List of police tactical units

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This is a list of active police tactical units.

Definition

Police tactical units are specialized units of a police force tasked with resolving high risk / critical incidents, including:

Contents

In the United States, police tactical units are known by the generic term Special Weapons and Tactics (SWAT) team (other countries have adopted this term, including China). [2] [3] In Australia, the term police tactical group is used for police tactical units. [4] The European Union uses the term special intervention unit for national counter terrorist police tactical units. [5]

Albania

Albanian State Police

Algeria

Sûreté Nationale
Gendarmerie Nationale

Andorra

Police Corps of Andorra

Angola

Angola National Police Force

Argentina

Argentine Federal Police
Argentine National Gendarmerie
Local and other units

Armenia

National Security Service
Police of Armenia

Australia

Australian Federal Police
New South Wales Police Force
Northern Territory Police
Queensland Police
South Australia Police
Tasmania Police
Victoria Police
Western Australia Police
New South Wales Corrective Services
Western Australia Department of Corrective Services

Austria

Federal Ministry of the Interior
Federal Police
Justizwache (Penitentiary police)

Azerbaijan

Ministry of Internal Affairs

Bahamas

Royal Bahamas Police Force

Bangladesh

Bangladesh Police
Bangladesh Ansar

Belarus

Militsiya

Belgium

Federal Police
Local Police

Bhutan

Royal Bhutan Police

Bolivia

Bolivian National Police

Bosnia and Herzegovina

Bosnian Police Force
Other units

Botswana

Botswana Police Service
Directorate of Intelligence and Security

Bulgaria

Ministry of Interior
General Directorate Combating Organized Crime
Bulgarian Gendarmerie

Brazil

National Public Security Force
Federal Police Department
Polícia Militar
Policia Civil

Brunei

Royal Brunei Police Force

Canada

Federal units
Provincial and Municipal units
Other units

Chile

Carabineros de Chile

Chilean Investigation Police (Policía de Investigaciones de Chile)

Chilean Gendarmerie (Prison Service)

People's Republic of China

Given the numerous police tactical units in the country, only a partial list of examples is provided below:

Flag of the People's Police of the People's Republic of China.svg People's Police

People's Armed Police Flag.svg People's Armed Police

Hong Kong

Hong Kong Police Force

Hong Kong Correctional Services

Macau

Public Security Police Force

Correctional Services Bureau

Taiwan (Republic of China)

National Police Agency
Local Police Departments
Coast Guard Administration

Colombia

National Police of Colombia

Costa Rica

Department of Intelligence and Security

Croatia

Special Police

Cuba

Ministry of the Interior (Cuba)

Cyprus

Cyprus Police

Czech Republic

Police of the Czech Republic
Celní správa České republiky

Denmark

Rigspolitiet
Københavns Politi (Copenhagen Police Department)

Ecuador

Egypt

Ministry of Interior

Estonia

Police and Border Guard Board

Fiji

Fiji Police Force

Finland

Police of Finland

France

National Police

In an emergency situation, BRI-BAC and RAID can also form a task-force called FIPN (Force d'intervention de la Police nationale), under the command of the RAID commander.

Gendarmerie
Helicopter support for GIGN and RAID
Ministry of Justice

Ghana

Ghana Police Service

Georgia

State Security Service of Georgia

Ministry of Internal Affairs of Georgia

Special State Protection Service (SSPS)

Germany

Federal
State

Greece

Greek Police
Greek Coast Guard

Guyana

Guyana Police Force

Haiti

Haitian National Police

Hungary

Iceland

Icelandic Police

India

Law Enforcement in India

Federal

Protective Service Unit

Indonesia

Indonesian National Police (POLRI)

Directorate General of Customs and Excise (Bea Cukai)

Maritime Security Agency (Bakamla)

Iran

Iranian Police

Iraq

Iraqi Police

Ireland

Garda Síochána (National Police)

Israel

Israel Police
Israel Border Police
Israel Prison Service

Italy

Carabinieri (National Gendarmerie)
Polizia di Stato (State Civil Police)
Polizia Penitenziaria (Penitentiary Police )
Guardia di Finanza (Border and Financial Police)

Jamaica

Jamaica Constabulary Force

Japan

Security Bureaus of Prefectural police headquarters (supervised by the National Police Agency Security Bureau)
Criminal Investigation Bureaus of Prefectural police headquarters
Japan Coast Guard

Jordan

General Directorate Of Gendarmerie
GID

Kazakhstan

Ministry of Internal Affairs

Kenya

Kenya Police Service
Criminal Investigation Department
Administration Police Service

