This is a list of civilian or gendarmerie-type law enforcement 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
Interior Ministry
Special Narcotics Force
Afghan National Civil Order Police Special Support Battalion
Shqiponjat (The Eagles)
Immediate Intervention Forces - FNSH (Forcat e Ndërhyrjes së Shpejtë)
Port Authority Security Force
RENEA (Reparti i Neutralizimit te Elementit te Armatosur)
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
Police Tactical Group (PTG)
Australian Federal Police
Specialist Response Group (SRG)
New South Wales Police Force
Tactical Operations Unit (TOU)
State Protection Support Unit (SPSU)
Northern Territory Police
Territory Response Group (TRG)
Queensland Police
Special Emergency Response Team (SERT)
South Australia Police
Special Tasks and Rescue (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)
Federal Ministry of the Interior
EKO Cobra (Special operations and counterterrorism unit)
Bundespolizei (Federal police)
WEGA (SWAT team)
Justizwache (Penitentiary police)
Justizwache Einsatzgruppe (JEG) Penitentiary police SWAT team
Ministry of Internal Affairs
OPON
Royal Bahamas Police Force
Security and Intelligence Branch
Bangladesh Police
SWAT (Bangladesh)
Rapid Action Battalion
Special Security and Protection Battalion
Anti Terrorist Squad
Counter Terrorism and Transnational Crime Unit
Bureau of Counter Terrorism
Crisis Response Team
Quick Response Team
Federal police
Directie van de speciale eenheden/Direction des unités spéciales (DSU) (Directorate of the special units)
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
SOBT
Bulgarian Gendarmerie
Counter-Terrorist Squads
Federal Police Department
Comando de Operações Táticas (C.O.T.) - is a specialized counter terrorism unit with headquarters in Brasília
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
Special Operations Battalion (PMDF) - in the Federal District
Specials Battalion Operations (PMMT) - in the state of Mato Grosso
Special Operations Battalion (PMPR) - the state of Paraná
Special Operations Battalion (PMPI) - the state of Piauí
Special Police Operations Battalion (PMAL) - the state of Alagoas
Special Police Operations Battalion (PMRR) - in the state of Roraima
Special Police Operations Battalion (PMSC) - the state of Santa Catarina
Special Police Operations Battalion (PMERJ) - in the state of Rio de Janeiro
Special Police Operations Battalion (PMRN) - in Rio Grande do Norte state
Special Police Operations Battalion (PMRS) - in Rio Grande do Sul state
Special Police Operations Battalion (PMAP) - in Amapá state
Grupo de Ações Táticas Especiais (G.A.T.E.) - is a special operations force within São Paulo's military police
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
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
Centro de Operações Policiais Especiais (C.O.P.E.) - is a specialized division within the civil police of Paraná state
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
Coordenadoria de Recursos Especiais (C.O.R.E.) - is a paramilitary police unit within the Civil Police of Rio de Janeiro State
Divisão de Operações especiais (D.O.E.) - is a special tactics unit based in Federal District
Grupo de Operações Especiais (G.O.E.) - is the GOE unit of the state of Pernambuco
Royal Brunei Police Force
Special Operations Squad (SOS) - (Malay: Pasukan Gerak Khas (PGK))
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
Barrie Police Service
Tactical Support Unit (TSU)
Brandon Police Service
Tactical Response Unit (TRU)
Brockville Police Service
Emergency Response Team (ERT)
Calgary Police Service
Tactical Unit
Chalk River Laboratories Nuclear Response Force (NRF)
Correctional Service of Canada - Institutional Emergency Response Team (IERT) Institutional Crisis Intervention Team (ICIT)
Edmonton Police Service
Tactical Unit
Halton Regional Police Service - Tactical Rescue Unit (TRU)
Ontario Provincial Police
Tactics and Rescue Unit (TRU)
Emergency Response Team (ERT)
Ottawa Police Service
Tactical Unit
Toronto Police Service
Emergency Task Force (TPS)
Vancouver Police Department
Emergency Response Team (ERT)
Windsor Police Service - Tactical Unit
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.
