List of special law enforcement units

Definition

• high risk armed offender/suspect searches/apprehensions including arrest warrant
• high risk search warrants involving an armed/dangerous offender/suspect
• siege/barricade incidents involving an armed offender/suspect
• domestic counter-terrorism incidents such as hostage rescue and/or armed intervention

Afghanistan

• Special Narcotics Force
• Afghan National Civil Order Police Special Support Battalion
• General Command of Police Special Unit "The Triples"
• * Crisis Response Unit 222
• * Commando Force 333
• * Afghan Territorial Force 444

  Albania

• RENEA
• Shqiponjat
• FNSH

  Algeria

• Groupement des opérations spéciales de la police

  Argentina

• Federal Special Operations Group
• Grupo Especial Uno "GE-1"

• Equipo Antiterrorista
• Scorpion Group - Formerly the Escuadrón Especial de la Gendarmería Nacional
• Sección Operaciones Especiales de Monte de Gendarmería Nacional "Groupe Monte"
• Unidad Especial de Lucha Contra Narcotraficante

• Hawk Special Operations Brigade - Buenos Aires Provincial Police
• Special Operations Troops Company - Santa Fe Provincial Police
• Equipo Tactico Especial Recomendado - Cordoba Provincial Police
• Albatross Group - Argentine Naval Prefecture
• *Grupo de Respuesta Imediata de Alto Riesgo - Argentine Naval Prefecture

  Armenia

• Alpha Group

• Police tactical unit

  Australia

• Specialist Response Group

• Tactical Operations Unit
• Tactical Operations Regional Support

• Territory Response Group

• Special Emergency Response Team

• Special Tasks and Rescue Group

• Special Operations Group

• Special Operations Group
• Critical Incident Response Team

• Tactical Response Group

• Security Operations Group

• Special Operations Group

  Austria

• EKO Cobra - Special operations and counterterrorism unit

• WEGA - SWAT team

• Justizwache Einsatzgruppe - Penitentiary police SWAT team

  Azerbaijan

• OPON

  Bahamas">The Bahamas">Bahamas

• Security and Intelligence Branch

  Bangladesh

• Counter Terrorism and Transnational Crime
• *Cyber Security & Crime Division
• SWAT
• * Dhaka Metropolitan Police SWAT
• Armed Police Battalion
• * Airport Armed Police
• Rapid Action Battalion
• Crisis Response Team
• Anti Terrorism Unit
• Special Security and Protection Battalion

  Belarus

• Almaz

  Belgium

• Directie van de speciale eenheden/Direction des unités spéciales

  Bolivia

• Unidad Tactica de Operaciones Policiales - Tactical Response Unit
• Fuerza especial de lucha contra el narcotráfico - Bolivian anti-narcotics force
• Fuerza especial de lucha contra el crimen - Bolivian anti-criminal force

  Bosnia and Herzegovina

• State Investigation and Protection Agency
• Bosnian Special Police Units
• * Special Police Unit

• MUP FBiH Federal Counter-terrorism branches - Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina Police
• MUP RS Counter-terrorism branches - Republika Srpska Police

  Bulgaria

• SOBT

• Counter-Terrorist Squads

  Brazil

• Comando de Operações Táticas - is a specialized counter terrorism unit with headquarters in Brasília
• Grupos de Pronta Intervenção - are SWAT like tactical units that supports local operations. Each state has its own G.P.I. unit

• BOE/BOPE units:
• *Special Operations Battalion - in Acre
• *Special Operations Battalion - in the Federal District
• *Specials Battalion Operations - in the state of Mato Grosso
• *Special Operations Battalion - the state of Paraná
• *Special Operations Battalion - the state of Piauí
• *Special Police Operations Battalion - the state of Alagoas
• *Special Police Operations Battalion - in the state of Roraima
• *Special Police Operations Battalion - the state of Santa Catarina
• *Special Police Operations Battalion - in the state of Rio de Janeiro
• *Special Police Operations Battalion - in Rio Grande do Norte state
• *Special Police Operations Battalion - the state of Bahia
• *Special Police Operations Battalion - in Rio Grande do Sul state
• *Special Police Operations Battalion - in Amapá state
• *Special Police Operations Battalion - is a GATE type unit of the Military Police of Minas Gerais State
• Special Actions and Tactics Group - is a police tactical unit within Military Police of São Paulo State

