List of police tactical units explained

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:

high risk armed offender / suspect searches / apprehensions including arrest warrants^[1]
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 (including units that may be granted authority for overseas operations)

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).^[2] In Australia, the term police tactical group is used for police tactical units.^[3] The European Union uses the term special intervention unit for national counter terrorist police tactical units.^[4]

Albania

Algeria

Sûreté Nationale

Police Special Operations Group (fr|Groupement des Opérations Spéciales de la Police, GOSP)
Research and Intervention Brigade (BRI)

Gendarmerie Nationale

Special Intervention Detachment (DSI)

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)
Scorpion Group - Formerly the Escuadrón Especial de la Gendarmería Nacional
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
Equipo Táctico Especial Recomendado (E.T.E.R.) - Córdoba Provincial Police
Albatross Group - Argentine Naval Prefecture
- Grupo de Respuesta Imediata de Alto Riesgo (GRIAR; 'Immediate High Risk Response Group') - Argentine Naval Prefecture

Armenia

National Security Service

Alpha Group

Police of Armenia

Police tactical unit

Australia

See main article: Police Tactical Group.

Australian Federal Police

Specialist Protective Services (SPS)

New South Wales Police Force

Tactical Operations Unit (TOU)
Tactical Operations Regional Support (TORS)
Public Order and Riot Squad (PORS)

Northern Territory Police

Territory Response Group (TRG)

Queensland Police

Special Emergency Response Team (SERT)

South Australia Police

Special Tasks and Rescue Group (STAR)

Tasmania Police

Special Operations Group (SOG)

Victoria Police

Special Operations Group (SOG)
Critical Incident Response Team (CIRT)

Western Australia Police

Tactical Response Group (TRG)

New South Wales Corrective Services

Security Operations Group (SOG)

Western Australia Department of Corrective Services

Special Operations Group (SOG)

Austria

Federal Ministry of the Interior

EKO Cobra - Special operations and counterterrorism unit

Federal Police

WEGA - SWAT team
SIG (Schnelle Interventionsgruppe) - SWAT

Justizwache (Penitentiary police)

Justizwache Einsatzgruppe (JEG) - Penitentiary police SWAT

Azerbaijan

Ministry of Internal Affairs

Bahamas

Royal Bahamas Police Force

Security and Intelligence Branch

Bangladesh

Rapid Action Battalion
Counter Terrorism and Transnational Crime
Special Weapons And Tactics (SWAT)
Anti Terrorism Unit

Belarus

Militsiya

Belgium

Federal Police

Federal Police Special Units (DSU; Directorate of the Special Units)

Local Police

Peloton Anti-Banditisme (PZ 5277)
Groupe d'Interventions Spéciales (PZ 5303)
Groupe d'Appui Spécialisé Proactif (PZ 5324)
Groupe Alpha (PZ 5325)
Groupe Spécial d'Appui (PZ 5330)
Service d'Assistance Spéciale (PZ 5331)
Brigade Anti-Agression / Anti-Overvalbrigade (PZ 5339)
Brigade Anti-Banditisme (PZ 5340)
Special Response Unit (PZ 5341)
Bijstands Team d'Appui (PZ 5344)
Arrestatie Eenheid (PZ 5345)
Special Assistance Unit (PZ 5364)
Community Orientend Police Support Team (PZ 5415)
Tactisch Responsteam (PZ 5456)
Unité d'Appui Spécialisé (PZ 5297)
DELTA (PZ 5327)
FLAG (PZ 5342)
Ondersteuningscapaciteit Risicovolle en Complexe Operaties (PZ 5440)
Cel Overbrenging Bescherming Reactie Arrestatie (PZ 5444)
Team voor Handhaving van Openbare orde en Rust (PZ 5449)
Arrestatie En Steun (PZ 5904)
Speciale Assistance Unit Tactische Intervention Groep (PZ 5907)
FALCO (PZ 5905)

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)
- Special Support Unit
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

Botswana

Botswana Police Service

Special Support Group (SSG)^[5] ^[6]

