEA)

Haiti

Haitian National Police
  • Le Groupe d'Intervention de la Police Nationale d'Haïti (GIPNH) - National Police Intervention Group

Hong Kong

Hong Kong Police Force

Hungary

Iceland

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

India

Law Enforcement in India
  • National Security Guard
    • Special Action Group (SAG) - the main offensive or the strike wing of the NSG
      • 51 Special Action Group - counter-terrorism operations
      • 52 Special Action Group - counter-hijack operations
    • Special Ranger Group (SRG) - provides logistical support to the SAGs during operations
      • 12 Special Ranger Group
      • 13 Special Ranger Group
    • Special Composite Group (SCG) - conduct regional counter terror operations
  • Anti-Terrorism Squad
  • Andhra Pradesh Police
    • Organisation for Counter Terrorist Operations
  • Jammu and Kashmir Police
    • Special Operation Group (SOG)
  • Odisha Police
    • Special Operation Group (Odisha Police)
      • Special Tactical Unit - Urban counter-terrorist unit of the parent force
  • Mumbai Police
    • Force One - specialized in counter-terrorism
  • Central Reserve Police Force
    • Commando Battalion for Resolute Action (COBRA) - Special operation force of the CRPF
    • Rapid Action Force - A specialized wing of CRPF
  • West Bengal Police
  • Greyhounds - Police special force unit operating in the Indian States of Andhra Pradesh and Telangana for anti-insurgency operations
  • Punjab Police SWAT Team
  • Kerala Police
    • Kerala Thunderbolts
Protective Service Unit

Indonesia

Indonesian National Police (POLRI)

Directorate General of Customs and Excise (Bea Cukai)

  • "Customs Tactical Unit" also known as "CTU" is the special unit of the Indonesian Customs

Maritime Security Agency (Bakamla)

  • "Maritime Rapid Reaction Unit" (Unit Reaksi Cepat Laut) abbreviated as URCL.[62]

Iran

Iranian Police
  • Iranian Police Special Units
    • Counter-terrorism Special Force

Iraq

Iraqi Police
  • Hilla SWAT Team
  • Golden counterterrorism squad

Ireland

Garda Síochána (National Police)
  • Emergency Response Unit (ERU)
  • Armed Support Unit (ASU)

Israel

Israel Police
  • Yasam
  • Gideonim
Israel Border Police

Yamam

Yamas

Israel Prison Service
  • Nachshon
  • Dror
  • Metzada

Italy

Carabinieri (National Gendarmerie)
Polizia di Stato (National Civil Police)
Italian Penitentiary Police
  • Gruppo Operativo Mobile (GOM)
Italian Finance Security

Japan

Security Bureaus of Prefectural police headquarters (supervised by the National Police Agency Security Bureau)
Criminal Investigation Bureaus of Prefectural police headquarters
  • Special Investigation Team (SIT) - Akita/Iwate/Ibaraki/Miyagi/Fukushima/Tochigi/Tokyo/Shizuoka/Aichi/Mie/Fukuoka/Nagasaki[64]
  • Martial Arts Attack Team (MAAT) - Osaka[64]
  • Assault Response Team - Chiba[64]
  • Special Tactical Section - Saitama[64]
  • Special Investigation Section - Kanagawa[64]
  • Technical Special Team - Aomori[64]
  • Hostage Rescue Team - Hiroshima
Japan Coast Guard
  • Special Security Team (SST) - national-level maritime counter-terrorism teams
  • Special Riot Squads (特別警備隊, Tokubetsu-keibi-tai, "Tokkei-tai") - regional-level riot control and special reaction teams

Jordan

General Directorate Of Gendarmerie
  • Unit 14
GID
  • GID Special Unit

Kuwait

  • Kuwait Special Force (Al Quwat Al Khasa)
  • Kuwait Swat team

Latvia

State Police of Latvia
  • Special Task Battalion ALFA (riot squad)
  • OMEGA (counter-terrorism and special operations unit)

Lebanon

Lebanese Police Force
  • Fuhud ('Panthers') - Special Police Unit
  • Internal Intelligence (fast reaction force)
  • General Security (special unit)

Liechtenstein

Landespolizei

Lithuania

Police
  • ARAS - Lithuanian Police Anti-terrorist Operations Unit (Lithuanian: Lietuvos policijos antiteroristinių operacijų rinktinė)
  • VSAT SPB (Lithuanian State Border Guard Service Rapid Reaction Squads)