• Grupo Tático 3 - in the state of Goiás
• Grupo Especial de Reação - is tactical unit similar to GOE operating in the state of São Paulo
• Grupo de Operações Especiais - is the elite arm of the Civil Police of the state of São Paulo
• Centro de Operações Policiais Especiais - is a specialized division within the civil police of Paraná state
• Tático Integrado de Grupos de Repressão Especial - is a SWAT type tactical unit that specializes in hostage rescue operations in the state of Paraná
• Coordenadoria de Recursos Especiais - is a paramilitary police unit within the Civil Police of Rio de Janeiro State
• Divisão de Operações especiais - is a special tactics unit based in Federal District
• Grupo de Operações Especiais - is the GOE unit of the state of Pernambuco

  Brunei

• Special Operations Squad

  Canada

• Emergency Response Team

• Atomic Energy of Canada Limited
• * Nuclear Security Response Team
• Barrie Police Service
• * Tactical Support Unit
• Brandon Police Service
• * Tactical Response Unit
• Brantford Police Service
• * Emergency Response Team
• Brockville Police Service
• * Emergency Response Team
• Calgary Police Service
• * Tactical Unit
• Chalk River Laboratories Nuclear Response Force
• Correctional Service of Canada
• * Institutional Emergency Response Team
• * Institutional Crisis Intervention Team
• Edmonton Police Service
• * Tactical Unit
• Halton Regional Police Service
• * Tactical Rescue Unit
• Ontario Provincial Police
• * Tactics and Rescue Unit
• * Emergency Response Team
• Ottawa Police Service
• * Tactical Unit
• Saskatoon Police Service
• * Tactical Support Unit
• Saint John County
• *Emergency Tactical Services
• Sûreté du Québec
• * Groupe d'intervention tactique
• Toronto Police Service
• * Emergency Task Force
• Vancouver Police Department
• * Emergency Response Team
• Windsor Police Service - Tactical Unit
• Winnipeg Police Service
• * Tactical Support Team
• Most of the larger cities and towns in Canada have Tactical or Emergency Response Units as part of their police force.

  Chile

• Grupo de Operaciones Policiales Especiales

• Equipo de Reacción Táctica Antinarcóticos

• Sección de Operaciones Tácticas

  China

• Beijing SWAT
• Shanghai SWAT

• Snow Leopard Commando Unit
• Immediate Action Unit
• Special Police Unit

  Colombia

• Special Operations Commandos - Comando de Operaciones Especiales )
• Grupo Antisecuestro y Antiextorsión
• "JUNGLA" - Anti-narcotics Jungle Company
• Mobile Riot Squadrons
• Escuadrones móviles de carabineros "EMCAR" - Mobile Carabinier Squadrons
• Comando de Reacción Motorizada
• Cuerpo Especial Antiterrorista
• Grupo Antiterrorista
• Grupo Bloque Antiterrorista Urbano
• Unidad de Intervención y Reacción
• Fuerza de Control Urbano

  Croatia

• Lučko Anti-Terrorist Unit
• Special Police Units
• Riot Police Units- EPZ tactical platoon within Intervention/riot police

  Cyprus

• Emergency Response Unit

  Czech Republic

• Útvar Rychlého Nasazení Rapid Reaction Unit, national police CT unit
• Krajská Zásahová Jednotka - 8 regional police intervention units

• Skupina Operativního Nasazení -

  Denmark

• Politiets Aktionsstyrke

• Udrykningssektionen

  Ecuador

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

  Egypt

• Unit 333

• Unit 777
• Unit 999

• Estonia

• K-Commando

  Fiji

• Police Tactical Response Unit
• Police National Operations Support Unit

  Finland

• Police Rapid Response Unit

• Border Guard Special Intervention Unit

  France

• Recherche Assistance Intervention Dissuasion. National unit based in Bièvres.
• Antennes du RAID. 13 Regional units based in metropolitan and overseas France. Formerly known as GIPNs.
• Brigade anticommando. The Paris Police Prefecture anti-terrorism task force. It is activated in emergency situations. BRI-BAC is primarily composed of personnel from two Paris Police Prefecture units : the Brigade de recherche et d'intervention and the Brigade d'intervention . Although the official name of the unit is Brigade anticommando, it is often simply referred to by the press as BRI.

