List of Special Police Forces
Interior Ministry
Special Narcotics Force
Afghan National Civil Order Police Special Support Battalion
Albania Albania
Shqiponjat (The Eagles) (disbanded 2013)[1]
Immediate Intervention Forces - FNSH (Forcat e Ndërhyrjes së Shpejtë)[citation needed]
Port Authority Security Force[citation needed]
RENEA
Argentina Argentina
Argentine Federal Police
Federal Special Operations Group (GEOF)
Hawk Special Operations Brigade (BEOH)
Special Operations Troops Company (TOE)
Albatross Group
Scorpion Group
Austria Austria
Austrian Federal Police
Einsatzkommando Cobra (EKO Cobra)
Australia Australia
Australian Federal Police
Specialist Response Group (SRG)
New South Wales Police Force
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
New South Wales Department of Corrective Services
Hostage Response Group (HRG)
Northern Territory Police
Territory Response Group (TRG)
Public Order Response Team (PORT)[2]
Queensland Police
Special Emergency Response Team (SERT)
Public Safety Response Team (PSRT)[3]
Queensland Department of Corrective Services
Tactical Response Unit (TRU)[4]
South Australia Police
Special Tasks and Rescue (STAR)
State Tactical Group[5]
Tasmania Police
Special Operations Group (SOG)
Public Order Response Team (PORT)[6]
Tasmania Corrective Services
Tactical Response Group (TRG)[7]
Victoria Police
Special Operations Group (SOG)
Critical Incident Response Team (CIRT)
Public Order Response Team (PORT)[8]
Western Australia Police
Tactical Response Group (TRG)
Regional Operations Group (ROG)[9]
Western Australia Department of Corrective Services
Emergency Support Group[10][11]
The Bahamas Bahamas
Royal Bahamas Police Force
Security and Intelligence Branch
Bangladesh Bangladesh
Bangladesh Police
SWAT (Bangladesh)
Rapid Action Battalion
Belgium Belgium
Federal police
Speciale Eenheden/Unités Spéciales (CGSU) Special Units of the General Commissioner's Office
Bolivia 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 Bosnia and Herzegovina
Bosnian Police Force
The State Investigation and Protection Agency - SIPA
Bosnian Special Police Units
Special Police Unit
Brazil Brazil
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Military Police
BOPE - Batalhão de Operações Policiais Especiais (Special Police Operations Battalion), State of Rio de Janeiro.
COE - Comandos e Operações Especiais (Commandos and Special Operations)
CAESA - Companhia Independente de Ações Especiais do Semi-Árido (Company Independent Special Shares of the Semi-Arid)
CPAC - Companhia de Polícia de Ações em Caatinga (Police Company of share Caatinga)
CIAC - Companhia Independente de Ações no Cerrado
CAESG - Companhia Ações Especiais no Sudoeste e Gerais
CAEMA - Companhia de Ações Especiais em Mata Atlântica
CAEL - Companhia de Ações Especiais do Litoral
CIOSAC - Companhia Independente de Operações e Sobrevivência na Área de Caatinga
GATE - Grupo de Ações Táticas Especiais
Federal Police
COT - Comando de Operações Táticas (Tactical Operations Command)
Civil Police
CORE - Coordenadoria de Recursos Especiais (Special Resources Direction), State of Rio de Janeiro.
GARRA - Grupo Armado de Repressão a Roubos e Assaltos (Robbery and Assault Repression Armed Group), State of São Paulo.
GOE - Grupo de Operações Especiais (Special Operations Group), State os São Paulo.