Luxembourg

Grand Ducal Police
  • Unité Spéciale de la Police

Macau

Public Security Police Force of Macau
Correctional Services Bureau

Republic of Macedonia

Macedonian Police
  • Special Task Unit - "Tigers" (Единица за Специјални Задачи —Тигар)
  • Unit for fast deployment (Единица за Брзо Распоредување)

Malaysia

Main article: Elite Forces of Malaysia
Royal Malaysia Police
  • Pasukan Gerakan Khas (PGK; 'Special Operation Command')
    • 69 Commando Battalion (VAT 69; Malay: Batalion Komando 69) - Police special forces unit that specialised in jungle warfare. Some also trained as a counter-terrorism unit.
    • Special Actions Unit (Malay: Unit Tindakhas — UTK) - Police special forces unit that specialised in counter-terrorism in the urban area and big cities. Some also assigned as close-protection to the top government executives.
  • General Operations Force
    • Tiger Platoon - Paramilitary police front-line special combat unit
  • Marine Operations Force
    • Marine Assault Team (MAST; Malay: Unit Gempur Marin — UNGERIN) - Marine police counter-terrorism unit
Malaysia Coast Guard
  • Special Task and Rescue (STAR) - Coast Guard's counter-terrorism unit
Other federal government agencies
  • Trup Tindakan Cepat (TTC) - Prison's SWAT team
  • Pasukan Taktikal Khas (PASTAK) - Immigration's SWAT team
  • Customs Operational Battle Force Response Assault (COBRA) - Customs' SWAT team

Malta

Maltese Police
  • Special Mobile Unit till 1987
  • Special Assignments Group till June 2013
  • Rapid Intervention Unit (RIU) and Special Intervention Unit (SIU) since July 1, 2013

Mexico

Policia Federal
Procuraduria General de la Republica PGR
  • Policia Federal Ministerial

Mongolia

Mongolian Police
  • Special Response Unit
  • SWAT

Morocco

Royal Gendarmerie

  • Groupe d'intervention de la Gendarmerie royale (G.I.G.R)

National Police

  • Bureau central des investigations judiciaire (B.C.I.J)

Namibia

Namibian Police Force
  • Special Reserve Force (SRF)

Netherlands

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.
    • M-Squadron (Marine Intervention Unit), also known by the name of its main component, NLMARSOF - 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

New Zealand Police
  • Armed Offenders Squad (AOS), incidents involving weapons
  • Diplomatic Protection Squad (DPS), VIP protection
  • Special Tactics Group (STG), counter terrorist

Nicaragua

Policia Nacional-DOEP
  • Tácticas y Armas Policiales de Intervención y Rescate (TAPIR)
  • Departamento de Intervención Rápida (GIR)

Nigeria

Nigeria Police Force
  • Anti-Terrorism Squad (ATS) - counter terrorist unit
  • Rapid Response Squad (RRS)
  • Criminals Investigation Department (CID)
  • Special Anti-Cultism Squad (SACS)
  • Anti-Riot Squad
  • Nigeria Police Mobile Force
  • Anti-Bomb Squad.
State Security Service (Nigeria)
  • Department of State Security (DSS), VIP protection/counter terrorist

Norway

Norwegian Police Service
  • Delta (Norwegian: Beredskapstroppen)
  • Utrykningsenheten (UEH)

Pakistan

Federal Agencies
  • Ministry of Defence
    • National Guard
    • Maritime Security Agency
Provincial Police Units
  • Punjab Police — Elite Force & Dolphin Force
  • Sindh Police — Special Security Unit
  • Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Police — Special Combat Unit
  • Balochistan Police — Balochistan Levies

Panama

Peru

National Police of Peru
  • Tactical Action Sub-Unit - (Sub-Unidad de Acción Táctica) SUAT[66]

Philippines

Philippine National Police

Poland

ABW
BOR
Policja
  • BOA
  • Centralne Biuro Śledcze Policji (CBŚP)
  • Samodzielny Pododdział Antyterrorystyczny Policji (SPAP)
Straż Graniczna (SG)

Portugal

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

Romania

Ministry of Interior and Administrative Reform
  • Special Group for Protection and Intervention (GSPI) - disbanded
Police
  • Detașamentul de Poliție pentru Intervenție Rapidă
    • SAS - the service for special actions
    • SIIAS Serviciul Independent pentru Intervenții și Acțiuni Speciale (Independent Special Actions and Intervention Service)
Romanian Gendarmerie
  • BSIJ Special Intervention Brigade "Vlad Țepeș"
Romanian Secret Service (SRI)
  • BAT - Anti-Terror Brigade