• Groupe d'Intervention de la Gendarmerie Nationale. National unit based in Versailles-Satory, near Paris.
• Antennes du GIGN : 13 Regional units based in metropolitan and overseas France and performing high risk arrests, personal protection and emergency counter-terrorism missions under operational control of GIGN.
• Pelotons spécialisé de protection de la Gendarmerie. 20 units primarily dedicated to protecting the French civilian nuclear sites. Can be engaged as tactical units in a secondary role.

• Groupe interarmées d'hélicoptères. A joint army/air force helicopter unit belonging to COS. Its primary role is support of GIGN and RAID.

• . Unit under the command of the carceral administration, formed partially by the GIGN, to intervene inside prison in case of particular events.

  Ghana

• National SWAT Unit

  Georgia">Georgia (country)">Georgia

• Counterterrorist Center
• Special Operations Center

• Counter Intelligence Department
• Special Emergency and Situations Management Center
• Central Anti Crime Department
• Regional Special Task Divisions

• Tactical Response Group

  Germany

• Bundespolizei
• *Grenzschutzgruppe 9 der Bundespolizei - Special Operations and Counterterrorism unit
• *Beweissicherungs- und Festnahmeeinheit - Special Detention Unit of Federal Anti Riot Police
• *Beweissicherungs- und Festnahmeeinheit plus - Special Counter-Terrorism Unit of Federal Anti Riot Police
• *Polizeiliche Schutzaufgaben Ausland der Bundespolizei - Police protection unit of German Diplomatic Missions
• Bundeskriminalamt
• *Mobiles Einsatzkommando - Tactical Unit, but also handles surveillance, observation and arrests
• *Auslands- und Spezialeinsätze - Close protection unit for high-threat environments
• Zollkriminalamt
• *Zentrale Unterstützungsgruppe Zoll - Customs Tactical Unit
• Feldjäger
• *Zugriffskräfte

• Landespolizei
• *Spezialeinsatzkommando - State Tactical Unit, Part of Uniformed Police
• *Beweissicherungs- und Festnahmeeinheit - Special Detention Unit, Part of State Anti Riot Police
• *Mobiles Einsatzkommando - Tactical and Surveillance Unit, Part of Criminal Police

  Greece

• Special Anti-Terrorist Unit

• Special Operations Teams

  Hong Kong

• Airport District
• *
• Police Tactical Unit Headquarters
• *
• * Special Tactical Squad
• Counter-Terrorism and Internal Security Division
• *
• Crime Wing
• *
• Railway District
• *
• Security Wing
• *VIP Protection Unit
• *Witness Protection Unit

  Hungary

• Counter Terrorism Centre
• Készenléti Rendőrség

  Iceland

• Víkingasveitin - Special Operations Unit of the National Commissioner

  India

• National Security Guard
• * Special Action Group - the main offensive or the strike wing of the NSG
• ** 51 Special Action Group - counter-terrorism operations
• ** 52 Special Action Group - counter-hijack operations
• * Special Ranger Group - provides logistical support to the SAGs during operations
• ** 12 Special Ranger Group
• ** 13 Special Ranger Group
• * Special Composite Group - conduct regional counter terror operations
• ** 26 Special Composite Group in Mumbai
• ** 27 Special Composite Group in Chennai
• ** 28 Special Composite Group in Hyderabad
• ** 29 Special Composite Group in Kolkata
• ** 30 Special Composite Group in Gandhinagar
• Anti-Terrorism Squad
• Jammu and Kashmir Police
• * Special Operation Group
• Odisha Police
• * Special Operation Group
• ** Special Tactical Unit - Urban counter-terrorist unit of the parent force
• Mumbai Police
• * Force One - specialized in counter-terrorism
• Central Reserve Police Force
• * Commando Battalion for Resolute Action - Special operation force of the CRPF
• * Rapid Action Force - A specialized wing of CRPF
• West Bengal Police
• * Counter Insurgency Force - Counter-Naxalite force of the West Bengal Police
• Greyhounds - Police special force unit operating in the Indian States of Andhra Pradesh and Telangana for anti-insurgency operations
• Punjab Police SWAT Team
• Kerala Police
• * Kerala Thunderbolts

• Special Protection Group
• SWAT teams of States like Punjab, Delhi & Jammu & Kashmir

  Indonesia

• Mobile Brigade Corps abbreviated as Brimob
• *Gegana is a detachment from Brimob which specializes in bomb disposal, counter-terrorism, CBR defense and intelligence operations.
• Detachment 88, known locally as is the special counter-terrorism unit of the Indonesian National Police.

