List of special law enforcement units
For military special forces units, see List of special forces units.
This is a list of non-military law enforcement units tasked with special duties, including:
- Security of the state, state officials and foreign dignitaries
- Offensive domestic counter-terrorist actions
- Serving high-risk arrest warrants
- Performing hostage rescue and/or armed intervention
- Engaging heavily armed criminals
Afghanistan
Albania
- Shqiponjat (The Eagles)[1][2][3]
- Immediate Intervention Forces - FNSH (Forcat e Ndërhyrjes së Shpejtë)
- Port Authority Security Force
- RENEA (Reparti i Neutralizimit te Elementit te Armatosur)[4][5]
Argentina
- Federal Special Operations Group (GEOF)
- Grupo Especial Uno "GE-1" (Special Group One)
- 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
- Hawk Special Operations Brigade (BEOH) - Buenos Aires Provincial Police
- Special Operations Troops Company (TOE) - Santa Fe Provincial Police
- E.T.E.R. (Equipo Tactico Especial Recomendado) - Cordoba Provincial Police
- Albatross Group - Argentine Naval Prefecture
- Grupo de Respuesta Imediata de Alto Riesgo (GRIAR) (Immediate High Risk Response Group) - Argentine Naval Prefecture
Commonwealth of Australia
Police Tactical Group (PTGs)
- Tactical Operations Unit (TOU)
- State Protection Support Unit (SPSU)
- Public Order and Riot Squad (PORS) - full-time riot squad
- Public Order and Operations Support Group (POOSG) - part-time riot squad
- Hostage Response Group (HRG)
- Territory Response Group (TRG)
- Public Order Response Team (PORT)[6]
- Special Emergency Response Team (SERT)
- Public Safety Response Team (PSRT)[7]
- Queensland Department of Corrective Services
- Tactical Response Unit (TRU)[8]
- Special Tasks and Rescue (STAR)
- State Tactical Group[9]
- Special Operations Group (SOG)
- Public Order Response Team (PORT)[10]
- Tasmania Corrective Services
- Tactical Response Group (TRG)[11]
- Special Operations Group (SOG)
- Critical Incident Response Team (CIRT)
- Public Order Response Team (PORT)
- Tactical Response Group (TRG)
- Regional Operations Group (ROG)[12]
Austria
- EKO Cobra (Special operations and counterterrorism unit)
- Bundespolizei (Federal police)
- WEGA (SWAT team)
- Justizwache (Penitentiary police)
- Justizwache Einsatzgruppe (JEG) Penitentiary police SWAT team
Azerbaijan
Bahamas
- Security and Intelligence Branch
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Kingdom of Belgium
- Directie van de speciale eenheden/Direction des unités spéciales (DSU) (Directorate of the special units)
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)
- Bosnian Special Police Units
- Special Police Unit
- Other units
- MUP FBiH Federal Counter-terrorism branches - Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina Police
- MUP RS Counter-terrorism branches - Republika Srpska Police
Bulgaria
- Counter-Terrorist Squads
Republic of Brazil
- Comando de Operações Táticas (C.O.T.) - is a specialized counter terrorism unit with headquarters in Brasília[22]
- Grupos de Pronta Intervenção (G.P.I.) - are SWAT like tactical units that supports local operations. Each state has its own G.P.I. unit
- BOE/BOPE (Batalhão de Operações Especiais) units:
- Special Operations Battalion (PMAC) - in Acre[23]
- Special Operations Battalion (PMDF) - in the Federal District[24][25][26]
- Specials Battalion Operations (PMMT) - in the state of Mato Grosso[27]
- Special Operations Battalion (PMPR) - the state of Paraná[28]
- Special Operations Battalion (PMPI) - the state of Piauí[29]
- Special Police Operations Battalion (PMAL) - the state of Alagoas[30]
- Special Police Operations Battalion (PMRR) - in the state of Roraima[31][32]
- Special Police Operations Battalion (PMSC) - the state of Santa Catarina[33]
- Special Police Operations Battalion (PMERJ) - in the state of Rio de Janeiro[34]
- Special Police Operations Battalion (PMRN) - in Rio Grande do Norte state[35]
- Special Police Operations Battalion (PMRS) - in Rio Grande do Sul state[36]
- Special Police Operations Battalion (PMAP) - in Amapá state[37]
- Grupo de Ações Táticas Especiais (G.A.T.E.) - is a special operations force within São Paulo's military police[38]
- Grupo de Ações Táticas Especiais (G.A.T.E.) - is a GATE type unit of the Military Police of Minas Gerais State
- Grupo Tático 3 (G.T.3.) - in the state of Goiás[39]
- Grupo Especial de Resgate (G.E.R.) - is tactical unit similar to GOE operating in the state of São Paulo
- Grupo de Operações Especiais (G.O.E.) - is the elite arm of the Civil Police of the state of São Paulo[40]
- Centro de Operações Policiais Especiais (C.O.P.E.) - is a specialized division within the civil police of Paraná state[41]
- Tático Integrado de Grupos de Repressão Especial (T.I.G.R.E.) - is a SWAT type tactical unit that specializes in hostage rescue operations in the state of Paraná[42]
- Coordenadoria de Recursos Especiais (C.O.R.E.) - is a paramilitary police unit within the Civil Police of Rio de Janeiro State[43]
- Divisão de Operações especiais (D.O.E.) - is a special tactics unit based in Federal District[44]
- Grupo de Operações Especiais (G.O.E.) - is the GOE unit of the state of Pernambuco[45]
Brunei
- Special Operations Squad (SOS) - (Malay: Pasukan Gerak Khas (PGK))
Canada
- Emergency Response Team (RCMP) / Groupe Tactique d'Intervention (GTI)
- Provincial, local and other units
- Atomic Energy of Canada Limited's (AECL) Nuclear Security Response Team
- Barrie Police Service
- Tactical Support Unit (TSU)
- Brandon Police Service
- Tactical Response Unit (TRU)
- Brockville Police Service
- Emergency Response Team (ERT)
- Calgary Police Service
- Tactical Unit
- Chalk River Laboratories Nuclear Response Force (NRF)
- Correctional Service of Canada - Institutional Emergency Response Team (IERT) Institutional Crisis Intervention Team (ICIT)
- Edmonton Police Service
- Tactical Unit
- Halton Regional Police Service - Tactical Rescue Unit (TRU)
- Ontario Provincial Police
- Tactics and Rescue Unit (TRU)
- Emergency Response Team (ERT)
- Ottawa Police Service
- Tactical Unit
- Toronto Police Service
- Emergency Task Force (TPS)
- Vancouver Police Department
- Emergency Response Team (ERT)
- Windsor Police Service - Tactical Unit
- Groupe d'Intervention (Intervention Group ) - Sûreté du Québec (Quebec Provincial Police)
- Most of the larger cities and towns in Canada have Tactical or Emergency Response Units as part of their police force.