Kyrgyzstan

Korea – ROK

Korean National Police Agency (KNPA)

Korea Coast Guard (KCG)

Presidential Security Service (PSS)

ROK Military Police (MP)

Kosovo

Kuwait

Latvia

State Police of Latvia

Lebanon

Lebanese Internal Security Forces Directorate

Liechtenstein

Landespolizei

Lithuania

Police Department

State Border Guard Service

Public Security Service

Dignitary Protection Service

Luxembourg

Grand Ducal Police

Madagascar

Malagasy National Police

Malaysia

Royal Malaysia Police
Malaysia Coast Guard
Other federal government agencies

Malta

Maltese Police

Mexico

Guardia Nacional

Monaco

Public Security of Monaco

Mongolia

National Police Agency (Mongolia)
Internal Troops of Mongolia

Montenegro

Police Directorate of Montenegro

Morocco

Royal Gendarmerie

National Police

Myanmar

Myanmar Police Force

Namibia

Namibian Police Force

Netherlands

Nationale Politie (National Police)
Koninklijke Marechaussee (Royal Military Constabulary)
Dienst Justitionele Inrichtingen (Custodial Institutions Agency)

New Zealand

New Zealand Police

Nicaragua

Policia Nacional-DOEP

Nigeria

Nigeria Police Force
State Security Service (Nigeria)

Norway

Norwegian Police Service

North Macedonia

Macedonian Police

Oman

Royal Oman Police

Papua New Guinea

Royal Papua New Guinea Constabulary

Pakistan

Federal agencies
Provincial agencies

Panama

Peru

National Police of Peru

Philippines

Philippine National Police

Poland

ABW
SOP
Policja
Straż Graniczna (SG)

Portugal

Public Security Police

National Republican Guard

Prison Guard

Maritime Police

Romania

Ministry of Interior and Administrative Reform
Police
Romanian Gendarmerie
Romanian Secret Service (SRI)

Russia

Center of Special Operations of the FSB [160]
Foreign Intelligence Service [161] [162] [163]
Ministry of Internal Affairs [164]
National Guard of Russia

All the special forces of Russian National Guard (Rosgvardia) was operated under Police of Russia and Russian Ministry of Internal Affairs.

Ministry of Justice

Federal Penitentiary Service OSNs:

Saudi Arabia

Presidency of State Security

Ministry of Interior (Saudi Arabia)

General Directorate of Public Security

Singapore

Singapore Police Force
Singapore Prison Service
Police Coast Guard

Slovenia

Senegal

Senegal National Police
Senegalese National Gendarmerie

Serbia

Seychelles

Seychelles Police Force

Slovakia

Slovak Police Force

Finančná správa Slovenskej republiky

Somalia

Somali Police Force

South Africa

South African Police Service

Most of its members are now part of the parliamentary security team. They also provide escorts of dangerous prisoners.

Its members are highly trained in advance crowd control both French & Belgium tactics, medium to high risk operations

Spain

Guardia Civil (Spanish gendarmerie)
National Police Corps of Spain
Mossos d'Esquadra (Catalonian regional police)
Ertzaintza (Basque regional police)
Policía Foral (Navarrese regional police)

Sri Lanka

Sri Lanka Police Service

Sweden

Swedish Police Authority

Switzerland

Federal Office of Police (FedPol)
Cantonal (states) police

Thailand

Royal Thai Police

Independent agencies

Ministry

Togo

National Police
Togolese National Gendarmerie

Turkey

General Directorate of Security
Turkish Gendarmerie

United Arab Emirates

Dubai Police Force

United Kingdom

Firearms unit (with SFO or CTSFO)
National
Territorial police forces

United States

Federal Law Enforcement Agencies

The federal law enforcement agencies in the United States have tactical units.

Independent Federal Agencies
State Police/Highway Patrol Agencies

The state police (state troopers) and highway patrols of the United States have tactical units.

Local Police/County Sheriff Agencies

The police departments and sheriff's offices of thousands of towns, cities, and counties across the United States have tactical units, which are usually called Special Weapons and Tactics (SWAT), Sheriff's Emergency Response Team, (SERT), or Emergency Response Team (ERT). Some examples are below.

Ukraine

National Police of Ukraine

Uruguay

Policía Nacional del Uruguay

Venezuela

Policía Nacional Bolivariana

Vietnam

Vietnam People's Public Security

Bộ Tư lệnh Cảnh sát Cơ động K20 (K20 Police Headquarters)

Yemen

Special Security Forces

Zimbabwe

Zimbabwe Republic Police (ZRP)

See also

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