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

• "Maritime Rapid Reaction Unit" abbreviated as URCL.

  Iran

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

  Iraq

• Hilla SWAT Team
• Golden counterterrorism squad

  Ireland">Republic of Ireland">Ireland

• Emergency Response Unit
• Armed Support Unit

  Israel

• Yasam
• Gideonim
• Yagal

• Yamam
• Yamas
• Yamag
• Matilan

• Nachshon
• Dror
• Masada

  Italy

• Gruppo di Intervento Speciale
• Raggruppamento Operativo Speciale

• Nucleo Operativo Centrale di Sicurezza
• Servizio Centrale Operativo

• Gruppo Operativo Mobile

• Antiterrorismo Pronto Impiego
• Gruppo di investigazione criminalità organizzata

  Japan

• Special Assault Team - national-level counter-terrorism units
• Anti-firearms squads - territorial-level counter-terrorism units

• Special Investigation Team - Akita/Iwate/Ibaraki/Miyagi/Fukushima/Tochigi/Tokyo/Shizuoka/Aichi/Mie/Fukuoka/Nagasaki
• Martial Arts Attack Team - Osaka
• Assault Response Team - Chiba
• Special Tactical Section - Saitama
• Special Investigation Section - Kanagawa
• Technical Special Team - Aomori
• Hostage Rescue Team - Hiroshima

• Special Security Team - national-level maritime counter-terrorism teams
• Special Riot Squads - regional-level riot control and special reaction teams

  Jordan

• Police Special Operation Unit 14\SWAT

• GID Special Unit

  Kuwait

• Kuwait Special Force
• Kuwait Swat team

  Latvia

• Special Task Battalion ALFA
• OMEGA

  Lebanon

• Fuhud - Special Police Unit
• Internal Intelligence
• General Security

  Liechtenstein

• Intervention Unit

  Lithuania

• ARAS - Lithuanian Police Anti-terrorist Operations Unit
• VSAT SPB

  Luxembourg

• Unité Spéciale de la Police

  Macau

• *

Republic of Macedonia

• Special Task Unit - "Tigers"
• Unit for fast deployment

  Malaysia

• Pasukan Gerakan Khas
• *69 Commando Battalion - Police special forces unit that specialised in jungle warfare. Some also trained as a counter-terrorism unit.
• *Special Actions Unit - Police special forces unit that specialised in counter-terrorism in the urban area and big cities. Some also assigned as close-protection to the top government executives.
• General Operations Force
• * Tiger Platoon - Paramilitary police front-line special combat unit
• Marine Operations Force
• *Marine Assault Team - Marine police counter-terrorism unit

• Special Task and Rescue - Coast Guard's counter-terrorism unit

• Trup Tindakan Cepat - Prison's SWAT team
• Pasukan Taktikal Khas - Immigration's SWAT team
• Customs Operational Battle Force Response Assault - Customs' SWAT team

  Malta

• Special Mobile Unit till 1987
• Special Assignments Group till June 2013
• Rapid Intervention Unit and Special Intervention Unit since July 1, 2013

  Mexico

• Grupo de Operaciones Especiales
• Fuerzas Federales de Apoyo
• Proteccion Federal
• :es:Policía Federal de Caminos|Policia Federal de Caminos
• Division de Inteligencia

• Policia Federal Ministerial

  Mongolia

• Special Response Unit
• SWAT

  Morocco

• Groupe d'intervention de la Gendarmerie royale

• Bureau central des investigations judiciaire

  Namibia

• Special Reserve Force

  Netherlands

• Dienst Speciale Interventies - Collection of joint, on-call or part-time basis SWAT teams recruiting from police, military police and army. The Service consists out of four Units:
• *Aanhoudings- en Ondersteuningsteams - High-risk arrests, protection of undercover police officers and secret agents and supporting investigation work.
• *Unit Interventie - Small-scale high-risk operations, deployed in situations involving heavy firearms, explosions, hazardous substances and/or suicidal gunmen.
• *M-Squadron, also known by the name of its main component, NLMARSOF - Large-scale counter-terrorism operations. Capable of land, air, amphibious, marine and submarine operations and responsible for operations in large aircraft and buildings and installations at sea. Called in when the Unit Interventie can no longer handle the situation, which makes it the ultimate special law enforcement unit of the Netherlands.
• *Unit Expertise en Operationele Ondersteuning - Sniper teams. Police and army each provide one half of the snipers.
• Dienst Bewaken & Beveiliging - VIP security, most notably the royal family, politicians and diplomats.
• Mobiele Eenheid - Part-time non-lethal riot police. When not deployed, officers serve as regular police.