Chile
- Carabineros de Chile
- GOPE - Grupo de Operaciones Policiales Especiales (Police Special Operations Group)
- Chilean Investigation Police (Policía de Investigaciones de Chile)
- ERTA - Equipo de Reacción Táctica Antinarcóticos (Antinarcotics Tactical Response Team)
- Gendarmería de Chile (Prison Service)
- SOT - Sección de Operaciones Tácticas (Tactical Operations Section)
China
- Beijing SWAT
- Shanghai special police department
- People's Armed Police (CAPF)
- Snow Leopard Commando Unit (SWCU)
- Immediate Action Unit (IAU)
- Provincial Special Police Groups (SPG)
- Special Police Unit (SPU)
Hong Kong
- Airport District
- Airport Security Unit (ASU)
- Police Tactical Unit Headquarters
- Special Duties Unit (SDU)
- Counter-Terrorism and Internal Security Division
- Counter Terrorism Response Unit
- Crime Wing
- Small Boat Division
- Maritime Emergency Response Team (MERT)
- Surveillance Support Unit (SSU)
- Security Wing
- VIP Protection Unit (VIPPU)
- Witness Protection Unit (WPU)
Macau
- Police Intervention Tactical Unit (UTIP)
- Special Operation Group (GOE)
Colombia
- Special Operations Commandos ( Grupo de Operaciones Especiales (GOES) - Comando de Operaciones Especiales (COPES))
- Mobile Riot Squadrons (Escuadrón Movil Anti-Disturbios (ESMAD))
- "EMCAR" Escuadrones móviles de carabineros - Mobile Carabinier Squadrons
- "JUNGLA" Compañía Jungla Antinarcóticos - Anti-narcotics Jungle Company
Croatia
- Lučko Anti-Terrorist Unit (ATJ Lučko)
- Special Police Units (SJP Split "BATT", SJP Rijeka "AJKULA", SJP Osijek "ORAO")
- Riot Police Units
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)
Denmark
- Politiets Aktionsstyrke (Special unit of the Police)
Ecuador
- GOE - Grupo de Operaciones Especiales
- GIR - Grupo de Intervención y Rescate
Egypt
- Unit 333 (Special unit of the interior ministry)
Estonia
- K-Commando (Special unit of the Central Crime Police)
Fiji
- Police Tactical Response Unit (disbanded in 2007)[46]
- Police National Operations Support Unit[47][48]
Finland
- Karhuryhmä (Special unit of the Helsinki City Police Department but used nationwide)
- Valo-79 (Special unit of the North-Finland Police)
- Finnish Border Guard
- Border Guard Readiness Unit
France
- Groupe d'Intervention de la Gendarmerie Nationale (GIGN) (National Gendarmerie Intervention Group)
- Pelotons d'Intervention Interrégionaux de la Gendarmerie Nationale (PI2G) (high risk arrests, VIP details)
- Recherche Assistance Intervention Dissuasion (RAID)
- Groupes d'Intervention de la Police Nationale (GIPN)
- Service de Protection des Hautes Personnalités (SPHP) (VIP details Service)
- Joint unit
- Groupement interarmées d'hélicoptères (GIH, joint air force and army light aviation helicopters unit for specialized units of Gendarmerie and Police)
Georgia
- Counterterrorism Center[49]
- Special State Protection Service (SSPS)
- Counter Intelligence Department[50]
- Special Emergency and Situations Management Center[51]
- Central Anti Crime Department[50]
- Regional Special Task Divisions[52][53]
Germany
- Federal
- Bundespolizei (Federal Police)
- Zollkriminalamt (Customs Investigation Bureau)
- Zentrale Unterstützungsgruppe Zoll (ZUZ) (Customs SWAT Team)
- Feldjäger (Military Police)
- Zugriffskräfte
- State
- Landespolizei (State Police)
- Spezialeinsatzkommando (SEK) (State SWAT Team, Part of Uniformed Police)
- Beweissicherungs- und Festnahmeeinheit (BFE) (Special Detention Unit, Part of State Anti Riot Police)
- Mobiles Einsatzkommando (MEK) (State SWAT Team, Part of Criminal Police)
Greece
- Special Anti-Terrorist Unit (EKAM)
- Special Operations Teams (OEA)
Hungary
- Counter Terrorism Centre (TEK - Terrorelhárítási Központ)
- Készenléti Rendőrség (Operational Police)
Iceland
- Víkingasveitin (Viking Squad / Special Operations Unit of the National Commissioner)
India
- National Security Guard
- Rapid Action Force
- Special Operations Group (India)
- Anti Terrorist Squad (India)
- Force One
- Commando Battalion for Resolute Action - Special forces of the paramilitary Central Reserve Police Force
- Protective Service Unit
- Special Protection Group
- SWAT teams of States like Punjab,[54][54] Delhi[55] & Jammu & Kashmir[56]
- MARCOS
- Para (Indian Special Forces)
- Central Bureau of Investigation
Indonesia
Indonesian Special Police Forces:
- Mobile Brigade (Indonesia) (National Police Special Operations Force, Police Commandos, Special Response team, Paramilitary).