Bulgaria

Ministry of Interior

Main Directorate of Gendarmerie, Special Operations and Counter-Terror
- SOBT

General Directorate Combating Organized Crime

GDBOP tac teams

Bulgarian Gendarmerie

СТЗБД-МВР

Brazil

Federal Police Department

Comando de Operações Táticas (COT) - is a specialized counter terrorism unit with headquarters in Brasília^[7]
Grupos de Pronta Intervenção (GPI) - 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^[8]
- Special Operations Battalion (PMDF) - in the Federal District^[9] ^[10] ^[11]
- Specials Battalion Operations (PMMT) - in the state of Mato Grosso^[12]
- Special Operations Battalion (PMPR) - the state of Paraná^[13]
- Special Operations Battalion (PMPI) - the state of Piauí^[14]
- Special Police Operations Battalion (PMAL) - the state of Alagoas^[15]
- Special Police Operations Battalion (PMRR) - in the state of Roraima^[16] ^[17]
- Special Police Operations Battalion (PMSC) - the state of Santa Catarina^[18]
- Special Police Operations Battalion (PMERJ) - in the state of Rio de Janeiro^[19]
- Special Police Operations Battalion (PMRN) - in Rio Grande do Norte state^[20]
- Special Police Operations Battalion (PMBA) - the state of Bahia^[21]
- Special Police Operations Battalion (PMRS) - in Rio Grande do Sul state^[22]
- Special Police Operations Battalion (PMAP) - in Amapá state^[23]
- Special Police Operations Battalion (PMMG) - is a GATE type unit of the Military Police of Minas Gerais State
Tobias de Aguiar Ostensive Patrols (ROTA) - An elite ostensive patrol battalion and quick reaction force of the Military Police of São Paulo State.
Group of Special Tactical Actions (GATE) - A special operation Forces of the Military Police of São Paulo State tasked with hostage rescue operations And Counter-Terrorism.^[24]
Commandos and Special Operations (COE) - A special forces unit of the Military Police of São Paulo State, tasked with operations against violent crime in complex environments such as favelas, forest regions and at sea. Both GATE and COE are part of the 4th Shock Police Battalion.

Policia Civil

Grupo Tático 3 (GT3) - in the state of Goiás^[25]
Grupo Especial de Reação (GER) - is tactical unit similar to GOE operating in the state of São Paulo^[26]
Grupo de Operações Especiais (GOE) - is the elite arm of the Civil Police of the state of São Paulo^[27]
Centro de Operações Policiais Especiais (COPE) - is a specialized division within the civil police of Paraná state^[28]
Tático Integrado de Grupos de Repressão Especial (TIGRE) - is a SWAT type tactical unit that specializes in hostage rescue operations in the state of Paraná^[29]
Coordenadoria de Recursos Especiais (CORE) - is a paramilitary police unit within the Civil Police of Rio de Janeiro State^[30]
Divisão de Operações especiais (DOE) - is a special tactics unit based in Federal District^[31]
Grupo de Operações Especiais (GOE) - is the GOE unit of the state of Pernambuco^[32]

Brunei

Royal Brunei Police Force

Special Operations Squad (SOS; ms|Pasukan Gerak Khas — PGK)

Canada

Federal units

Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP;)
- Emergency Response Team (ERT;)
Parliamentary Protective Service (PPS;) - Mobile Response Team^[33]
Correctional Service of Canada (CSC;)
- Institutional Emergency Response Team (IERT)
- Institutional Crisis Intervention Team (ICIT)