• Brigade Speciale Beveiligingsopdrachten - Very high-risk arrests, infiltration and VIP security. Unlike the secret agents of the AIVD, its undercover police officers are allowed to carry weapons.
• Bijstandseenheid - Various SWAT duties and, most notably, serving as heavy riot police and internal security force cleared to use lethal force if necessary to restore public order.

• Intern Bijstand Team - Low-risk prison riot squads and backup teams for regular prison officers, available around the clock at every institution
• Dienst Vervoer en Ondersteuning - In addition to the offices and training facilities of the Agency, also consists out of:
• *Landelijke Bijzondere Bijstandseenheid - High-risk prison riot, shakedown and evacuation unit. Also includes canine units and escorts for when prisoners have to go to hospitals.
• *Bijzonder Ondersteunings Team - High-risk prisoner transport.

  New Zealand

• Armed Offenders Squad, incidents involving weapons
• Diplomatic Protection Squad, VIP protection
• Special Tactics Group, counter terrorist

  Nicaragua

• Tácticas y Armas Policiales de Intervención y Rescate
• Departamento de Intervención Rápida

  Nigeria

• Anti-Terrorism Squad - counter terrorist unit
• Rapid Response Squad
• Special Anti-Robbery Squad
• Criminals Investigation Department
• Special Anti-Cultism Squad
• Anti-Riot Squad
• Nigeria Police Mobile Force
• Anti-Bomb Squad.

• Department of State Security, VIP protection/counter terrorist

  Norway

• Emergency Response Unit
• Utrykningsenheten

  Pakistan

• Pakistan Rangers - '
• * Rangers Anti-Terrorist Squads
• Frontier Corps - '
• Gilgit Baltistan Scouts -

• Elite Force
• Dolphin Force

• Special Security Unit

• Special Combat Unit

  Panama

• Darien-Kuna Yala Border Security Police

  Peru

• Tactical Action Sub-Unit - SUAT

  Philippines

• Special Action Force

  Poland

• BOA
• Centralne Biuro Śledcze Policji
• Samodzielny Pododdział Antyterrorystyczny Policji

Portugal

• Special Police Unit
• * Intervention Corps - riot control unit
• * Special Operations Group - special tactical assault unit
• * Personal Security Corps - VIP protection unit
• * Center for Explosive Disposal and Subsoil Security - EOD and subsoil security unit
• * Cino-technical Operational Group - K9 unit

• Intervention Unit
• * Special Operations Intervention Group - special tactical assault unit
• * Public Order Intervention Group - riot control unit
• * Protection and Rescue Intervention Group - Rescue and firefighting unit
• * Center for Explosive Disposal and Subsoil Security - EOD and subsoil security unit
• * Cino-technical Intervention Group - K9 unit

• Cino-technical Operational Group - K9 unit
• Intervention and Prison Security Group - tactical intervention unit

• Tactical Actions Group - special boarding unit
• Forensic Diving Group - underwater forensic investigation unit

  Romania

• Special Group for Protection and Intervention - disbanded

• Detașamentul de Poliție pentru Intervenție Rapidă
• * SAS - the service for special actions
• *SIIAS Serviciul Independent pentru Intervenții și Acțiuni Speciale

• BSIJ Special Intervention Brigade "Vlad Țepeș"

• BAT - Anti-Terror Brigade

  Russia

• Directorate "A"
• Directorate "V"
• Directorate "S"
• Directorate "K"
• 2nd FSB Special Purpose Center
• Special Arms Service