- DENSUS 88 / Detasmen Khusus 88 (Special Police Counter Terrorism Force)
- GEGANA Unit - (Special Police Force for bomb disposal, intelligence, anti-anarchist, and handling of Chemical, Biological, and Radio Active threats.)
Iran
- Special Units of Disciplinary Force's
including
- Counter-terrorism Special Force (NOPO)
Iraq
- Hilla SWAT Team
- Golden counterterrorism squad
Ireland
- Garda Síochána (National Police)
- Special Detective Unit (SDU)
- Emergency Response Unit (ERU)
- National Surveillance Unit (NSU)
- Regional Support Unit (RSU)
- Public Order Unit
- Witness Protection Unit
Israel
- Yasam
- Gideonim
- Yagal
- Public Transportation (Yoav, Horev, and Nit'zan)
- Nachshon
- Dror
- Masada
Italy
- Nucleo Operativo Centrale di Sicurezza (NOCS)
- Servizio Centrale Operativo (SCO)
- Gruppo Operativo Mobile (GOM)
Japan
- Special Assault Team (SAT) - national SWAT units
- Special Investigation Team (SIT)
- Anti-Firearms Squad - the armed response teams
- 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
- 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
Jordan
- Special Police's Unit 30 (SWAT)
- Special Unit 14 (Special Intervention)
- 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)
- Military
- Special Tasks Unit (SUV - Speciālo uzdevumu vienība)
Lebanon
- Lebanese Police Force
- Fuhud (Panthers)(Special Police Unit)
- internal intelligence (fast reaction force)
- general security (special unit)
Liechtenstein
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)
- Military
- AITVARAS - Lithuanian Special Operations Force (LITHSOF) (Lithuanian: Lietuvos Specialiųjų Operacijų Pajėgos)
Luxembourg
Republic of Macedonia
- Special Task Unit - "Tigers" (Единица за Специјални Задачи - Тигар)
- Unit for fast deployment (Единица за Брзо Распоредување)
Malaysia
- Royal Malaysia Police (Polis Diraja Malaysia)
- 69 Komando PGK - National Paramilitary Police Multispectrum Special Force
- Unit Tindak Khas - National Special Police Counter Terrorism Force
- Unit Tiger Platoon PGA - Paramilitary Police Frontliner Special Combat Unit
- Unit Gempur Marin (UNGERIN) - Marine police SWAT teams
- STAFOC - Organized crime SWAT teams
- STAGG - CID D7 armed response teams
- STING - Narcotics armed SWAT teams
- Malaysian Prison Department (Jabatan Penjara Malaysia)
- Trup Tindakan Cepat (TTC) - Prison SWAT teams
- Malaysian Maritime Enforcement Agency (Agensi Penguatkuasaan Maritim Malaysia)
- Special Task And Rescue (STAR) - Coast guard SWAT teams
- Malaysian Immigration Department (Jabatan Immigresen Malaysia)
- Grup Taktikal Khas (GTK) - Immigration SWAT teams
Malta
- Maltese Police
- Special Mobile Unit till 1987
- Special Assignments Group till June 2013
- Rapid Intervention Unit (RIU) since July 1, 2013
Mexico
- Grupo de Operaciones Especiales GOPES
- Fuerzas Federales de Apoyo
- Proteccion Federal
- Policia Federal de Caminos
- Division de Inteligencia
- Procuraduria General de la Republica PGR