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)
Ministry of Public Security of the People's Republic of China
Beijing SWAT
Shanghai special police department
People's Armed Police (CAPF)
Snow Leopard Commando Unit (SWCU)
Immediate Action Unit (IAU)
Provincial Special Police Groups (SPG)
Special Police Unit (SPU)
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)
Public Security Police Force of Macau
Police Tactical Intervention Unit (UTIP)
Special Operation Group (GOE)
National Police of Colombia
Special Operations Commandos (Grupo de Operaciones Especiales (GOES) - Comando de Operaciones Especiales (COPES))
Grupo Antisecuestro y Antiextorsión (GUALA)
Compañía Jungla Antinarcóticos "JUNGLA" - Anti-narcotics Jungle Company
Mobile Riot Squadrons (Escuadrón Movil Anti-Disturbios (ESMAD))
Escuadrones móviles de carabineros "EMCAR" - Mobile Carabinier Squadrons
Special Police
Lučko Anti-Terrorist Unit (ATJ Lučko)
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
Police of the Czech Republic
Útvar Rychlého Nasazení (URNa - Rapid Reaction Unit, national police CT unit)
Krajská Zásahová Jednotka (KZJ - Regional Intervention Unit, 8 regional police intervention units)
Celní správa České republiky
Skupina Operativního Nasazení (SON - Operative Deployment Unit, national customs intervention unit)
Rigspolitiet
Politiets Aktionsstyrke (Special unit of the Police)
GOE - Grupo de Operaciones Especiales
GIR - Grupo de Intervención y Rescate
Egyptian National Police
Unit 333 (Special unit of the interior ministry)
Estonian Police
K-Commando (Special unit of the Central Crime Police)
Police Tactical Response Unit (disbanded in 2007)
Police National Operations Support Unit
Finland
Finnish Police
Karhuryhmä (Special unit of the National Bureau of Investigation)
Valo-79 (Special unit of the North-Finland Police)
Finnish Border Guard
Border Guard Readiness Unit
National Police
Service de la protection (SDLP). Personal protection. Basically a National Police unit, it includes among its services, Groupe de sécurité de la présidence de la République (GSPR), a joint Police-Gendarmerie unit tasked with the close protection of the French President.
Recherche Assistance Intervention Dissuasion (RAID).
Antennes du RAID (RAID branches). Regional units based in metropolitan France. Formerly known as GIPNs (see below).
Groupes d'Intervention de la Police Nationale (GIPN) : Overseas units. Have kept their original designations, contrary to the metropolitan units who have been redesignated as RAID branches.
Brigade anticommando (BRI-BAC) 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 (BRI-PP) (from the Judiciary Police directorate) and the Brigade d'intervention (BI) (from the Public Order directorate). Although the official name of the unit 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")
Antennes du GIGN (AGIGN): 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 (PSPG). 20 units dedicated to protecting the French civilian nuclear sites.
Helicopter support for GIGN and RAID
Groupe interarmées d'hélicoptères (GIH; joint army/air force helicopter unit dedicated to support GIGN and RAID.