• Special Operations Department of Directorate Z

• OSN "Grom" for Counter-Drugs operations

• Special Purpose Mobile Unit
• Special Rapid Response Units

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

• OSN "Fakel"
• OSN "Rossy"
• OSN "Akula"
• OSN "Ajsberg"
• OSN "Gurza"
• OSN "Korsar"
• OSN "Rosomaha"
• OSN "Sokol"
• OSN "Saturn"
• OSN "Tornado"
• OSN "Kondor"
• OSN "Yastreb"
• OSN "Berkut"
• OSN "Grif"
• OSN "Titan"
• OSN "Gepard"

  Singapore

• Emergency Response Team
• Special Operations Command
• Rapid Deployment Troops
• Police Tactical Unit
• Special Tactics and Rescue
• Special Guard and Counter-Terrorism Unit
• Special Action Group
• Special Tactical Unit
• In-Situ Reaction Team

• Singapore Prisons Emergency Action Response

• Special Task Squadron
• Emergency Response Force

  Slovenia

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

  Serbia

• Special Anti-Terrorist Unit

  Slovakia

• Útvar Osobitného Určenia Lynx commando - Special Designation Unit of the Presidium of Police

  South Africa

• Special Task Force
• National Intervention Unit - This Unit of the South African Police Service respond to incidents of medium to high risk.
• Tactical Response Team a part of the South African Police Response services, respond to incidents medium to high risk situations. Tasked with follow up operations, battle craft rural and urban operations, support at ports of entry, cluster operations, land borne operations overt & covert ops.

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

South Korea

• Special Weapons And Tactics
• * Seoul Metropolitan Police SWAT Team
• * Incheon Metropolitan Police SWAT Team
• * Busan Metropolitan Police SWAT Team
• * Daegu Metropolitan Police SWAT Team
• * Jeju Metropolitan Police SWAT Team

• Sea Special Assault Team
• * Busan SSAT Team
• * Incheon SSAT Team

  Spain

• Unidad Especial de Intervención
• Grupo de Acción Rápida
• Grupo de Reserva y Seguridad
• Unidad de Seguridad de la Comandancia

• Grupos Operativos Especiales de Seguridad - SWAT Team.
• Grupo Especial de Operaciones
• Unidad de Intervención Policial
• Unidad de Prevención y Reacción

• Grup Especial d'Intervenció
• Brigada Mòbil
• Area Regional de Recursos Operatius

• Berrozi Berezi Taldea
• Patrullas de Reacción Inmediata
• Brigada Móvil

• Grupo de Intervención Especial
• Brigada Central de Intervención

  Sri Lanka

• Special Task Force

  Sweden

• National Task Force
• Reinforced Regional Task Force
• *Reinforced Regional Task Force Stockholm
• *Reinforced Regional Task Force South
• *Reinforced Regional Task Force West
• Regional Task Force
• *Regional Task Force East
• *Regional Task Force Bergslagen
• *Regional Task Force Middle
• *Regional Task Force North

  Switzerland

• Einsatzgruppe TIGRIS

• Basel-campaign State Police
• *Interventionseinheit Barracuda
• Bern State Police
• *Einsatzgruppe Enzian
• Central Switzerland Police
• *Interventionseinheit Lynx
• Fribourg State Police
• *Groupe d'intervention de la police cantonale fribourgeoise
• Geneva State Police
• *Groupe d'intervention de la police cantonale
• Jura State Police
• *Groupe d'intervention et Tireurs d'Elite
• Neuchatel State Police
• *GI COUGAR
• Ticino State Police
• *Reparti Speciali-Gruppo d'Intervento
• Valais State Police
• *Groupe d'intervention "Edelweiss"
• Vaud State Police
• *Détachement d'Action Rapide et de Dissuasion
• Zürich State Police
• *Einsatzgruppe Diamant
• *Interventionseinheit Skorpion

  Taiwan

• National Police Agency Special Operations Group
• Special Police Corps
• * Wei-An Special Services Commando
• Thunder Squad

• Special Task Unit

  Thailand

• Arintharat 26
• Royal Thai Police Arintaraj 26 Special Operations Unit
• Royal Thai Police Naresuan 261 Counter-Terrorism Unit
• Royal Thai Police Black Tigers Special Operations Unit

  Turkey

• Police Special Operation Department
• Police Counter Attack Team

• Gendarmerie Special Public Security Command
• Gendarmerie Special Operations

  United Arab Emirates

• Police Special Unit

  United Kingdom

• British Transport Police Firearms Unit
• Civil Nuclear Constabulary
• *Dynamic Search Team
• *Interdiction Team
• *Strategic Escort Group
• Ministry of Defence Police Tactical Support Group