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
- Special Field Force (SFF)
- Special Reserve Force (SRF)
- Special Operations Khomas Regional Support Unit (RSU)
- Emergency Response Unit (ERU)
Netherlands
- National Police
- Dienst Speciale Interventies (DSI)- high-risk arrests and counter-terrorism
- Dienst Bewaken & Beveiliging (Guard & Security Service) - Diplomatic, VIP, and Royal security
- Mobiele Eenheid (Mobile Units) - Part-time riot police
- Royal Marshals/Royal Military Police (Koninklijke Marechaussee)
- Brigade Speciale Beveiligingsopdrachten (Brigade Special Protection tasks)
- Bijstand Eenheid (Support Units) - Part-time heavy duty riot police and paramilitary internal security units
- Custodial Institutions Agency (Dienst Jüstitionele Inrichtingen) (Prison Service)
- Landelijke Bijzondere Bijstandseenheid (National Special Support Unit) - Prison riot squad
- Bijzonder Ondersteunings Team (BOT) (Special Support Team) - high-risk prisoner escort, prison special response team
New Zealand
- 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
- Anti-Terrorism Squad (ATS), counter terrorist
- Department of State Security (DSS), VIP protection/counter terrorist
Norway
- Emergency Response Unit
- Utrykningsenheten (UEH)
Pakistan
- Pakistan Police
- Special Response Unit
- Anti-Narcotics Force (anti drug-trafficking arm of Pakistan Police)
- Punjab Police - Elite Police
- [Anti Terrorists Squad]
- [Special Service Unit]
Panama
Philippines
- Special Action Force[57]
- Special Weapons and Tactics (SWAT)
- Anti Drugs Special Operations Task Force (ADSOTF)
Poland
Portugal
- Security Forces (Public Security Police & National Republican Guard)
- Grupo de Operações Especiais (Special Operations Group) PSP
- Grupo de Intervenção e Operações Especiais (Special Operations and Intervention Group ) GNR
Romania
- Detaşamentul de Poliţie pentru Intervenţie Rapidă
- DIAS, Special Actions and Interventions Detachment
- Serviciul de Poliţie pentru Intervenţie Rapidă
- SIAS, Serviciul pentru Interventii la Actiuni Speciale
- BAT - Anti-Tero Brigade
Russia
Main article: Spetsnaz
- Special Operations Department of Directorate S (Zaslon)
- Internal Troops of Russia Main Office for Special Technical Actions[61]
- Special Rapid Response Units (S.O.B.R.)
- Special Purpose Mobile Unit (O.M.O.N.)
- Dzerzhinsky Division (O.D.O.N.)
- 604th Special Purpose Center
- 7th OSN Rosich (Novocherkassk)
- 12th OSN Ural (Nizhny Tagil)
- 15th OSN Vyatich (Armavir)
- 17th OSN Edelveys (Mineralnye Vody)
- 19th OSN Ermak (Novosibirsk)
- 20th OSN (Saratov)
- 21st OSN Tayfun (Sosnovka)
- 23rd OSN Mechel (Chelyabinsk)
- 25th OSN Merkuriy (Smolensk)
- 26th OSN Bars (Kazan)
- 27th OSN Kuzbass (Kemerovo)
- 28th OSN Ratnik (Arkhangelsk)
- 29th OSN Bulat (Ufa)
- 33rd OSN Peresvet (Moscow)
- 34th OSN (Grozny)
Federal Drug Control Service of Russia
- OSN "Grom"
- Dozens of various independent detachments, such as OSN Saturn.