Provincial and Municipal units

Abbotsford Police Department - Emergency Response Team
Barrie Police Service - Tactical Support Unit (TSU)
Bathurst Police Force - Emergency Response Team (ERT)
Brandon Police Service - Tactical Response Unit (TRU)
Brantford Police Service - Emergency Response Team (ERT)
Brockville Police Service - Emergency Response Team (ERT)
Calgary Police Service - Tactical Unit
Cape Breton Regional Police Service - Emergency Response Team (ERT)^[34]
Service de police de la MRC des Collines-de-l'Outaouais - Unité spéciale d’intervention^[35]
Cornwall Police Service - Cornwall Emergency Response Team (CERT)^[36]
Durham Regional Police Service - Tactical Support Unit
Edmonton Police Service - Tactical Unit
Estevan Police Service - Containment / Warrant Entry Team (CWET)^[37]
Service de police de la Ville de Gatineau - Groupe d’intervention
Greater Sudbury Police Service - Tactical Unit
Guelph Police Service - Tactics and Rescue Unit
Halifax Regional Police - Emergency Response Team (ERT)
Halton Regional Police Service - Tactical Rescue Unit (TRU)
Kingston Police - Emergency Response Unit
Service de police de la Ville de Laval - Groupe d’intervention
London Police Service - Emergency Response Unit (ERU)
Service de police de l'agglomération de Longueuil - Groupe d’intervention
Miramichi Police Force - Tactical High Risk Entry and Arrest Team (THREAT)
Service de Police de la Ville de Montreal - Groupe Tactique d’intervention
Niagara Regional Police Service - Emergency Task Unit (ETU)
Ontario Provincial Police
- Tactics and Rescue Unit (TRU)
- Emergency Response Team (ERT)
Ottawa Police Service - Tactical Unit
Peel Regional Police - Tactical and Rescue Unit^[38]
Service de police de la Ville de Québec - Groupe Tactique d'intervention
Regina Police Service - Special Weapons and Tactics (SWAT) Team^[39]
Royal Newfoundland Constabulary - Tactics and Rescue Unit (TRU)^[40]
Saskatoon Police Service - Tactical Support Unit (TSU)
Saint John Police Force & Kennebecasis Regional Police Force - Emergency Tactical Services (ETS)^[41]
South Simcoe Police Service - Containment Team/Emergency Response Unit (ERU)^[42]
Stratford Police Services - Emergency Response Unit (ERU)^[43]
Sûreté du Québec - Groupe d'intervention tactique
Thunder Bay Police Service - Emergency Task Unit (ETU)
Toronto Police Service - Emergency Task Force (ETF)
Vancouver Police Department - Emergency Response Team (ERT)
Victoria Police Department & Saanich Police Department - Greater Victoria Emergency Response Team^[44]
Waterloo Regional Police Service - Special Response Unit
Windsor Police Service - Tactical Unit
Winnipeg Police Service - Tactical Support Team (TST)
Woodstock Police Service - Containment Team^[45]
York Regional Police - Emergency Response Unit (ERU)^[46]
Atlona Police Service, Morden Police Service & Winkler Police Service - Regional Support Tactical Team^[47]

Other units

Atomic Energy of Canada Limited (AECL) - Nuclear Security Response Team
Bruce Power - Nuclear Response Team (NRT)^[48]
Canadian Nuclear Laboratories - Nuclear Response Force (NRF)
NB Power - Nuclear Response Team (NRT)
Ontario Power Generation - Nuclear Security^[49]

Chile

Carabineros de Chile

Grupo de Operaciones Policiales Especiales (GOPE; 'Police Special Operations Group')

Chilean Investigation Police (Policía de Investigaciones de Chile)

Equipo de Reacción Táctica Antinarcóticos (ERTA; 'Antinarcotics Tactical Response Team')

Gendarmería de Chile (Prison Service)

Sección de Operaciones Tácticas (SOT; 'Tactical Operations Section')

People's Republic of China

Given the numerous police tactical units, only a few examples are listed below.

People's Police

Ministry of Public Security
- Shanghai Municipal Public Security Bureau
  - Special Police Corps
- Beijing Municipal Public Security Bureau
  - Counter-Terrorism and Special Police Corps
- Guangzhou Municipal Public Security Bureau
  - Special Police Detachment
Ministry of Justice
- Guangdong Province Yingde Prison
  - Special Police Unit
- Sichuan Province Ya'an Prison
  - Special Police Unit

People's Armed Police

Internal Troops
- Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region Corps
  - Mountain Counter-Terrorism Special Operations Detachment
Mobile Troops
- First Mobile Corps
  - First Special Operations Detachment
- Second Mobile Corps
  - First Special Operations Detachment

Taiwan (Republic of China)

National Police Agency

Security Police First Corps Special Operations Group
Criminal Investigation Bureau Special Tactical Unit
Local Police Departments
- Thunder Squads

Coast Guard Administration

Special Task Unit

Colombia

(COPES) Comandos de Operaciones Especiales (Special Operations Commandos)
(JUNGLA) Jungle
(GOES) Grupo de Operaciones Especiales (Special operations group) (SWAT equivalent)