State Security Service of Georgia
Counterterrorism Center
Ministry of Internal Affairs of Georgia
Counter Intelligence Department
Special Emergency and Situations Management Center
Central Anti Crime Department
Regional Special Task Divisions
Special State Protection Service (SSPS)
Tactical Response Group
Federal
Bundespolizei (Federal Police)
Grenzschutzgruppe 9 der Bundespolizei (GSG 9) (Special Operations and Counterterrorism unit)
Beweissicherungs- und Festnahmeeinheit (BFE) (Special Anti-Terrorist Unit of Federal Anti Riot Police)
Beweissicherungs- und Festnahmeeinheit plus (BFE+) (Special Detention Unit of Federal Anti Riot Police)
ASSIK
Zollkriminalamt (Customs Investigation Bureau)
Zentrale Unterstützungsgruppe Zoll (ZUZ) (Customs SWAT Team)
Feldjäger (Military Police)
Zugriffskräfte ("Access forces")
State
Landespolizei (State Police)
Spezialeinsatzkommando (SEK) (State SWAT Team, Part of Uniformed Police)
Beweissicherungs- und Festnahmeeinheit (BFE) (Special Detention Unit, Part of State Anti Riot Police)
Mobiles Einsatzkommando (MEK) (State SWAT Team, Part of Criminal Police)
Greek Police
Special Anti-Terrorist Unit (EKAM)
Greek Coast Guard
Special Operations Teams (OEA)
Counter Terrorism Centre (TEK - Terrorelhárítási Központ)
Készenléti Rendőrség (Operational Police)
Iceland
Icelandic Police
Víkingasveitin (Viking Squad / Special Operations Unit of the National Commissioner)
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 teams of States like Punjab, Delhi & Jammu & Kashmir
National Investigation Agency
Central Bureau of Investigation
Indonesian National Police (POLRI)
Indonesian National Police Special Units:
Mobile Brigade Corps also known as "BRIMOB" is the Special Operations Force, Police Commandos, Special Response team, Paramilitary, and riot control of the National Police Force of Indonesia ("POLRI").
GEGANA is an internal special unit of "BRIMOB" which conducts mainly on bomb disposal. It also specializes in the field of intelligence, anti-anarchist, and handling of Chemical, Biological, and Radio Active threats.
DENSUS 88 / Detasmen Khusus 88 translated as ("Detachment 88") is the special counter-terrorism force of the Indonesian National Police.
Iranian Police
Iranian Police Special Units
Anti-Terror Special Force
Iraqi Police
Hilla SWAT Team
Golden counterterrorism squad
Ireland
Garda Síochána (National Police)
Special Detective Unit (SDU)
Emergency Response Unit (ERU)
National Surveillance Unit (NSU)
Regional Support Unit (RSU)
Public Order Unit
Witness Protection Unit
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
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)
Security Bureaus of Prefectural Police Departments (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 Departments
Special Investigation Team (SIT) - Akita/Iwate/Ibaraki/Miyagi/Fukushima/Tochigi/Tokyo/Shizuoka/Aichi/Mie/Fukuoka/Nagasaki
Martial Arts Attack Team (MAAT) - Osaka
Assault Response Team - Chiba
Special Tactical Section - Saitama
Special Investigation Section - Kanagawa
Technical Special Team - Aomori
Hostage Rescue Team - Hiroshima
Japan Coast Guard
Special Security Team (SST) - national-level maritime counter-terrorism teams
Special Police Team - regional-level maritime special reaction team
Special Rescue Team - the maritime search & rescue teams
National Strike Team (NST) - the maritime oil pollution response teams
Public Security Force
Special Police's Unit 30 (SWAT)
General Directorate Of Gendarmerie
Special Unit 14 (Special Intervention)
GID
GID Special Unit
Kuwait Special Force (Al Quwat Al Khasa)
Kuwait Swat team
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)
Lebanese Police Force
Fuhud (Panthers)(Special Police Unit)
internal intelligence (fast reaction force)
general security (special unit)
Landespolizei
Special Police Unit
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)
Grand Ducal Police
Unité Spéciale de la Police
Macedonian Police
Special Task Unit - "Tigers" (Единица за Специјални Задачи - Тигар)
Unit for fast deployment (Единица за Брзо Распоредување)
Royal Malaysia Police (Polis Diraja Malaysia)
69 Komando PGK - National Police Paramilitary Multispecrum Special Force
Unit Tindak Khas - National Special Police Counter Terrorism Unit
Unit Tiger Platoon PGA - Paramilitary Police Frontliner Special Combat Unit
Unit Gempur Marin (UNGERIN) - Marine Police Counter Terrorism Unit
STAFOC - Organized crime SWAT teams
STING - Narcotics armed SWAT teams
STAGG - CID D7 armed response teams
Malaysian Maritime Enforcement Agency (Agensi Penguatkuasaan Maritim Malaysia)
Special Task And Rescue (STAR) - Coast Guard Counter Terrorism Unit
Malaysian Prison Department (Jabatan Penjara Malaysia)
Trup Tindakan Cepat (TTC) - Prison SWAT teams
Malaysian Immigration Department (Jabatan Immigresen Malaysia)
Grup Taktikal Khas (GTK) - Immigration SWAT teams
Maltese Police
Special Mobile Unit till 1987
Special Assignments Group till June 2013
Rapid Intervention Unit (RIU) since July 1, 2013
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
Mongolian Police
Special Response Unit
SWAT
Royal Gendarmerie :
Groupe d'intervention de la Gendarmerie royale (G.I.G.R)
National Police :
Bureau central des investigations judiciaire ("B.C.I.J")
Special Field Force (SFF)
Special Reserve Force (SRF)
Special Operations Khomas Regional Support Unit (RSU)
Emergency Response Unit (ERU)
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 out 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.