• Avon & Somerset Constabulary Firearms unit and Dog unit
• Cambridgeshire Constabulary Tactical Firearms Unit
• City of London Police Tactical Firearms Group
• Cleveland Police Specialist Operations Unit
• Devon and Cornwall Constabulary Tactical Aid Group
• Dorset Police Tactical Firearms Unit
• Durham Constabulary Specialist Operations Unit
• Greater Manchester Police Tactical firearms unit
• Kent Police Training and Tactical Firearms Unit
• Hampshire Constabulary Tactical Firearms Support Unit
• Metropolitan Police Service Specialist Firearms Command and Territorial Support Group
• Norfolk Constabulary Firearms Training & Operations Unit
• North Yorkshire Police Firearms Support Unit
• Police Service of Northern Ireland Headquarters Mobile Support Unit
• Police Scotland Specialist Firearms Unit
• South Wales Police, Gwent police & Dyfed-Powes Police Joint Firearms Unit
• Suffolk Constabulary Tactical Firearms Unit
• Surrey Police Tactical Firearms Unit
• Sussex Police Tactical Firearms Unit
• Staffordshire Police Central Firearms Unit
• Thames Valley Police Tactical Firearms Team
• West Midlands Police Firearms Operations Unit
• Wiltshire Police Armed Response Group

  United States

• U.S. Department of Energy
• * Special Response Teams
• * Office of Secure Transportation Special Response Force
• U.S. Department of Homeland Security
• * Customs and Border Protection
• ** Office of Field Operations
• *** Special Response Teams
• *** Quick Reaction Force - CBP National Capital Region based tactical team
• ** U.S. Border Patrol
• *** Special Operations Group
• **** Border Patrol Tactical Unit
• **** Border Patrol, Search, Trauma and Rescue
• **** Mobile Response Team
• * Federal Protective Service - Special Response Teams
• * Immigration and Customs Enforcement
• ** Homeland Security Investigations - Special Response Teams
• ** Homeland Security Investigations - Rapid Response Teams
• ** Enforcement and Removal Operations
• *** Special Response Teams
• *** Tactical Intervention and Control Teams
• * U.S. Coast Guard
• **Deployable Specialized Forces
• *** Tactical Law Enforcement Teams
• *** Helicopter Interdiction Tactical Squadron
• *** Vessel Boarding Security Teams
• * U.S. Secret Service
• ** Counter Sniper Unit
• ** U.S. Secret Service Uniform Division - Emergency Response Team
• ** U.S. Secret Service - Counter Assault Team
• United States Department of Justice
• * Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives - Special Response Teams
• * Drug Enforcement Administration
• **Foreign Deployed Advisory Support Team
• ** DEA Special Response Teams
• * Federal Bureau of Investigation
• **Critical Incident Response Group
• *** Hostage Rescue Team
• *** Crisis Negotiation Unit
• *** Special Weapons and Tactics Teams
• *** Tactical Helicopter Unit
• * Federal Bureau of Prisons - Special Operations Response Team
• * U.S. Marshals Service
• ** USMS Special Operations Group
• ** USMS - Special Response Teams
• U.S. Department of State
• * Bureau of Diplomatic Security - Office of Mobile Security Deployments
• U.S. Department of the Treasury
• *U.S. Mint Police - Special Response Teams
• *Internal Revenue Service - Special Response Team
• National Park Service
• * Special Response Teams
• ** Grand Canyon Special Response Team
• ** Yellowstone Special Response Team
• ** Western Region Special Response Team
• * Special Event and Tactical Teams
• ** 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 Team

• Amtrak Police - Mobile Tactical Unit
• Central Intelligence Agency - Security Protective Service - Special Response Team
• Federal Reserve Police - Special Response Team
• National Security Agency - Special Response Team
• Pentagon Force Protection Agency
• * Pentagon Police Directorate - Emergency Response Team
• U.S. Capitol Police - Containment Emergency Response Team