Croatia

Special Police

Lučko Anti-Terrorist Unit (ATJ Lučko)
Zadar special police units (Zadar County police administration)
Bjelovar special police units (Bjelovar-Bilogora County police administration)
Osijek special police units (Osijek-Baranja County police administration)
Slavonski Brod special police units (Brod-Posavina County police administration)
Split special police units (Split-Dalmatia County police administration)
Special Police Units (SJP Split "BATT", SJP Rijeka "AJKULA", SJP Osijek "ORAO")
Riot Police Units- EPZ (Ekipa za Posebne Zadaće) tactical platoon within Intervention/riot police

Cyprus

Cyprus Police

Mobile Immediate Action Unit (MMAD)

Czech Republic

Police of the Czech Republic

Útvar rychlého nasazení [ÚRN/URNA] Rapid Reaction Unit, national police CT unit
Krajská zásahová jednotka - [KZJ] 8 regional police intervention units

Celní správa České republiky

Skupina operativního nasazení - [SON]

Denmark

Rigspolitiet

Politiets Aktionsstyrke (Special Intervention Unit)

Københavns Politi (Copenhagen Police Department)

Udrykningssektionen (First Response Unit)

Ecuador

GOE - Grupo de Operaciones Especiales (Police)
GIR - Grupo de Intervención y Rescate (Police)

Egypt

Ministry of Interior

Central Security Forces

Black Cobra (Counterterrorism special unit)

Estonia

Police and Border Guard Board

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

Fiji

Fiji Police Force

Police National Operations Support Unit^[50] ^[51]
Police Special Response Unit (PSRU) ^[52] ^[53]

Finland

Police of Finland

Police Rapid Response Unit

France

National Police

Recherche Assistance Intervention Dissuasion (RAID). RAID is composed of a central unit based in Bièvres (near Paris) and 13 regional branches named Antennes du RAID. The 13 Regional branches are located in metropolitan and overseas France and were formerly known as GIPNs.
Brigade anticommando (BRI-BAC). The Paris Police Prefecture (PP) anti-terrorism task force. It is activated in emergency situations. BRI-BAC is primarily composed of personnel from the Paris Police Prefecture Brigade de recherche et d'intervention (BRI-PP) (from the Judiciary Police directorate) with reinforcements from other PP units. Although the official name of the unit when activated is Brigade anticommando, it is often simply referred to by the press as BRI (which can be confusing as there are BRIs in each region of France).

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

Groupe d'Intervention de la Gendarmerie Nationale (GIGN; "National Gendarmerie Intervention Group"). GIGN is composed of a central unit based in Versailles-Satory, near Paris and 14 regional branches based in metropolitan and overseas France which are known as Antennes du GIGN (AGIGN).
Pelotons spécialisé de protection de la Gendarmerie (PSPG). 20 units primarily dedicated to protecting the French civilian nuclear sites. Can be engaged as tactical units in a secondary role.

Helicopter support for GIGN and RAID

Groupe interarmées d'hélicoptères (GIH). A joint army/air force helicopter unit belonging to COS (Commandement des opérations spéciales : Special operations command). Its primary role is support of GIGN and RAID.

Ministry of Justice

Équipes régionales d'intervention et de sécurité (ERIS, "Regional Intervention and Security Teams"). Unit under the command of the carceral administration, formed partially by the GIGN, to intervene inside prison in case of particular events (riots, mutiny, evasion, terrorism).

Ghana

Ghana Police Service

National SWAT Unit^[54]

Georgia

State Security Service of Georgia

Counterterrorist Center
Special Operations Center

Ministry of Internal Affairs of Georgia

Counter Intelligence Department^[55]
Special Emergency and Situations Management Center^[56]
Central Anti Crime Department
Regional Special Task Divisions^[57]

Special State Protection Service (SSPS)