Unit Interventie Mariniers (Marines Intervention Unit), also known by the name of its main component, MARSOF - 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) - Sniper 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), incidents involving weapons
Diplomatic Protection Squad (DPS), VIP protection
Special Tactics Group (STG), counter terrorist
Policia Nacional-DOEP
Tácticas y Armas Policiales de Intervención y Rescate (TAPIR)
Departamento de Intervención Rápida (GIR)
Nigeria Police Force
Anti-Terrorism Squad (ATS), counter terrorist
State Security Service (Nigeria)
Department of State Security (DSS), VIP protection/counter terrorist
Norwegian Police Service
Emergency Response Unit
Utrykningsenheten (UEH)
Special Response Unit
Anti-Narcotics Force (anti drug-trafficking arm of Pakistan Police)
Elite Punjab Police
Anti Terrorists Squad
Special Security Unit
Rangers Anti-Terrorist (RAT)
Quick Response Force
Pakistan Coast Guards
Airports Security Force
Maritime Security Agency
Balochistan Levies
Punjab Dolphin Force
Counter Terrorism Department
Special Combat Unit
Darien-Kuna Yala Border Security Police (DARKUN)
Philippine National Police
Special Action Force
Special Weapons and Tactics (SWAT)
Anti Drugs Special Operations Task Force (ADSOTF)
Poland
Policja
BOA
SPAP
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
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-Terror Brigade
Foreign Intelligence Service
Special Operations Department of Directorate S (Zaslon)
Ministry of Internal Affairs
Internal Troops of Russia Main Office for Special Technical ActionsSpecial 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"
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"
Center of Special Operations of the FSB
Directorate "A" (Spetsgruppa Alpha)
Directorate "B" (Spetsgruppa Vega)
Directorate "C" (Spetsgruppa Smerch)
Regional FSB units
Singapore Police Force
Special Operations Command (SOC)
Police Tactical Unit (PTU)
Special Tactics and Rescue (STAR)
Special Guard and Counter-Terrorism Unit (GC)
Security command (SecCom)
Singapore Prison Service
Singapore Prisons Emergency Action Response (SPEAR)
Police Coast Guard
Special Task Squadron (STS)
Specialna Enota Policije (SEP) - the principle counter-terrorist & hostage rescue unit,
Posebna Policijska Enota (PPE) - the principle public order & peace enforcement unit.
Special Anti-Terrorist Unit
Gendarmery
Útvar Osobitného Určenia (UOU) - Special Designation Unit of the Presidium of Police
Pohotovostný Policajný Útvar (PPÚ)
Národná kriminálna agentúra - Zásahová skupina (ZS NAKA PPZ) - National Crime Agency of Presidium of the Police Force - 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 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.
Tactical Response Team (TRT) a part of the South African Police Response services, responding to 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 and other situations; all members of this unit are fully fledged operators.
