List of special police units

This list is about law enforcement units. For military, see List of special forces units

This is a list of civilian police 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

Interior Ministry

• Special Narcotics Force
• Afghan National Civil Order Police Special Support Battalion

Albania

• Shqiponjat (The Eagles) (disbanded 2013)^[1]
• Immediate Intervention Forces - FNSH (Forcat e Ndërhyrjes së Shpejtë)
• Port Authority Security Force
• RENEA (Reparti i Neutralizimit te Elementit te Armatosur)

Argentina

Argentine Federal Police

• Federal Special Operations Group (GEOF)
• Grupo Especial Uno "GE-1" (Special Group One)

Argentine National Gendarmerie

• 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

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)

Western Australia Police

• Tactical Response Group (TRG)
• Regional Operations Group (ROG)^[8]

Western Australia Department of Corrective Services

• Emergency Support Group^[9][10]

Austria

Austrian Federal Police

• Einsatzkommando Cobra (EKO Cobra)

Azerbaijan

Ministry of Internal Affairs

• OPON

Bahamas

Royal Bahamas Police Force

• Security and Intelligence Branch

Bangladesh

Bangladesh Police

• SWAT (Bangladesh)
• Rapid Action Battalion

Belgium

Federal police

• Speciale Eenheden/Unités Spéciales (CGSU) Special Units of the General Commissioner's Office (former SIE/ESI)

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

• SOBT

Bulgarian Gendarmerie

• Counter-Terrorist Squads

Brazil

Federal Police Department

• Comando de Operações Táticas (C.O.T.) - is a specialized counter terrorism unit with headquarters in Brasília^[11]
• 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

Polícia Militar

• BOE/BOPE (Batalhão de Operações Especiais) units:
  • Special Operations Battalion (PMAC) - in Acre^[12]
  • Special Operations Battalion (PMDF) - in the Federal District^[13][14][15]
  • Specials Battalion Operations (PMMT) - in the state of Mato Grosso^[16]
  • Special Operations Battalion (PMPR) - the state of Paraná^[17]
  • Special Operations Battalion (PMPI) - the state of Piauí^[18]
  • Special Police Operations Battalion (PMAL) - the state of Alagoas^[19]
  • Special Police Operations Battalion (PMRR) - in the state of Roraima^[20][21]
  • Special Police Operations Battalion (PMSC) - the state of Santa Catarina^[22]
  • Special Police Operations Battalion (PMERJ) - in the state of Rio de Janeiro^[23]
  • Special Police Operations Battalion (PMRN) - in Rio Grande do Norte state^[24]
  • Special Police Operations Battalion (PMRS) - in Rio Grande do Sul state^[25]
  • Special Police Operations Battalion (PMAP) - in Amapá state^[26]

• Grupo de Ações Táticas Especiais (G.A.T.E.) - is a special operations force within São Paulo's military police^[27]
• Grupo de Ações Táticas Especiais (G.A.T.E.) - is a GATE type unit of the Military Police of Minas Gerais State

Policia Civil

• Grupo Tático 3 (G.T.3.) - in the state of Goiás^[28]
• 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^[29]
• Centro de Operações Policiais Especiais (C.O.P.E.) - is a specialized division within the civil police of Paraná state^[30]
• 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^[31]
• Coordenadoria de Recursos Especiais (C.O.R.E.) - is a paramilitary police unit within the Civil Police of Rio de Janeiro State^[32]
• Divisão de Operações especiais (D.O.E.) - is a special tactics unit based in Federal District^[33]
• Grupo de Operações Especiais (G.O.E.) - is the GOE unit of the state of Pernambuco^[34]

Canada

Royal Canadian Mounted Police

• 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
• Chalk River Laboratories Nuclear Response Force (NRF)
• Correctional Service of Canada - Institutional Emergency Response Team (IERT)
• Ontario Provincial Police
  • Tactics and Rescue Unit (TRU)
  • Emergency Response Team (ERT)
  • Provincial Emergency Response Team (PERT)
• 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

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

Hong Kong

Hong Kong Police Force

• 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)

Croatia

Special Police

• Lučko Anti-Terrorist Unit (Lučko ATU)
• Special Police Units
• Riot Police Units

Czech Republic

• URNA (Útvar rychlého nasazení - Rapid Reaction Unit)
• ZJ (Zasahova jednotka) - 8 regional full-time units)

Denmark

Rigspolitiet

• Politiets Aktionsstyrke (Special unit of the Police)

Ecuador

• GOE - Grupo de Operaciones Especiales
• GIR - Grupo de Intervención y Rescate

Egypt

Egyptian National Police

• Unit 333 (Special unit of the interior ministry)

Estonia

Estonian Police

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

Fiji

• Police Tactical Response Unit (disbanded in 2007)^[35]
• Police National Operations Support Unit^[36][37]

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

Gendarmerie

• 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)

National Police

• Recherche Assistance Intervention Dissuasion (RAID)
• Groupes d'Intervention de la Police Nationale (GIPN)
• Service de Protection des Hautes Personnalités (SPHP) (VIP details Service)

Prefecture of Police of 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)

Georgia

• Counterterrorism Center^[38]
• Special State Protection Service (SSPS)
• Counter Intelligence Department^[39]
• Special Emergency and Situations Management Center^[40]
• Central Anti Crime Department^[39]
• Regional Special Task Divisions^[41][42]

Germany

German Federal Police (Bundespolizei)

• GSG 9
• ASSIK

German police special response units

• Spezialeinsatzkommando (SEK)
• Mobiles Einsatzkommando (MEK)

Zollkriminalamt (German Customs Investigation Bureau)

• ZUZ

Greece

Greek Police

• Special Anti-Terrorist Unit (EKAM)