Tactical Response Group

Germany

Federal

Bundespolizei (Federal Police)
- GSG 9 der Bundespolizei (GSG 9 or GSG 9 BPOL, formerly Grenzschutzgruppe 9 of the Bundesgrenzschutz) - Special Operations and Counter-Terrorism Tactical Intervention Unit
- Beweissicherungs- und Festnahmeeinheit (BFE) - Evidence Preservation and Arrest Unit of the Federal Readiness (Riot) Police (Bundesbereitschaftspolizei) for violent crime
- Beweissicherungs- und Festnahmeeinheit plus (BFE+) - Evidence Preservation and Arrest Unit Plus of the Federal Police for counter-terrorism
- Polizeiliche Schutzaufgaben Ausland der Bundespolizei - Police Foreign Protection Tasks of the Federal Police: for German Diplomatic Missions
Bundeskriminalamt (Federal Criminal Investigation Office)
- Mobiles Einsatzkommando (MEK) - Mobile Deployment Force: primarily responsible for the investigation and apprehension of fugitives, also provides support for observation and arrests for the federal and state police
- Auslands- und Spezialeinsätze (ASE) - Foreign and Special Deployments: Close protection unit for safeguarding members of the federal constitutional bodies when traveling to crisis areas, as well as their high-risk guests from abroad
Zollkriminalamt (Customs Criminal Investigation Office)
- Zentrale Unterstützungsgruppe Zoll (ZUZ) - Customs Central Support Group: Equivalent to the State Police SEK units
Feldjäger (Military Police)
- Zugriffskräfte - Tactical Action Force

State

Landespolizei (State Police)
- Spezialeinsatzkommando (SEK) - Special Deployment Force of the state police forces
- Beweissicherungs- und Festnahmeeinheit (BFE) - Evidence Preservation and Arrest Unit of the State Readiness (Riot) Police (Bereitschaftspolizei) for violent crime
- Mobiles Einsatzkommando (MEK) - Mobile Deployment Force: primarily responsible for the investigation and apprehension of fugitives, part of the State Police Forces

Greece

Greek Police

Special Anti-Terrorist Unit (EKAM)

Greek Coast Guard

Special Operations Teams (OEA)

Haiti

Haitian National Police

Le Groupe d'Intervention de la Police Nationale d'Haïti (GIPNH) - National Police Intervention Group

Hong Kong

Airport District
- Airport Security Unit (ASU)
Police Tactical Unit Headquarters
- Special Duties Unit (SDU)
- Special Tactical Contingent (STC)
Counter-Terrorism and Internal Security Division
- Counter Terrorism Response Unit (CTRU)
Crime Wing
- Operation Support Unit (Hit Team)
Railway District
- Railway Response Team (RRT)
Security Wing
- VIP Protection Unit (VIPPU)
- Witness Protection Unit (WPU)
Marine Police
- Maritime Emergency Response Team (MERT)

Hong Kong Correctional Services

Correctional Emergency Response Team (CERT)
Regional Response Team (RRT)

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

Law Enforcement in India

Federal

National Security Guard
- Special Action Group (SAG) - 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 (SRG) - provides logistical support to the SAGs during operations
  - 11 Special Ranger Group
  - 12 Special Ranger Group
  - 13 Special Ranger Group
- Special Composite Group (SCG) - 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
Border Security Force (BSF)
- Creek Crocodile Commando
  - Railway Protection Force Commandos for Railway Safety (CORAS)^[58]
Anti-Terrorism Squad
Central Reserve Police Force
- Commando Battalion for Resolute Action (COBRA) - Special operation force of the CRPF
- Rapid Action Force - A specialized wing of CRPF
Andhra Pradesh Police
- Organisation for Counter Terrorist Operations
Jammu and Kashmir Police
- Special Operation Group (SOG)
Gujarat Police
- Chetak Commandos^[59]
Odisha Police
- Special Operation Group (Odisha)
  - Special Tactical Unit - Urban counter-terrorist unit of the parent force
  - Maharashtra Police C-60 Commando force^[60]
- Mumbai Police
  - Force One - specialized in counter-terrorism
West Bengal Police
- Counter Insurgency Force - Counter insurgency & Counter terrorism unit of 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

Protective Service Unit

Special Protection Group
SWAT teams of Punjab,^[61] ^[62] Delhi^[63] & Jammu and Kashmir^[64]

Indonesia

Indonesian National Police (POLRI)

Mobile Brigade Corps (Indonesian: Korps Brigade Mobil) abbreviated as Brimob
- Gegana is a detachment from Brimob which specializes in bomb disposal, counter-terrorism, CBR defense and intelligence operations.^[65]
Detachment 88, known locally as (Densus 88) is the special counter-terrorism unit of the Indonesian National Police.