• Division of Alaska State Troopers - Special Emergency Response Team
• Arizona Department of Public Safety Special Weapons and Tactics Team
• California Highway Patrol - Special Weapons And Tactics Team
• California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation
• * Crisis Response Teams
• * Special Service Unit
• Colorado Department of Corrections Special Operations and Response Team
• Connecticut Department of Correction Special Operations Group
• Connecticut State Police - State Police Tactical Unit
• Delaware State Police - Special Operations Response Team
• Florida Highway Patrol - Tactical Response Teams
• Florida Department of Law Enforcement - Special Operations Teams
• Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission - Special Operations Group
• Georgia Counter-Terrorism Task Force
• Georgia State Patrol - Special Weapons and Tactics Team
• Hawaii Department of Public Safety Sheriff Division - Sheriff's Emergency Response Team
• Illinois State Police - Tactical Response Team
• Indiana State Police - Emergency Response Team
• Kansas Highway Patrol - Special Response Team
• Kentucky Department of Corrections - Corrections Emergency Response Team
• Louisiana State Police - Special Weapons and Tactics 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
• * Tactical Medical Unit
• Maryland Transportation Authority Police - Special Response Team
• Maryland Transit Administration Police - Visible Intermodal Prevention and Response Teams/Tactical Unit
• Maryland Maritime Tactical Operations Group - Joint federal, state, and local tactical unit specializing in maritime tactical operations
• Massachusetts State Police - Special Tactical Operations Team
• Massachusetts Department of Correction Special Reaction Team
• Michigan State Police - Emergency Support Team
• Minnesota Department of Corrections Special Operations Group
• Minnesota State Patrol Special Response Team
• Nebraska Department of Correctional Services Special Operations Response Team
• New Hampshire Division of State Police - Special Weapons and Tactics Unit
• New Jersey State Police - Technical Emergency And Mission Specialists
• New Jersey Transit Police - Emergency Services Unit
• New Jersey Transit Police - Conditions Tactical Unit
• New Mexico State Police - Tactical Team
• New York State Police - Special Operations Response Teams
• North Carolina State Bureau of Investigation - Special Response Team
• North Carolina Department of Correction Special Operations Response Team
• Ohio State Highway Patrol - Special Response Team
• Ohio Department of Rehabilitation and Corrections
• * Special Response Teams
• * Special Tactics and Response
• Oklahoma Highway Patrol Tactical Team
• Oklahoma Department of Corrections - Corrections Emergency Response Team
• Oregon State Police - Special Weapons and Tactics Team
• Pennsylvania State Police - Special Emergency Response Team
• Pennsylvania Department of Corrections
• * Corrections Rifle Specialist Team
• * Hostage Rescue Team
• *Corrections Emergency Response Team
• Port Authority Police Department – Emergency Services Unit
• Rhode Island Department of Corrections Correctional Emergency Response Team
• Rhode Island State Police - Tactical Team, WMD Tactical Team
• South Carolina State Law Enforcement Division - Special Weapons and Tactics Team
• Tennessee Highway Patrol - Special Operations Unit
• Texas Department of Public Safety
• * Ranger Division
• ** Ranger Recon Teams
• ** Special Weapons and Tactics Team
• Texas Department of Public Safety - Special Response Teams
• Texas Parks and Wildlife Department SCOUT Team
• Utah Highway Patrol - Special Emergency Response Team
• Vermont State Police - Tactical Services Unit
• Virginia State Police - Special Weapons and Tactics Teams
• Virginia Department of Corrections - Tactical Support Unit
• Washington State Patrol - Special Weapons and Tactics

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

  Ukraine

• Alpha Group

• 18th Operational Regiment, Mariupol
• * 1st Patrol Battalion
• * 2nd Special Purpose Battalion "Donbas", Mariupol
• * Special Purpose Regiment "Azov", Mariupol
• * Special Patrol Company, Mariupol
• "Scorpion" Special Forces Detachment, Kyiv, tasked with guarding Ukraine's nuclear industry
• "Omega" Special Forces Anti-terrorism Detachment, Novi Petrivtsi
• "Vega" Special Forces Detachment, Lviv
• "Ares" Special Forces Intelligence Detachment, Kharkiv
• "Odessa" Special Forces Detachment, Odessa

• Rapid Operational Response Unit

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

  Venezuela

• Unidad de Operaciones Tácticas Especiales

  Vietnam

• Vietnam Mobile Police - Counter-terrorist and riot police

• Vietnam Rapid Response Police, also known as CS113 - Counter criminal police
• Vietnam Special Criminal Investigation Police - Investigation of special criminal cases