Russia

Main article: Spetsnaz
Center of Special Operations of the FSB[68]
  • Directorate "A" (Spetsgruppa Alpha)
  • Directorate "V" (Spetsgruppa Vympel)
  • Directorate "S" (Spetsgruppa Smerch)
  • Directorate "K" (Kavkaz - formerly Special Purpose unit for the city of Yessentuki)
  • Directorate "T" (Spetsgruppa Tavrida) (Crimea, previously - 2nd service "SN" of FSB)
  • Special Arms Service
Foreign Intelligence Service[69][70][71]
  • Special Operations Department of Directorate Z (Zaslon)
Ministry of Internal Affairs[72]
  • OSN "Grom" for Counter-Drugs operations (formerly it was subordinated to the defunct Federal Drug Control Service of Russia)
National Guard of Russia

Ministry of Justice

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

Federal Penitentiary Service OSNs:

Singapore

Singapore Police Force
Singapore Prison Service
  • Singapore Prisons Emergency Action Response (SPEAR)[91]
Police Coast Guard
  • Special Task Squadron (STS)[92]
  • Emergency Response Force

Slovenia

  • Specialna Enota Policije (SEP) - the principle counter-terrorist & hostage rescue unit,
  • Posebna Policijska Enota (PPE) - the principle public order & peace enforcement unit.

Serbia

See also: Special forces of Serbia
  • Special Anti-Terrorist Unit

Slovakia

  • Útvar Osobitného Určenia (UOU) Lynx commando - Special Designation Unit of the Presidium of Police[93]

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, respond to incidents 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 overt & covert ops.

Most of its members are now part of the parliamentary security team. They also provide escorts of dangerous prisoners.

  • South African Police Service Riot Squad/Anti-Riot Squad/ Public Order Policing/Internal Stability Unit (POP/ISU)

Its members are highly trained in advance crowd control both French & Belgium tactics, medium to high risk operations

South Korea

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

Spain

Guardia Civil
National Police Corps of Spain
  • Grupos Operativos Especiales de Seguridad (GOES) - SWAT Teams in cities.
  • Grupo Especial de Operaciones (GEO) High risk and hostage rescue unit ("Tier 1")
Mossos d'Esquadra
  • Grup Especial d'Intervenció (GEI) Regional SWAT Team
Ertzaintza
  • Berrozi Berezi Taldea (BBT) Regional SWAT Team
Policía Foral
  • Grupo de Intervención Especial (GIE) Regional SWAT Team

Sri Lanka

Sri Lanka Police Service

Sweden

Swedish Police Authority
  • National Task Force (Nationella insatsstyrkan)
  • Reinforced Regional Task Force (Förstärkt Regional Insatsstyrka)
    • Reinforced Regional Task Force Stockholm (Förstärk Regional Insatsstyrka Stockholm)
    • Reinforced Regional Task Force South (Förstärkt Regional Insatsstyrka Syd)
    • Reinforced Regional Task Force West (Förstärkt Regional Insatsstyrka Väst)
  • Regional Task Force (Regional Insatsstyrka)
    • Regional Task Force East
    • Regional Task Force Bergslagen
    • Regional Task Force Middle
    • Regional Task Force North

Switzerland

Federal Office of Police (FedPol)
  • Einsatzgruppe TIGRIS
Cantonal (states) police
  • Basel-campaign State Police
    • Interventionseinheit Barracuda
  • Bern State Police
    • Einsatzgruppe Enzian
  • Central Switzerland Police
    • Interventionseinheit Lynx
  • Fribourg State Police
    • Groupe d'intervention de la police cantonale fribourgeoise (GRIF)
  • Geneva State Police
    • Groupe d'intervention de la police cantonale (GRIC/GI)
  • Jura State Police
    • Groupe d'intervention et Tireurs d'Elite (GITE)
  • Neuchatel State Police
    • GI COUGAR
  • Ticino State Police
    • Reparti Speciali-Gruppo d'Intervento (ReS-GI)
  • Valais State Police
    • Groupe d'intervention "Edelweiss" (GI Edelweiss)
  • Vaud State Police
  • Zürich State Police
    • Einsatzgruppe Diamant
    • Interventionseinheit Skorpion

[94][95]

Taiwan

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

Thailand

Royal Thai Police
  • Royal Thai Police Arintaraj 26 Special Operations Unit (Metro Bangkok SWAT)
  • Royal Thai Police Black Tigers Special Operations Unit (VIP Protection)
  • Royal Thai Police Naresuan 261 Counter-Terrorism Unit
  • Royal Thai Police Special Service Division Commando (SSD Commando)