Directorate General of Customs and Excise (Bea Cukai)

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

Maritime Security Agency (Bakamla)

"Maritime Rapid Reaction Unit" (Unit Reaksi Cepat Laut) abbreviated as URCL.^[66]

Iran

Iranian Police

Iranian Police Special Units
- Counter-terrorism Special Force

Iraq

Iraqi Police

Golden Counterterrorism Squad
Hilla SWAT Team
Special Police Commandos

Ireland

Garda Síochána (National Police)

Emergency Response Unit (ERU)
Armed Support Unit (ASU)

Israel

Israel Police

Yasam
Gidonim

Israel Border Police

Yamam
Yamas

Israel Prison Service

Nachshon
Dror
Metzada

Israel Defense Force

Italy

Carabinieri (National Gendarmerie)

Gruppo di Intervento Speciale (GIS)
Aliquota Primo Intervento, Squadre Operative Supporto (API, SOS)

Polizia di Stato (State Civil Police)

Nucleo Operativo Centrale di Sicurezza (NOCS)
Unità Operativa Primo Intervento (UOPI)

Polizia Penitenziaria (Penitentiary Police)

Gruppo Operativo Mobile (GOM)

Guardia di Finanza (Border and Financial Police)

Antiterrorismo Pronto Impiego (AT-PI)

Jamaica

Jamaica Constabulary Force

SWAT^[67]

Japan

Security Bureaus of Prefectural police headquarters (supervised by the National Police Agency Security Bureau)

Special Assault Team (SAT) - national-level counter-terrorism units
Anti-firearms squads - territorial-level counter-terrorism units

Criminal Investigation Bureaus of Prefectural police headquarters

Special Investigation Team (SIT) - Akita/Iwate/Ibaraki/Miyagi/Fukushima/Tochigi/Tokyo/Shizuoka/Aichi/Mie/Fukuoka/Nagasaki^[68]
Martial Arts Attack Team (MAAT) - Osaka^[68]
Assault Response Team - Chiba^[68]
Special Tactical Section - Saitama^[68]
Special Investigation Section - Kanagawa^[68]
Technical Special Team - Aomori^[68]
Hostage Rescue Team - Hiroshima

Japan Coast Guard

Special Security Team (SST) - national-level maritime counter-terrorism teams
- regional-level riot control and special reaction teams

Jordan

General Directorate Of Gendarmerie

Unit 14

GID

GID Special Unit

Kenya

Recce special warfare Kenya
ATPU (Anti terror police Unit)
SOG (Special Organized Group)
RDU (Rapid Deployment Unit)
A.F SWAT (SAT-Special Assault Team)

Kyrgyzstan

Alpha (Elite police unit)
Kalkan (Special Armed Unit)
GSKN (Special Unit)
GSIN (Special Unit)
Shumkar (Special police unit)
Sher (Anti-terrorist special unit)
SOBR (Fast reaction unit)

Korea - ROK

Korean National Police Agency (KNPA)

Special Operation Unit (SOU)

- Seoul Metropolitan Police SOU - metropolitan area central SOU
- Gyeonggi Nambu Provincial Police SOU
- Gyeonggi Bukbu Provincial Police SOU
- Incheon Metropolitan Police SOU
- Busan Metropolitan Police SOU - Yeongnam area central SOU
- Daegu Metropolitan Police SOU - inland area central SOU
- Ulsan Metropolitan Police SOU
- Gyeongbuk Provincial Police SOU
- Gyeongnam Provincial Police SOU
- Daejeon Metropolitan Police SOU
- Chungbuk Provincial Police SOU
- Chungnam Provincial Police SOU
- Sejong City Police SOU - central area central SOU
- Gwangju Metropolitan Police SOU
- Jeonnam Provincial Police SOU
- Gangwon Provincial Police SOU - Honam area central SOU
- Jeonbuk Provincial Police SOU
- Jeju Provincial Police SOU

Korea Coast Guard (KCG)

Sea Special Attack Team (SSAT)

- Korea Coast Guard Region-Central SSAT
- Korea Coast Guard Region-East SSAT
- Korea Coast Guard Region-West SSAT
- Korea Coast Guard Region-South SSAT
- Korea Coast Guard Region-Jeju SSAT

Presidential Security Service (PSS)

Counter Assault Team (CAT)

ROK Military Police (MP)

Special Duty Team (SDT)

Kosovo

IG EULEX (Intervention Group)

