List of Special Response Units

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The scope of this list is primarily police units tasked with special duties, including, but not limited to the following:

• 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

Contents 1 Albania 2 Argentina 3 Australia 4 Austria 5 Bangladesh 6 Belgium 7 Brazil 8 Canada 9 Chile 10 China 11 Denmark 12 Finland 13 France 14 Germany 15 Greece 16 Hong Kong 17 Iceland 18 India 19 Indonesia 20 Ireland 21 Israel 22 Italy 23 Japan 24 Malaysia 25 Netherlands 26 New Zealand 27 Norway 28 Philippines 29 Portugal 30 Russia 31 Serbia 32 Singapore 33 South Africa 34 Spain 35 Sri Lanka 36 Sweden 37 Taiwan 38 Ukraine 39 United Kingdom 40 United States 41 See also

[edit] Albania

• Reparti i Neutralizimit te Elementit te Armatosur (RENEA)

[edit] Argentina

• Policía Federal Argentina (Argentine Federal Police) - Grupo Especial de Operaciones Federales (Federal Special Operations Group)
• Policía de la Provincia de Buenos Aires (Buenos Aires Provincial Police) - Brigada Especial Operativa Halcón (Hawk Special Operations Brigade)

[edit] Australia

• Australian Federal Police - Specialist Response and Security Team
• New South Wales Police Force - Tactical Operations Unit
• Northern Territory Police - Territory Response Group
• Queensland Police - Special Emergency Response Team
• South Australia Police - Special Tasks and Rescue Group
• Tasmania Police - Special Operations Group
• Victoria Police - Special Operations Group
• Western Australia Police - Tactical Response Group

[edit] Austria

• Bundespolizei (Federal Police) - Einsatzkommando (EKO) Cobra

[edit] Bangladesh

• Rapid Action Battalion (RAB)

[edit] Belgium

• Federal Police - Federal Police Special Units (former SIE/ESI)

[edit] Brazil

• Polícia Militar (Brazilian Military Police) - Batalhão de Operações Policiais Especiais (Special Police Operations Battalion)
• Polícia Civil (Brazilian Civil Police) - Grupo de Operações Especiais (Special Operations Group)

[edit] Canada

• Royal Canadian Mounted Police - Emergency Response Team (ERT)
• Correctional Service Canada - Correctional Service Canada
• Durham Regional Police - Tactical Support Unit (TSU)
• Municipal Integrated Emergency Response Team - MIERT
• Toronto Police - Emergency Task Force (ETF)
• Ontario Provincial Police - Tactics and Rescue Unit (TRU)
• Ottawa Police Service - Tactical Unit
• Sûreté du Québec (Quebec Provincial Police) - Groupe d'Intervention (Intervention Group )
• Service de police de la Ville de Montreal (City of Montreal Police Service) - Groupe tactique d'intervention (Tactical Intervention Group)
• York Regional Police - Emergency Response Unit (ERU)
• Vancouver Police Department - Emergency Response Team
• Peel Regional Police - Tactical and Rescue Unit
• Halton Regional Police - Tactical Rescue Unit
• Niagara Regional Police - Emergency Task Unit
• Waterloo Regional Police Service - Emergency Response Unit
• Calgary Police Service - Tactical Unit
• Edmonton Police Service - Tactical Unit

[edit] Chile

• Carabineros de Chile (Chilean gendarmerie) - Grupo de Operaciones Policiales Especiales (Special Police Operations Group)

[edit] China

• Snow Wolf Commando Unit (SWCU)

[edit] Denmark

• Politiet (Danish police) - Aktionsstyrken (AKS)

[edit] Finland

• Readiness Unit

[edit] France

• Police Nationale (National Police)
  • Groupes d'Intervention de la Police Nationale (GIPN) (National Police Intervention Groups)
  • Recherche Assistance Intervention Dissuasion (RAID) (Research, Assistance, Intervention, Deterrence)
  • Brigade Anti-Commando (BAC) of the Préfecture de Police de Paris (Prefecture of Paris Police)
  • Service de Protection des Hautes Personnalités (SPHP)