Greek Coast Guard

• Special Operations Teams (OEA)

Hungary

• Counter Terrorism Centre (TEK - Terrorelhárítási Központ)
• Készenléti Rendőrség (Operational Police)

Iceland

Icelandic Police

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

India

Indian Police Service

• 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 new delhi
• MARCOS
• Para (Indian Special Forces)
• Central Bureau of Investigation

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

Iranian Police

• Special Units of Disciplinary Force's

including

• Counter-terrorism Special Force (NOPO)

Iraq

Iraqi Police

• Hilla SWAT Team

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 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

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

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

Public Security Force

• Special Police's Unit 30 (SWAT)

General Directorate Of Gendarmerie

• Special Unit 14 (Special Intervention)

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)

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

Landespolizei

• Special Police Unit

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

Grand Ducal Police

• Unité Spéciale de la Police

Macedonia

Macedonian Police

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

Malaysia

Royal Malaysia Police (Polis Diraja Malaysia)

• Pasukan Gerakan Khas (PGK) - National police counter-terrorist teams
• Unit Gempur Marin (UNGERIN) - Marine police SWAT teams
• Sting - Narcotics armed response teams
• Stafoc - Organized crime response teams
• Unit Tindakan Cepat (UTC) - CID armed response 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

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

Mongolian Police

• Special Response Unit
• SWAT

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 :
  • 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 Services Agency (Korps landelijke politiediensten)

• Dienst Speciale Interventies (DSI)
• Arrestatieteam

Royal Marshals/Royal Military Police (Koninklijke Marechaussee)

• Brigade Speciale Beveiligingsopdrachten (Brigade Special Protection tasks)

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

State Security Service (Nigeria)

• Department of State Security (DSS), VIP protection/counter terrorist

Norway

Norwegian Police Service

• 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]
• [Para commandos]
• [S.W.A.T]
• [Special Service Unit]

Panama

• Darien-Kuna Yala Border Security Police (DARKUN)

Philippines

Philippine National Police

• Special Action Force^[43]
• Police Anti Crime Emergency Response (PACER)
• PNP Maritime Group Special Boat Unit
• Anti Drugs Special Operations Task Force (ADSOTF)

Poland

Policja

• BOA
• SPAP

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

Ministry of Interior and Administrative Reform

• • Special Group for Protection and Intervention or GSPI

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

Romanian Gendarmerie

• Special Intervention Brigade "Vlad Ţepeş"

Romanian Secret Service (SRI)

• BAT - Anti-Tero Brigade

Russia

Ministry of Internal Affairs

• Internal Troops of Russia Main Office for Special Technical Actions^[44]
  • 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"

Ministry of Justice

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

Federal Penitentiary Service OSNs:

• OSN "Fakel"^[45]
• OSN "Rossy"^[46]
• OSN "Akula"^[47]
• OSN "Ajsberg"^[48]
• OSN "Gurza"^[49]
• OSN "Korsar"^[50]
• OSN "Rosomaha"^[51]
• OSN "Sokol"^[52]
• OSN "Saturn"^[53]
• OSN "Tornado"
• OSN "Kondor"
• OSN "Yastreb"^[54]
• OSN "Berkut"^[55]
• OSN "Grif"^[56]
• OSN "Titan"^[57]
• OSN "Gepard"^[58]

Foreign Intelligence Service^[59][60][61]

• Special Purpose operators

Center of Special Operations of the FSB^[62]

• Directorate "A" (Spetsgruppa Alpha)
• Directorate "B" (Spetsgruppa Vega)
• Directorate "C" (Spetsgruppa Smerch)
• Regional FSB units

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

• Specialna Enota Policije (SEP)

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

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

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

• Unidad Especial de Intervención (UEI)
• Grupo Antiterrorista Rural (GAR)

National Police Corps of Spain

• 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 Police Service

• Special Task Force (STF)

Sweden

Swedish Police Service

• Nationella Insatsstyrkan (National counter-terrorism and special assignment unit)
• Piketgruppen (Special Patrol Group - Local 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)

• 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

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

Royal Thai Police

• 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

General Directorate of Security

• Polis Özel Harekat
• Karşı Atak Timi

Turkish Gendarmerie

• Jandarma Özel Asayiş Komutanlığı
• Jandarma Özel Harekat

United Arab Emirates

Dubai Police Force

• Police Special Unit

United Kingdom

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)

Regional

• Firearms units
• Metropolitan Police Service
  • Specialist Crime & Operations
    • Specialist Firearms Command
• Counter terrorism units
  • South East Counter Terrorism Unit (South East)
  • South West Counter Terrorism Unit (South West)
  • Metropolitan Police Service Counter Terrorism Command (London)
  • East Counter Terrorism Intelligence Unit (East)
  • East Midlands Counter Terrorism Intelligence Unit (East Midlands)
  • West Midlands Police Counter Terrorism Unit (West Midlands)
  • Welsh Extremism and Counter Terrorism Unit (Wales)
  • North West Counter Terrorism Unit (North West)
  • North East Counter Terrorism Unit (North East and Yorkshire and the Humber)
  • Police Scotland Specialist Crime Division (Scotland)
  • Police Service of Northern Ireland Crime Operations Department (Northern Ireland)

United States of America

Federal agencies

• United States Department of Army- Military District of Washington (MDW)

MDW Special Reaction Team (SRT) http://mdwhome.mdw.army.mil/military-district-of-washington/about-mdw

• 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)
  • 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)

• 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

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
• 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.

Ukraine

Militsiya

• Berkut (disbanded)

National Guard of Ukraine

• Internal Troops of Ukraine

Security

• Security Service of Ukraine

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^[63]

See also

• List of protective service agencies
• Emergency management

References