Kuwait

Kuwait Special Force (Al Quwat Al Khasa)
Kuwait Swat team

Latvia

State Police of Latvia

Special Tasks Battalion (lv|Speciālo Uzdevumu Bataljons) former as Special Tasks Battalion "ALFA"
Counter-terrorist unit "OMEGA" (lv|Pretterorisma vienība "[[OMEGA (counterterrorism unit)|OMEGA]]")

Lebanon

Lebanese Internal Security Forces Directorate

Black Panthers (Al Fouhoud) - Special Operations Unit
Information Branch - Intelligence Unit

Liechtenstein

Landespolizei

Intervention Unit (de|Interventionseinheit (IVE))^[69]

Lithuania

Police Department

ARAS - Lithuanian Police Anti-terrorist Operations Unit (lt|Lietuvos policijos antiteroristinių operacijų rinktinė)
Mobile Squads - Lithuanian Public Police Tactical Support, Riot Control, and Crimesupression units (lt|Lietuvos viešosios policijos mobilus būrys)

State Border Guard Service

SPS "Perkūnas" - Special Purpose Unit "Perkunas" (lt|Specialios Paskirties Skyrius "Perkūnas") former as Special Purpose Squad (VSAT SPB)

Public Security Service

ORKA - Operative Reaction Counterattack Squad (lt|Viešojo Saugumo Tarnybos Operatyvus Kontratakos Būrys)

Dignitary Protection Service

Tactical Support Unit - (lt|Vadovybės Apsaugos Tarnybos Taktinės Paramos Skyrius)

Luxembourg

Grand Ducal Police

Unité Spéciale de la Police

Macau

Public Security Police Force of Macau

Police Tactical Intervention Unit
- Special Operations Team (GOE)

Correctional Services Bureau

Tactical Response Unit

Malaysia

See main article: Elite Forces of Malaysia.

Royal Malaysia Police

Pasukan Gerakan Khas (PGK; 'Special Operation Command')
- 69 Commando Battalion (VAT 69;) - 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 (MAST;) - Marine police counter-terrorism unit

Malaysia Coast Guard

Special Task and Rescue (STAR) - Coast Guard's counter-terrorism unit

Other federal government agencies

Trup Tindakan Cepat (TTC) - Prison's SWAT team
Pasukan Taktikal Khas (PASTAK) - Immigration's SWAT team
Customs Operational Battle Force Response Assault (COBRA) - Customs' SWAT team

Malta

Maltese Police

Rapid Intervention Unit (RIU) and Special Intervention Unit (SIU)

Mexico

Guardia Nacional

Grupo de Operaciones Especiales (GOPES)
Fuerzas Federales de Apoyo
Proteccion Federal
Policia Federal de Caminos
Division de Inteligencia

Mongolia

National Police Agency (Mongolia)

Special Response Unit
SWAT
Rot-35 (Street and Lineage F1amily)

Internal Troops of Mongolia

Morocco

Royal Gendarmerie

Groupe d'intervention de la Gendarmerie royale (G.I.G.R)

National Police

Bureau central des investigations judiciaire (B.C.I.J)

Myanmar

Myanmar Police Force

Special Weapons and Tactics (S.W.A.T)

Namibia

Namibian Police Force

Special Reserve Force (SRF)

Netherlands

Nationale Politie (National Police)

Dienst Speciale Interventies (Special Intervention Service) - Collection of joint, on-call or part-time basis SWAT teams recruiting from police, military police and army (but falling under civilian police command). The Service consists of four Units:
- Aanhoudings- en Ondersteuningsteams (Arrest and Support Teams) - High-risk arrests, protection of undercover police officers and secret agents and supporting investigation work.
- Unit Interventie (Intervention Unit) - Small-scale high-risk operations, deployed in situations involving heavy firearms, explosions, hazardous substances and/or suicidal gunmen.
- M-Squadron (Marine Intervention Unit), 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 (Expertise and Operational Support Unit) - Specialized teams. Police and army each provide one half of the snipers.
Dienst Bewaken & Beveiliging (Guard & Security Service) - VIP security, most notably the royal family, politicians and diplomats.
Mobiele Eenheid (ME) (Mobile Unit) - Part-time non-lethal riot police. When not deployed, officers serve as regular police.