Bulgaria Bulgaria
SOBT
Bulgarian Gendarmerie
Counter-Terrorist Squads
Canada Canada
Royal Canadian Mounted Police
Emergency Response Team (RCMP) / Groupe Tactique d'Intervention (GTI)
Chile 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 China
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Ministry of Public Security of the People's Republic of China
Beijing SWAT
People's Armed Police (CAPF)
Snow Leopard Commando Unit (SWCU)
Immediate Action Unit (IAU)
Provincial Special Police Groups (SPG)
Special Police Unit (SPU)
Guangdong Province SPU
Municipal Public Security Police Bureaus
Beijing SWAT Unit
Hong Kong Hong Kong
Airport Security Unit (ASU)
Counter Terrorism Response Unit (CTRU)
Special Duties Unit (SDU)
VIP Protection Unit (G4)
Witness Protection Unit (WPU)
Police Tactical Unit (PTU)
Surveillance Support Unit (D3,Hit Team)
Macau Macau
Macau Public Security Police Force
Police Intervention Tactical Unit (UTIP)
Special Operation Group (GOE)
Colombia Colombia
Colombian Special National Police
The Elite Operations Special Police
C.O.P.E.S "commando de operaciones especiales" Special Operations Command (All country Really special operations most of the operations are secret)
Comandos Jungla (Special Rural operations, anti-narcotics, anti-extortions specialization in irregular combat they supports the special army forces)
The Special Operations Combat Police
G.O.E.S "grupo especial de operaciones" Special group operations (urban operations)
E.M.C.A.R "Escuadrones Mobiles de Carabineros" Mobile Carabine Squadrons (Rural protection and operations)
The Special Police
GAULA- SIJIN "Fuerazas conjuntas anti extorción por la Paz" special task of united areas from the police for extortion, kindnapings and narcotics rural and urban operations.
C.T.I special unity of investigations.
DAS special anti-terrorism department in Colombia a special police
E.S.M.A.D Anti-disturbs command
Costa Rica Costa Rica
Unidad Especial de Intervención (UEI) - attached to the Directorate of Intelligence and National Security (DIS) of Ministry of the Presidency.
Servicio Policial de Intervención Immediata (SPII) attached to the Organismo de Investigación Judicial (OIJ) from the Judicial Branch.
Unidad Especial de Apoyo (UEA)from Ministry of Public Security (MSP)
Unidad de Intervención Policial (crowd management unit/ anti-riot) UIP (MSP)
Unidad Tactica Policial - MSP
Unidad Canina - MSP
Policia Antidrogas - PCD (MSP)
Croatia Croatia
Law Enforcement
Lučko Anti-Terrorist Unit
Cuba Cuba
Police
BE PNR
Czech Republic Czech Republic
URNA (Útvar rychlého nasazení - Rapid Reaction Unit)
ZJ (Zasahova jednotka) - 8 regional fulltime units)
Denmark Denmark
Rigspolitiet
Politiets Aktionsstyrke (Special unit of the Police)
Bagmands Politiet (Economic and international crimes) Statsadvokaten for Særlig Økonomisk og International Kriminalitet.
Egypt Egypt
Egyptian National Police
Unit 333 (Special unit of the interior ministry)
Estonia Estonia
Estonian Police
K-Commando (Special unit of the Central Crime Police)
Fiji Fiji
Police Tactical Response Unit (disbanded in 2007)[12]
Police National Operations Support Unit[13][14]
Finland Finland
Finnish Police
Karhuryhmä (Special unit of the Helsinki City Police Department but used nation-wide)
Valo-79 (Special unit of the North-Finland Police)
Finnish Border Guard
Border Guard Readiness Unit
France France
Gendarmerie
Groupe d'Intervention de la Gendarmerie Nationale (GIGN)
Pelotons d'Intervention Interrégionaux de la Gendarmerie Nationale (PI2G)
National Police
Recherche Assistance Intervention Dissuasion (RAID)
Groupes d'Intervention de la Police Nationale (GIPN)
Préfecture de Police de Paris
Brigade de recherche et d'intervention (BRI)
Joint unit