• Gendarmerie Nationale (National Gendarmerie)
  • Groupe d'Intervention de la Gendarmerie Nationale (GIGN) (National Gendarmerie Intervention Group)
  • Pelotons d'Intervention de 2e Génération (PI2G)

[edit] Germany

• Bundespolizei (German Federal Police) - GSG 9 (formerly an a German abbreviation of Grenzschutzgruppe 9, 'Border Guards, Group 9')
• Landespolizei (State police) Spezialeinsatzkommando (SEK)
• Zollkriminalamt (German Customs Investigation Bureau) - Zentrale Unterstützungsgruppe Zoll (ZUZ)
• MEK (Mobiles Einsatzkommando, state police services and federal criminal police office)

[edit] Greece

• Elliniki Astynomia (Greek Police) - Eidiki Katastaltiki Antitromokratiki Monada (Special Anti-Terrorist Unit)

[edit] Hong Kong

• Hong Kong Police Force - Police Tactical Unit
  • Special Duties Unit
  • Airport Security Unit

[edit] Iceland

• Víkingasveitin (Viking Squad / Special Operations Unit of the National Commissioner)

[edit] India

• National Security Guard

[edit] Indonesia

• Brigade Mobil SOF (Police Mobile Brigade)

[edit] Ireland

• Garda Síochána (national police) - Emergency Response Unit

[edit] Israel

• Mishteret Yisrael (Israel Police)
  • Yeḥidat Mishtara Meyuḥedet (YAMAM)
  • Yehidat Siyur Meyuhedet (Yasam)

[edit] Italy

• Nucleo Operativo Centrale di Sicurezza (Italian Police)
• Gruppo di Intervento Speciale (Italian Carabinieri)

[edit] Japan

• Keisatsu-chō (National Police Agency) - Tokushu Kyūshū Butai (Special Assault Team)

[edit] Malaysia

• Royal Malaysia Police
  • Pasukan Gerakan Khas (Special Operations Force)
  • Unit Tindakan Cepat

[edit] Netherlands

• Korps landelijke politiediensten (National Police Services Agency) - Dienst Speciale Interventies (Special Intervention Service)

[edit] New Zealand

• New Zealand Police
  • Armed Offenders Squad
  • Special Tactics Group

[edit] Norway

• Politi- og lensmannsetaten (Norwegian Police Service) - Beredskapstroppen (nickname 'Delta')

[edit] Philippines

Philippine National Police

• Special Action Force
• PNP-SWAT Teams

[edit] Portugal

• Polícia de Segurança Pública (Public Security Police) - Grupo de Operações Especiais (GEO) (Special Operations Group)

[edit] Russia

• Ministerstvo Vnutrennikh Del (MVD) (Ministry of Internal Affairs) - Otryad Militsii Osobogo Naznacheniya (OMON) (Special Purpose Police Squad; generic name)
  • Spetsialnogo Otryad Bistrogo Reagirovannia (SOBR) (Special Rapid Reaction Unit)

[edit] Serbia

• SAJ (Special Anti-terrorist Unit)
• PTJ (Anti-terror unit)

[edit] Singapore

• Singapore Police Force - Special Tactics and Rescue (STAR)

[edit] South Africa

• South African Police Service - Service Special Task Force (SAPS STF)

[edit] Spain

• Cuerpo Nacional de Policía (National Police Corps) - Grupo Especial de Operaciones (GEO) (Special Operations Group)

[edit] Sri Lanka

• Special Task Force

[edit] Sweden

• Polisen (Swedish Police Service) - Nationella Insatsstyrkan (National Task Force)

[edit] Taiwan

• National Police Agency - Thunder Squad

[edit] Ukraine

• Ministerstvo Vnutrishnikh Sprav (Ministry of Internal Affairs) - Berkut

[edit] United Kingdom

See also: Specialist Firearms Officer

• Metropolitan Police Service - Specialist Firearms Command (CO19)

[edit] United States

Main article: List of Special Response Units in the United States

• Federal Bureau of Investigation - Hostage Rescue Team (FBI)

[edit] See also

• Emergency management
• List of protective service agencies