Koninklijke Marechaussee (Royal Military Constabulary)

Brigade Speciale Beveiligingsopdrachten (Special Protection Tasks Brigade) - 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 (Support Unit) - 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.

Dienst Justitionele Inrichtingen (Custodial Institutions Agency)

Intern Bijstand Team (Internal Support Team) - Low-risk prison riot squads and backup teams for regular prison officers, available around the clock at every institution
Dienst Vervoer en Ondersteuning (Transport and Support Service) - In addition to the offices and training facilities of the Agency, also consists out of:
- Landelijke Bijzondere Bijstandseenheid (National Special Support Unit) - 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 (BOT) (Special Support Team) - High-risk prisoner transport.

New Zealand

New Zealand Police

Armed Offenders Squad (AOS), Specialist part- time squads from the NZ Police that involve high risk duties and weapons outside the scope of general duties police.
Special Tactics Group (STG), Specialist full- time counter terrorism unit.

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 unit
Rapid Response Squad (RRS)
Criminals Investigation Department (CID)
Special Anti-Cultism Squad (SACS)
Anti-Riot Squad
Nigerian Mobile Police Force
Anti-Bomb Squad.

State Security Service (Nigeria)

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

Norway

Delta (no|Beredskapstroppen)
Utrykningsenheten (UEH)

North Macedonia

Macedonian Police

Special Anti-Terrorism Unit - "Tigers" (Специјална Антитерористичка Единица —Тигар)
Unit for fast deployment (Единица за Брзо Распоредување)

Pakistan

Federal agencies

Federal Investigation Agency — Counter-terrorism Wing (CTW)

Provincial agencies

Punjab Police — Elite Police & Dolphin Force
Sindh Police — Special Security Unit
Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Police — Special Combat Unit

Panama

Darien-Kuna Yala Border Security Police (DARKUN)

Peru

National Police of Peru

Tactical Action Sub-Unit - (Sub-Unidad de Acción Táctica) SUAT^[70]
Sinchis

Philippines

Philippine National Police

Special Action Force^[71]
SWAT
Regional Mobile Force Battalions (RMFB) in each Regional Police Offices.
District Mobile Force Battalions (DMFB) in each Police District under the National Capital Region Police Office.
Provincial Mobile Force Companies (PMFC) in each Provincial Police Office.
City Mobile Force Companies (CMFC) in City Police Offices in Major cities outside Metro Manila.

Poland

ABW

BOA
Centralne Biuro Śledcze Policji (CBŚP)
Samodzielny Pododdział Kontrterrorystyczny Policji (SPKP)

Straż Graniczna (SG)

Portugal

Public Security Police

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

National Republican Guard

Intervention Unit (UI)
- Special Operations Intervention Group (GIOE) - special tactical assault unit
- Public Order Intervention Group (GIOP) - riot control unit
- Protection and Rescue Intervention Group (GIPS) - Rescue and firefighting unit
- Center for Explosive Disposal and Subsoil Security (CIESS) - EOD and subsoil security unit
- Cino-technical Intervention Group (GIC) - K9 unit

Prison Guard

Cino-technical Operational Group - K9 unit
Intervention and Prison Security Group (GISP) - tactical intervention unit

Maritime Police

Tactical Actions Group (GAT) - special boarding unit
Forensic Diving Group - underwater forensic investigation unit

Romania

Ministry of Interior and Administrative Reform

Special Group for Protection and Intervention (GSPI) - disbanded

Police

Detașamentul de Poliție pentru Intervenție Rapidă
- SAS - the service for special actions
- SIIAS Serviciul Independent pentru Intervenții și Acțiuni Speciale (Independent Special Actions and Intervention Service)

Romanian Gendarmerie

BSIJ Special Intervention Brigade "Vlad Țepeș"

Romanian Secret Service (SRI)

BAT - Anti-Terror Brigade

Russia

See main article: Spetsnaz.

Center of Special Operations of the FSB^[72]

Directorate "A" (Spetsgruppa Alpha)
Directorate "V" (Spetsgruppa Vympel)
Directorate "S" (Spetsgruppa Smerch)
Directorate "K" (Kavkaz - formerly Special Purpose unit for the city of Yessentuki)
Directorate "T" (Spetsgruppa Tavrida) (Crimea, previously - 2nd service "SN" of FSB)
Special Arms Service