Ministry

  • Ministry of Interior
    • Department of Provincial Administration (DOPA)
      • Department of Provincial Administration Special Weapon And Tactics also known as DOPA S.W.A.T.
  • Ministry of Justice
    • Department of Special Investigation (DSI)
      • Bureau of Special Operation

Turkey

General Directorate of Security
  • Police Special Operation Department
  • Police Counter Attack Team
Turkish Gendarmerie
  • Gendarmerie Special Public Security Command
  • Gendarmerie Special Operations

United Arab Emirates

Dubai Police Force

United Kingdom

Firearms unit (with SFO or CTSFO)
National
Territorial police forces

United States

Federal Agencies
Independent Federal Agencies
State agencies
Local/County Agencies

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

  • Anchorage Police Department Special Weapons And Tactics (SWAT) team
  • Fairbanks Police Department Special weapons and tactics (SWAT) team
  • Miami Police Department - Special Threat Response: Special Weapons and Tactics Team (SWAT) and Hostage Negotiators
  • Nassau County Police Department - Bureau of Special Operations (BSO), Emergency Service Unit (ESU)
  • New York City Police Department - Emergency Service Unit (ESU), Critical Response Command (CRC) and Strategic Response Group (SRG)
  • Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department - Special Weapons and Tactics Team
  • Los Angeles Police Department Metropolitan Division - Special Weapons and Tactics (SWAT) Team
  • Oakland Police Department - Special Weapons and Tactics (SWAT) Team
  • Portland Police Bureau - Special Emergency Response Team (SERT)
  • Tulsa County Sheriff's Office - Special Weapons And Tactics (SWAT) Team
  • Greensboro Police Department - Special Response Team (SRT)
  • Hawaii County Police Department - Special Response Team (SRT)
  • Honolulu Police Department - Special Weapons and Tactics (SWAT)
  • Kauai County Police Department - Special Response Team (SRT)
  • Maui County Police Department - Special Response Team (SRT)
  • Raleigh Police Department - Selective Enforcement Unit (SEU)

Ukraine

Security Service of Ukraine
National Guard of Ukraine
  • 18th Operational Regiment, Mariupol
    • 1st Patrol Battalion
    • 2nd Special Purpose Battalion "Donbas", Mariupol
    • Special Purpose Regiment "Azov", Mariupol
    • Special Patrol Company, Mariupol
  • "Scorpion" Special Forces Detachment, Kyiv, tasked with guarding Ukraine's nuclear industry
  • "Omega" Special Forces Anti-terrorism Detachment, Novi Petrivtsi
  • "Vega" Special Forces Detachment, Lviv
  • "Ares" Special Forces Intelligence Detachment, Kharkiv
  • "Odessa" Special Forces Detachment, Odessa
National Police of Ukraine
  • Rapid Operational Response Unit (KORD) (Ukrainian: КОРД (поліція особливого призначення))

Special Tasks Patrol Police are the volunteer corps law enforcement units, part of the Ministry of Internal Affairs.

  • Artemivsk Battalion
  • Bogdan Battalion
  • Chernihiv Battalion
  • Dnipro-1 Regiment
  • Donetsk-1 Battalion
  • Donetsk-2 Battalion
  • Ivano-Frankivsk Battalion
  • Kharkiv Police Battalion
  • Kherson Battalion
  • Kirovohrad Battalion
  • Kremenchuk Battalion
  • Kryvbas Battalion
  • Kyiv-1 Battalion
  • Kyiv-2 Battalion
  • Kyivshchyna Battalion
  • Luhansk-1 Battalion
  • Lviv Battalion
  • Myrnyi Battalion
  • Myrotvorets Battalion
  • Poltava Battalion
  • Shakhtarsk Battalion
  • Shtorm Battalion
  • Sich Battalion
  • Sicheslav Battalion
  • Skif Battalion
  • Sumy Battalion
  • Svityaz Battalion
  • Svyatyi Mykolai Battalion
  • Ternopil Battalion
  • Ukraine Battalion
  • Vinnytsia Battalion
  • Zoloti Vorota Battalion

Venezuela

Policía Nacional Bolivariana
  • Unidad de Operaciones Tácticas Especiales (UOTE)

Vietnam

Vietnam People's Public Security

  • Vietnam Mobile Police (Cảnh sát cơ động) - Counter-terrorist and riot police

Bộ Tư lệnh Cảnh sát Cơ động K20 (K20 Police Headquarters)

  • 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[97]

See also

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