Federal Penitentiary Service OSNs:
- OSN "Fakel"[62]
- OSN "Rossy"[63]
- OSN "Akula"[64]
- OSN "Ajsberg"[65]
- OSN "Gurza"[66]
- OSN "Korsar"[67]
- OSN "Rosomaha"[68]
- OSN "Sokol"[69]
- OSN "Saturn"[70]
- OSN "Tornado"
- OSN "Kondor"
- OSN "Yastreb"[71]
- OSN "Berkut"[72]
- OSN "Grif"[73]
- OSN "Titan"[74]
- OSN "Gepard"[75]
Center of Special Operations of the FSB[76]
- Directorate "A" (Spetsgruppa Alpha)
- Directorate "B" (Spetsgruppa Vega)
- Directorate "C" (Spetsgruppa Smerch)
- Regional FSB units
Singapore
- Special Operations Command (SOC)
- Police Tactical Unit (PTU)
- Special Tactics and Rescue (STAR)
- Special Guard and Counter-Terrorism Unit (GC)
- Special Task Squadron (STS)
Slovenia
- Specialna Enota Policije (SEP)
Serbia
Slovakia
- 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
- 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 operationss, 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)
South Korea
- 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
- Sea Special Assault Team (SSAT)
- Busan SSAT Team
- Incheon SSAT Team
Spain
- Grupos Operativos Especiales de Seguridad (GOES)
- Grupo Especial de Operaciones (GEO)
- Grup Especial d'Intervenció (GEI)
- Berrozi Berezi Taldea (BBT)
Sri Lanka
- Special Task Force (STF)
Sweden
- Nationella Insatsstyrkan (National counter-terrorism and special assignment unit)
- Piketen (Emergency response units - Regional police SWAT units)
Switzerland
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)
- Commandement des Forces Spéciales (CFS)
- Vaud State Police
- Zurich State Police
- Einsatzgruppe Diamant
- Bern State Police
- Einsatzgruppe Gentiane
- Geneva State Police
- Groupe d'intervention de la police cantonale (GRIC)
- Valais State Police
- Groupe d'intervention du canton du Valais (GRIV)
- Jura State Police
- Groupe d'intervention et Tireurs d'Elite (GITE)
- Fribourg State Police
- Groupe d'intervention de la police cantonale fribourgeoise (GRIF)
- Neuchatel State Police
- GI COUGAR
Taiwan
- 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)
- Special Task Unit
Thailand
- Arintharat 26
- Royal Thai Police Arintaraj 26 Special Operations Unit (Metro Bangkok SWAT)
- Royal Thai Police Naresuan 261 Counter-Terrorism Unit
- Royal Thai Police Black Tigers Special Operations Unit (VIP Protection)
Turkey
United Arab Emirates
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
- National
- National Crime Agency
- Ministry of Defence Police
- National Domestic Extremism and Disorder Intelligence Unit
- Protection Command
- National Ballistics Intelligence Service (Great Britain)
- Civil Nuclear Constabulary (Great Britain)
- Avon & Somerset Constabulary Firearms unit and Dog unit
- City of London Police Tactical Firearms Group
- Devon and Cornwall Constabulary Tactical Aid Group
- Dorset Police Tactical Firearms Unit
- Kent Police Training and Tactical Firearms Unit
- Metropolitan Police Specialist Firearms Command
- Staffordshire Police Central Firearms Unit
- West Midlands Police Firearms Unit
- Wiltshire Police Armed Response Group
- Regional counter terrorism units
- South East Counter Terrorism Unit
- South West Counter Terrorism Unit
- Metropolitan Police Service Counter Terrorism Command
- East Counter Terrorism Intelligence Unit
- East Midlands Counter Terrorism Intelligence Unit
- West Midlands Counter Terrorism Unit
- Welsh Extremism and Counter Terrorism Unit
- North West Counter Terrorism Unit
- North East Counter Terrorism Unit
- Police Scotland Organised Crime and Counter Terrorism Unit
- Police Service of Northern Ireland Crime Operations Department
- Regional organised crime units
- South East Region Organised Crime Unit
- South West Region Organised Crime Unit
- Metropolitan Police Service Specialist, Organised and Economic Crime Command
- Eastern Region Special Operations Unit
- East Midlands Special Operations Unit
- West Midland Regional Organised Crime Unit
- Southern Wales Regional Organised Crime Unit
- North West Regional Organised Crime Unit
- North East Region Special Operations Unit
- Police Scotland Organised Crime and Counter Terrorism Unit
- Police Service of Northern Ireland Crime Operations Department
- Royal Military Police Close Protection Unit