Groupement interarmées d'hélicoptères (GIH, joint air force and army light aviation helicopters unit for specialized units of Gendarmerie and Police)
Germany Germany
Bundespolizei (Federal Police)
GSG 9
ASSIK
German police special response units
Spezialeinsatzkommando(SEK)
Mobiles Einsatzkommando (MEK)
Zollkriminalamt (German Customs Investigation Bureau)
ZUZ
Greece Greece
Greek Police
Special Anti-Terrorist Unit (EKAM)
Greek Coast Guard
Special Operations Teams (OEA)
Hungary Hungary
TEK - Terrorelhárítási Központ
Iceland Iceland
Icelandic Police
Víkingasveitin (Viking Squad / Special Operations Unit of the National Commissioner)
India India
Indian Police Service
National Security Guard
Rapid Action Force
Special Operations Group (India)
Anti Terrorist Squad (India)
Force One
Protective Service Unit
Special Protection Group
Indonesia Indonesia
Indonesian National Police / POLRI
Brigade Mobil (National Police Special Operations Force, Police Commandos, Special Response team) POLRI
Detachment 88 (Police Special Counter-terrorist force)
Iran Iran
Iranian Police
NAJA
NOPO (Counter-terrorism Special Force)
Police Amniat (Security Police)
Iraq Iraq
Iraqi Police
Hilla SWAT Team
Republic of Ireland Ireland
Garda Síochána (National Police)
Special Detective Unit (SDU)
Emergency Response Unit (ERU)
Regional Support Unit (RSU)
Garda National Surveillance Unit (NSU)
Public Order Unit
Israel Israel
Israel Police
Yasam
Gideonim
Yagal
Public Transportation (Yoav, Horev, and Nit'zan)
Israel Border Police
Yamam
Yamas
Yamag
Matilan
Israel Prison Service
Nachshon
Dror
Masada
Italy Italy
Italian Carabinieri
Gruppo di Intervento Speciale (GIS)
Raggruppamento Operativo Speciale (ROS)
Italian State Police
Nucleo Operativo Centrale di Sicurezza (NOCS)
Servizio Centrale Operativo (SCO)
Italian Penitentiary Police
Gruppo Operativo Mobile (GOM)
Italian Finance Security
Antiterrorismo Pronto Impiego (AT-PI)
Gruppo di investigazione criminalità organizzata (GICO)
Japan Japan
National Police Agency
Special Assault Team (SAT) --- national SWAT units
Tokyo Metropolitan Police Department
Special Investigation Team (SIT)
Anti-Firearms Squad --- the armed response teams
Osaka Prefectural Police Department
Martial Arts Attack Team (MAAT)
Japan Coast Guard
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 Jordan
Public Security Force
Special Police's Unit 30 (SWAT)
General Directorate Of Gendarmerie
Special Unit 14 (Special Intervention)
GID
GID Special Unit
Lebanon Lebanon
Lebanese Police Force
Fuhud (Panthers)(Special Police Unit)
internal intelligence (fast reaction force)
general security (special unit)
Liechtenstein Liechtenstein
Landespolizei
Special Police Unit
Lithuania Lithuania
Police
ARAS - Lithuanian Police Anti-terrorist Operations Unit (Lithuanian: Lietuvos policijos antiteroristinių operacijų rinktinė "Aras")
VSAT SPB (Lithuanian State Border Guard Service Rapid Reaction Squads)
Military
AITVARAS - Lithuanian Special Operations Force (LITHSOF) (Lithuanian: Lietuvos Specialiųjų Operacijų Pajėgos)
Luxembourg Luxembourg
Grand Ducal Police
Unité Spéciale de la Police
Malaysia Malaysia
Royal Malaysian Police.svgRoyal Malaysia Police / Polis Diraja Malaysia
Pasukan Gerakan Khas (PGK) --- national police counter-terrorist teams
Unit Gempur Marin (UNGERIN) --- maritime SWAT teams
Unit Tindakan Cepat (UTC) --- the CID armed response teams
Prison logo3.jpg Malaysian Prisons Department
Trup Tindakan Cepat (TTC) --- Prison SWAT teams
Crest of Malaysian Maritime Enforcement Agency.svg Malaysian Maritime Enforcement Agency / Agensi Penguatkuasaan Maritim Malaysia
Special Task And Rescue (STAR) --- Coast guard SWAT teams
Malta Malta
Maltese Police
Special Assignments Group till June 2013
Rapid Intervention Unit (RIU) since July 1st 2013