South African Police Service Riot Squad/Anti-Riot Squad/ Public Order Policing/Internal Stability Unit (POP/ISU)
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
Guardia Civil
Unidad Especial de Intervención (UEI)
Grupo de Acción Rápida (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 Police Service
Special Task Force (STF)
Swedish Police Authority
Nationella Insatsstyrkan (National counter-terrorism and special assignment unit)
Piketen (Emergency response units - Regional 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 Armed Forces
Special Forces Command
Vaud State Police
Détachement d'Action Rapide et de Dissuasion (DARD)
Kantonspolizei Zürich
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
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)
General Directorate of Security
Polis Özel Harekat
Karşı Atak Timi
Turkish Gendarmerie
Jandarma Özel Asayiş Komutanlığı
Jandarma Özel Harekat
Dubai Police Force
Police Special Unit
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)
Firearms units
Avon & Somerset Constabulary Firearms unit and Dog unit
City of London Police Tactical Firearms Group
Devon and Cornwall Constabulary Tactical Aid Group
Dorset Police Tactical Firearms Unit
Kent Police Training and Tactical Firearms Unit
Metropolitan Police Specialist Firearms Command
Staffordshire Police Central Firearms Unit
West Midlands Police Firearms Unit
Wiltshire Police Armed Response Group
Regional counter terrorism units
South East Counter Terrorism Unit
South West Counter Terrorism Unit
Metropolitan Police Service Counter Terrorism Command
East Counter Terrorism Intelligence Unit
East Midlands Counter Terrorism Intelligence Unit
West Midlands Counter Terrorism Unit
Welsh Extremism and Counter Terrorism Unit
North West Counter Terrorism Unit
North East Counter Terrorism Unit
Police Scotland Organised Crime and Counter Terrorism Unit
Police Service of Northern Ireland Crime Operations Department
Regional organised crime units
South East Region Organised Crime Unit
South West Region Organised Crime Unit
Metropolitan Police Service Specialist, Organised and Economic Crime Command
Eastern Region Special Operations Unit
East Midlands Special Operations Unit
West Midland Regional Organised Crime Unit
Southern Wales Regional Organised Crime Unit
North West Regional Organised Crime Unit
North East Region Special Operations Unit
Police Scotland Organised Crime and Counter Terrorism Unit
Police Service of Northern Ireland Crime Operations Department
Service Police
Royal Military Police Close Protection Unit
Royal Marines Police Troops
Royal Air Force Police Tactical Provost Wing
Federal Agencies
Department of Defense
U.S. Army Special Reaction Teams (SRT)
United States Department of Army - Military District of Washington (MDW) Special Reaction Team (SRT)
USMC Special Reaction Teams (SRT)
USAF Emergency Services Team (EST)
USN Special Response Team (SRT)
U.S. Department of Energy
Special Response Teams (SRT)
Office of Secure Transportation 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)
DEA Rapid Response Teams (RRT)
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)
Columbus Indiana Police Department -Special Weapons and Tactics Team (SWAT)
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 - Special Weapons and Tactics Teams (SWAT)
Virginia Department of Corrections - Tactical Support Unit (TSU)
Local/County Agencies
The police departments of many counties and most major cities have special police units.
Denver Police Department - Special Weapons And Tactics (SWAT) Team
Miami Police Department - Special Threat Response: Special Weapons and Tactics Team (SWAT) and Hostage Negotiators
New York City Police Department - Emergency Service Unit (ESU), Critical Response Command (CRC) and Strategic Response Group (SRG)
Los Angeles Police Department Metropolitan Division - Special Weapons and Tactics (SWAT) Team
Oakland Police Department - Special Weapons and Tactics (SWAT) Team
Portland Police Bureau - Special Emergency Response Team (SERT)
Tulsa County Sheriff's Office - Special Weapons And Tactics (SWAT) Team
Militsiya
Berkut (disbanded)
National Guard of Ukraine
Internal Troops of Ukraine
Security
Security Service of Ukraine
Alpha Group (Ukraine)
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