- Royal Marines Police Troops
- Royal Air Force Police Tactical Provost Wing
United States of America
- Federal agencies
- United States Department of Army- Military District of Washington (MDW)
MDW Special Reaction Team (SRT) [77]
- U.S. Department of Energy
- Special Response Teams (SRT)
- Special Response Force (SRF)
- U.S. Department of Homeland Security
- Customs and Border Protection (CBP)
- Office of Field Operations (OFO)
- Special Response Teams (SRT)
- Quick Reaction Force (QRF) - CBP National Capital Region based tactical team
- U.S. Border Patrol
- Special Operations Group
- Border Patrol Tactical Unit (BORTAC)
- Border Patrol, Search, Trauma and Rescue (BORSTAR)
- Mobile Response Team (MRT)
- Special Operations Group
- Office of Field Operations (OFO)
- Federal Protective Service (FPS) - Special Response Teams
- Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE)
- Homeland Security Investigations (HSI) - Special Response Teams (SRT)
- Homeland Security Investigations (HSI) - Rapid Response Teams (RRT)
- Enforcement and Removal Operations (ERO)
- Special Response Teams (SRT)
- Tactical Intervention and Control (TIAC) Teams
- U.S. Coast Guard
- Maritime Safety and Security Team (MSST)
- Maritime Security Response Team (MSRT)
- Tactical Law Enforcement Teams (TACLET)
- Helicopter Interdiction Tactical Squadron (HITRON)
- Vessel Boarding Security Teams (VBST)
- U.S. Secret Service
- Counter Sniper (CS) Unit
- U.S. Secret Service Uniform Division (UD) - Emergency Response Team (ERT)
- U.S. Secret Service - Counter Assault Team (CAT)
- Customs and Border Protection (CBP)
- United States Department of Justice
- Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives (ATF) - Special Response Teams (SRT)
- Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) - Foreign-deployed Advisory and Support Teams (FAST) - DEA Special Response Teams (SRT)
- Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI)
- Hostage Rescue Team (HRT)
- Special Weapons and Tactics Teams (SWAT)
- Federal Bureau of Prisons - Special Operations Response Team (SORT)
- U.S. Marshals Service (USMS)
- USMS Special Operations Group (SOG)
- USMS - Special Response Teams (SRT)
- U.S. Department of State
- Bureau of Diplomatic Security - Office of Mobile Security Deployments (MSD)
- U.S. Department of the Treasury
- U.S. Mint Police - Special Response Teams (SRT)
- National Park Service
- Special Response Teams (SRT)
- Grand Canyon Special Response Team
- Yellowstone Special Response Team
- Western Region Special Response Team
- Special Event and Tactical Teams (SETT)
- Midwest Special Event and Tactical Team
- Pacific West Region Special Event and Tactical Team
- Southeast Region Special Event and Tactical Team
- U.S. Park Police Special Weapons and Tactics Team
- United States Park Police, New York Field Office Special Weapons and Tactics (SWAT) Team
- Special Response Teams (SRT)
- Independent federal agencies
- Amtrak Police - Mobile Tactical Unit (MTU)
- Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) - Security Protective Service (SPS) - Special Response Team (SRT)
- Federal Reserve Police - Special Response Team (SRT)
- National Security Agency (NSA) - Special Response Team (SRT)
- Pentagon Force Protection Agency
- Pentagon Police Directorate - Emergency Response Team (ERT)
- U.S. Capitol Police - Containment Emergency Response Team (CERT)
- State agencies
- Division of Alaska State Troopers (AST) - Special Emergency Response Team (SERT)
- Arizona Department of Public Safety Special Weapons and Tactics (SWAT) Team
- California Highway Patrol - Special Weapons And Tactics (SWAT) Team
- California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation
- Crisis Response Teams (CRT)
- Special Service Unit (SSU)
- Colorado Department of Corrections Special Operations and Response Team (SORT)
- Connecticut Department of Correction Special Operations Group (SOG)
- Connecticut State Police - State Police Tactical Unit (SPTU)
- Delaware State Police - Special Operations Response Team (SORT)
- Florida Highway Patrol - Tactical Response Teams (TRT)
- Florida Department of Law Enforcement (FDLE) - Special Operations Teams (SOT)
- Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission - Special Operations Group (FWCSOG)
- Georgia Counter-Terrorism Task Force (CTTF) (State level multi-agency tactical team)
- Georgia State Patrol - Special Weapons and Tactics (SWAT) Team
- Hawaii Department of Public Safety Sheriff Division - Sheriff's Emergency Response Team (SERT)
- Illinois State Police - Tactical Response Team (TRT)
- Indiana State Police - Emergency Response Team (ERT)
- Kentucky Department of Corrections - Corrections Emergency Response Team (CERT)
- Louisiana State Police - Special Weapons and Tactics (SWAT) Team
- Maine State Police - Tactical Team
- Maine Department of Corrections Special Operations Group
- Maryland Department of Natural Resources Police Special Operations Division, Tactical Response Team
- Maryland State Police
- Special Tactical Assault Team Element (STATE)
- Tactical Medical Unit (TMU)
- Maryland Transportation Authority Police - Special Response Team (SRT)
- Maryland Transit Administration Police - Visible Intermodal Prevention and Response (VIPR) Teams/Tactical Unit (formerly Special Response Team - SRT)
- Maryland Maritime Tactical Operations Group (MTOG) - Joint federal, state, and local tactical unit specializing in maritime tactical operations
- Massachusetts State Police - Special Tactical Operations Team (STOP)
- Massachusetts Department of Correction Special Reaction Team (SRT)
- Michigan State Police - Emergency Support Team (EST)
- Minnesota Department of Corrections Special Operations Group (SOG)
- Minnesota State Patrol Special Response Team (SRT)
- Nebraska Department of Correctional Services Special Operations Response Team (SORT)
- New Hampshire Division of State Police - Special Weapons and Tactics (SWAT) Unit
- New Jersey State Police - Technical Emergency And Mission Specialists (TEAMS)
- New Jersey Transit Police - Emergency Services Unit (ESU)
- New Jersey Transit Police - Conditions Tactical Unit (CTU)
- New Mexico State Police - Tactical Team
- New York State Police - Special Operations Response Teams (SORT)
- North Carolina State Bureau of Investigation (SBI) - Special Response Team (SRT)
- North Carolina Department of Correction Special Operations Response Team (SORT)
- Ohio State Highway Patrol - Special Response Team (SRT)
- Ohio Department of Rehabilitation and Corrections
- Special Response Teams (SRT)
- Special Tactics and Response (STAR)
- Oklahoma Highway Patrol Tactical Team
- Oklahoma Department of Corrections - Corrections Emergency Response Team (CERT)
- Oregon State Police - Special Weapons and Tactics (SWAT) Team
- Pennsylvania State Police - Special Emergency Response Team (SERT)
- Pennsylvania Department of Corrections
- Corrections Rifle Specialist Team (CRST)
- Hostage Rescue Team (HRT)
- Port Authority Police Department (PAPD) – Emergency Services Unit (ESU)
- Rhode Island Department of Corrections Correctional Emergency Response Team (CERT)
- Rhode Island State Police - Tactical Team, WMD Tactical Team
- South Carolina State Law Enforcement Division (SLED) - Special Weapons and Tactics (SWAT) Team
- Tennessee Highway Patrol - Special Operations Unit (SOU)
- Texas Department of Public Safety
- Ranger Division
- Ranger Recon Teams (RRT)
- Special Weapons and Tactics (SWAT) Team
- Ranger Division
- Texas Department of Public Safety - Special Response Teams (SRT)
- Texas Parks and Wildlife Department SCOUT Team (Tactical Response)
- Utah Highway Patrol - Special Emergency Response Team (SERT)
- Vermont State Police - Tactical Services Unit
- Virginia State Police - Tactical Response Teams (TRT)
- Local/County Agencies
The police departments of many counties and most major cities have special police units.
- Denver Police Department - Special Weapons And Tactics (SWAT) Team
- Miami Police Department - Special Threat Response: Special Weapons and Tactics Team (SWAT) and Hostage Negotiators
- New York City Police Department - Emergency Service Unit (ESU), Critical Response Command (CRC) and Strategic Response Group (SRG)
- 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)
Ukraine
- Berkut (disbanded)
Security
Vietnam
- 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
References
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