Mexico Mexico
Policia Federal
Grupo de Operaciones Especiales GOPES
Fuerzas Federales de Apoyo
Proteccion Federal
Policia Federal de Caminos
Division de Inteligencia
Procuraduria General de la Republica PGR
Policia Federal Ministerial
Mongolia Mongolia
Mongolian Police
Special Response Unit
SWAT
Morocco Morocco
Brigade d'infanterie parachutiste (B.I.P) of the Royal Moroccan Armed Forces :
4 Units
2 Commandos
Land Army :
3 Commandos : Units Cobra, Aigle and Tigre
Royal Navy :
2 Battalions : Al Hoceima and El Ayoune
Royal Gendarmerie :
Groupe d'intervention de la Gendarmerie royale (G.I.G.R)
National Police :
Groupe d'intervention rapide de la Police nationale (G.I.R)
Namibia Namibia
Special Field Force (SFF)
Netherlands Netherlands
Police
Dienst Speciale Interventies (DSI)
Arrestatieteam
New Zealand New Zealand
New Zealand Police
Armed Offenders Squad (AOS), incidents involving weapons
Diplomatic Protection Squad (DPS), VIP protection
Special Tactics Group (STG), counter terrorist
Nigeria Nigeria
Nigeria Police Force
Anti-Terrorism Squad (ATS), counter terrorist
State Security Service (Nigeria)
Department of State Security (DSS), VIP protection/counter terrorist
Norway Norway
Norwegian Police Service
Emergency Response Unit
Pakistan Pakistan
Pakistan Police
Punjab Police - Elite Police
Panama Panama
Darien-Kuna Yala Border Security Police (DARKUN)
Philippines Philippines
Philippine National Police
Special Action Force[15]
Philippine National Police Aviation Security Command
Police and Armed Forces Anti-Crime Emergency Response Task Force (PACER)
Special Response Unit
SWAT
Poland Poland
PolishPoliceEagle.pngPolicja
Biuro Operacji Antyterrorystycznych Komendy Głównej Policji - Bureau of Antiterror Operations of the Main Policja Command - central Police CT/SWAT unit, subordinated to Main Policja Command
Samodzielne Pododdziały Antyterrorystyczne Policji, Sekcje Antyterrorystyczne - Independent Antiterrorist Subunits and Antiterrorism Sections - Regional full time SWAT/CT units, subordinated Regional Police Commands.
Portugal 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 Romania
Stema MIRA.jpegMinistry of Interior and Administrative Reform
Special Group for Protection and Intervention or GSPI
COA-Politia Romana.svg Police
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
COA-Jandarmeria Romana.svg Romanian Gendarmerie
Special Intervention Brigade "Vlad Ţepeş"
Sigla SRI.svgRomanian Secret Service (SRI)
BAT - Anti-Tero Brigade
Russia Russia
MVD emblem.png Ministry of Internal Affairs (Russia)
Rus (special forces)
Vityaz (MVD)
OMON
SOBR/OMSN
Rosich[disambiguation needed]
Ratnik
Vyatich
Skif
OMSDON
Federal Drug Control Service of Russia
Minjust emblem.gif Ministry of Justice (Russia)
Dozens of various independent detachments, such as Saturn (detachment).
FSB.svg Federal Security Service
Special Operations Center (TsSN): Alpha, Vympel, Special Purpose Service
Regional FSB special forces
Saudi Arabia Saudi Arabia
Saudi Arabian General Security
Saudi Emergency Force (SEFC)
Mission-Security Force
Serbia Serbia
Badge of Serbian Ministry of Interior.jpg Law enforcement
Gendarmerie emblem.gif Gendarmerie (Serbia)
SAJ emblem.png Special Anti-Terrorist Unit (Serbia)
PTJ emblem.png PTJ (Counter-Terrorist Unit)
Singapore Singapore
Singapore Police Force
Special Operations Command (SOC)
Police Tactical Unit (PTU)
Special Tactics and Rescue (STAR)
Singapore Prison Service
Singapore Prisons Emergency Action Response (SPEAR)
Police Coast Guard
Special Task Squadron (STS)
Slovenia Slovenia
Specialna Enota Policije (SEP)
Slovakia Slovakia
Útvar osobitného určenia Prezídia policajného zboru SR (ÚOU PZ SR)
South Africa 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.
South African Police Service Riot Squad/Anti-Riot Squad/ Public Order Policing/Internal Stability Unit (POP/ISU)
South Korea 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 Spain
Guardia Civil
Unidad Especial de Intervención (UEI)
Grupo Antiterrorista Rural (GAR)
Cuerpo Nacional de Policía
Grupos Operativos Especiales de Seguridad (GOES)
Grupo Especial de Operaciones (GEO)
Mossos d'Esquadra
Grup Especial d'Intervenció (GEI)
Ertzaintza
Berrozi Berezi Taldea (BBT)
Sri Lanka Sri Lanka
Sri Lanka Police Service
Special Task Force (STF)
Switzerland 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)
Einsatzgruppe TIGRIS
Swiss Army
Commandement des Forces Spéciales (CFS)
Vaud State Police
Détachement d'Action Rapide et de Dissuasion (DARD)
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
Sweden Sweden
Swedish Police Service
Nationella Insatsstyrkan (Police CT Unit)
Piketgruppen
Taiwan 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)
Coast Guard Administration
Special Task Unit
Thailand Thailand
Royal Thai Police
Royal Thai Police Arintaraj 26 Special Operations Unit (Metro Bangkok SWAT)
Royal Thai Police Naresuan 261 Special Operations Unit (Border Patrol Police SWAT)
Royal Thai Police Black Tigers Special Operations Unit (VIP Protection)
Turkey Turkey
General Directorate of Security
Police Special Operation Teams
Turkish Gendarmerie
Gendarmerie Commandos (Jandarma Özel Asayiş Komutanlığı – JÖAK)
Gendarmerie Special Operations (Jandarma Özel Harekat – JÖH)
Ukraine Ukraine
Ukrainian Police Force
Berkut (Golden Eagles)
United Arab Emirates United Arab Emirates
Dubai Police Force
Police Special Unit
United Kingdom United Kingdom
Serious Organised Crime Agency (SOCA)
Metropolitan Police Service
Royalty and Diplomatic Protection Department
Counter Terrorism Command
Specialist Firearms Command (SCO19)
Central Robbery Squad (Flying Squad)
Criminal Investigations Department (CID)
Special Branch
Public Disorder Department
Dog Handling Unit
Metrpolitain Police Cadets (VPC)
West Midlands Police
Central Motorway Police Group
Central Counties Firearms Command
Midlands Regional Public Order
West Midlands Counter Terrorism Unit
Midlands Events Management Policing
Greater Manchester Police
Counter Terrorism Unit (CTU)[16]
United States United States of America
Police
LAPD Special Weapons And Tactics (LAPD SWAT)
SDSO Aerial Support to Regional Enforcement Agencies (ASTREA)[17]
NYPD Emergency Service Unit (NYPD ESU)
Northwest Regional SWAT Team (NWRS) - Multi-Jurisdictional SWAT Team - Northwest Indiana (Lake County, IN)
Special Victims Unit/Bureau (SVU/SVB)[which?]
Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI)
FBI Special Weapons and Tactics Teams
Hostage Rescue Team
U.S. Marshals Service (USMS)
Special Operations Group (SOG)
Special Response Teams (SRT)
United States Federal Witness Protection Program
Missile Escort Program (MEP)
Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF)
Special Response Teams (SRT)
Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA)
Foreign-deployed Advisory Support Team (FAST)
U.S. Coast Guard
Helicopter Interdiction Tactical Squadron
Maritime Safety and Security Team (MSST)
Maritime Security Response Team (MSRT)
Tactical Law Enforcement Teams (TACLET)
U.S. Department of Energy (DOE)
Special Response Teams (SRT)
Special Response Force (SRF)
U.S. Secret Service (USSS)
Counter Assault Team (CAT)
Uniformed Division Emergency Response Team (ERT)
Counter Sniper Team (CST)
U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP)
Office of Air and Marine
Air and Marine Tactical Unit (AMTAC)
Office of Border Patrol
Border Patrol Tactical Unit (BORTAC)
Border Patrol, Search, Trauma and Rescue (BORSTAR)
Office of Field Operations
Special Response Teams (SRT)
U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE)
Homeland Security Investigations (HSI) Special Response Teams (SRT)
Enforcement & Removal Operations (ERO) Special Response Teams (SRT)
Enforcement & Removal Operations (ERO) Tactical Intervention and Control Teams
Federal Protective Service (FPS)
Special Response Teams (SRT)
U.S. Department of State (DOS)
DSS LOGO.svg Bureau of Diplomatic Security
Diplomatic Security’s Office of Mobile Security Deployment (MSD)
Patch of the United States Capitol Police.png U.S. Capitol Police
Containment Emergency Response Team (CERT)
U.S. Mint Police (USMP)
USMP Special Response Teams (SRT)
U.S. Park Police (USPP)
Special Weapons and Tactics Team (SWAT)
USA - Pentagon Police.png Pentagon Force Protection Agency (PFPA)
U.S. Pentagon Police Emergency Response Team (ERT)
Vietnam Vietnam
Vietnam People's Public Security
Vietnam Mobile Police (Counter-terrorist and riot police)
Vietnam Rapid Response Police aka CS113 (Counter criminal police)
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