List of police tactical units

Definition

• high risk armed offender / suspect searches / apprehensions including arrest warrants
• 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

Albania

• RENEA
• Shqiponjat
• FNSH

Algeria

• Police Special Operations Group
• Research and Intervention Brigade

• Special Intervention Detachment

Andorra

• Grup d'Intervenció Policia d'Andorra'

Angola

• Rapid Intervention 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 Táctico Especial Recomendado – Córdoba Provincial Police
• Albatross Group – Argentine Naval Prefecture
• *Grupo de Respuesta Imediata de Alto Riesgo – Argentine Naval Prefecture

Armenia

• Alpha Group

• Police tactical unit

Australia

• Tactical Response Team

• Tactical Operations Unit
• Tactical Operations Regional Support

• Territory Response Group

• Emergency Response Team (Queensland)|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
• SIG – SWAT

• Justizwache Einsatzgruppe – Penitentiary police SWAT

Azerbaijan

• OPON
• Rapid Police Unit

Bahamas

• Security and Intelligence Branch

Bangladesh

• Rapid Action Battalion
• Special Weapons and Tactics (SWAT)
• Anti Terrorism Unit

Belarus

• Almaz Special Anti-Terrorism Unit (SPBT Almaz)
• OMON (AMAP) Special Purpose Police Unit
• Special Rapid Response Unit

Belgium

• Federal Police Special Units

• Peloton Anti-Banditisme
• Groupe d'Interventions Spéciales
• Groupe d'Appui Spécialisé Proactif
• Groupe Alpha
• Groupe Spécial d'Appui
• Service d'Assistance Spéciale
• Brigade Anti-Agression / Anti-Overvalbrigade
• Brigade Anti-Banditisme
• Special Response Unit
• Bijstands Team d'Appui
• Arrestatie Eenheid
• Special Assistance Unit
• Community Orientend Police Support Team
• Tactisch Responsteam
• Unité d'Appui Spécialisé
• DELTA
• FLAG
• Ondersteuningscapaciteit Risicovolle en Complexe Operaties
• Cel Overbrenging Bescherming Reactie Arrestatie
• Team voor Handhaving van Openbare orde en Rust
• Arrestatie En Steun
• Speciale Assistance Unit Tactische Intervention Groep
• FALCO

Bhutan

• Special Reserve Police Force

Bolivia

• Unidad Tactica de Operaciones Policiales – Tactical Response Unit
• Special Force to Fight Drug Trafficking – Bolivian anti-narcotics force
• *Mobile Police Unit for Rural Areas
• Fuerza especial de lucha contra el crimen – Bolivian anti-criminal force

Bosnia and Herzegovina

• State Investigation and Protection Agency
• * Special Support Unit
• 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''

Botswana

• Special Support Group

• Special Task Team

Bulgaria

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

• GDBOP tac teams

• СТЗБД-МВР

Brazil

• Quick Deployment Special Battalion

• 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
• Tobias de Aguiar Ostensive Patrols – An elite ostensive patrol battalion and quick reaction force of the Military Police of São Paulo State.
• Group of Special Tactical Actions – A special operation Forces of the Military Police of São Paulo State tasked with hostage rescue operations And Counter-Terrorism.
• Commandos and Special Operations – 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.

• 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

• Royal Canadian Mounted Police
• * Emergency Response Team
• Parliamentary Protective Service – Mobile Response Team
• Correctional Service of Canada
• * Institutional Emergency Response Team
• * Institutional Crisis Intervention Team

• Abbotsford Police Department – Emergency Response Team
• Barrie Police Service – Tactical Support Unit
• Bathurst Police Force – Emergency Response Team
• Brandon Police Service – Tactical Response Unit
• Brantford Police Service – Emergency Response Team
• Brockville Police Service – Emergency Response Team
• Calgary Police Service – Tactical Unit
• Cape Breton Regional Police Service – Emergency Response Team
• Service de police de la MRC des Collines-de-l'Outaouais – Unité spéciale d’intervention
• Charlottetown Police Service - Priority Tactical Response and Containment Team
• Cornwall Police Service – Cornwall Emergency Response Team
• Durham Regional Police Service – Tactical Support Unit
• Edmonton Police Service – Tactical Unit
• Estevan Police Service - Containment / Warrant Entry Team and Joint Tactical Support Team with Weyburn Police Service
• Fredericton Police Force - Emergency Response Team
• 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
• Halton Regional Police Service – Tactical Rescue Unit
• Kingston Police – Emergency Response Unit
• Service de police de la Ville de Laval – Groupe d’intervention
• London Police Service – Emergency Response Unit
• Service de police de l'agglomération de Longueuil – Groupe d’intervention
• Miramichi Police Force and Bathurst Police Force – Miramichi/Bathurst Joint Emergency Response Team
• Moose Jaw Police Service - Tactical Response Team
• Service de Police de la Ville de Montreal – Groupe Tactique d’intervention
• Niagara Regional Police Service – Emergency Task Unit
• Ontario Provincial Police
• * Tactics and Rescue Unit
• * Emergency Response Team
• Ottawa Police Service – Tactical Unit
• Peel Regional Police – Tactical and Rescue Unit
• Service de police de la Ville de Québec – Groupe Tactique d'intervention
• Regina Police Service – SWAT (Regina)
• Royal Newfoundland Constabulary – Tactics and Rescue Unit
• Saskatoon Police Service – Tactical Support Unit
• Saint John Police Force & Kennebecasis Regional Police Force – Emergency Tactical Services
• South Simcoe Police Service – Containment Team/Emergency Response Unit
• Stratford Police Services – Emergency Response Unit
• Sûreté du Québec – Groupe d'intervention tactique
• Thunder Bay Police Service – Emergency Task Unit
• Toronto Police Service – Emergency Task Force
• Vancouver Police Department – Emergency Response Team
• Victoria Police Department & Saanich Police Department – Greater Victoria Emergency Response Team
• Waterloo Regional Police Service – Special Response Unit
• Weyburn Police Service - Joint Tactical Support Team with Estevan Police Service
• Windsor Police Service – Tactical Unit
• Winnipeg Police Service – Tactical Support Team
• Woodstock Police Service – Containment Team
• York Regional Police – Emergency Response Unit
• Atlona Police Service, Morden Police Service & Winkler Police Service – Regional Support Tactical Team

• Atomic Energy of Canada Limited – Nuclear Security Response Team
• Bruce Power – Nuclear Response Team
• Canadian Nuclear Laboratories – Nuclear Response Force
• NB Power – Nuclear Response Team
• Ontario Power Generation – Nuclear Security

Chile

• Grupo de Operaciones Policiales Especiales

• Equipo de Reacción Táctica Antinarcóticos

• ''Sección de Operaciones Tácticas''

People's Republic of China

• Public Security Police
• * Local public security Bureaus
• ** Beijing [Special Weapons and Tactics Unit|Counter-Terrorism and Special Police Unit of Beijing Municipal Public Security Bureau]
• **
• *** Shanghai Municipal Public Security Bureau Zhabei subbureau SWAT team
• ** Xi'an Municipal Public Security Bureau SWAT division
• ** SWAT unit
• ** Liangshan Prefectural Public Security Bureau SWAT division
• ** Daishan County Public Security Bureau SWAT team
• ** Puge County Public Security Bureau SWAT team
• ** Dingxi Municipal Public Security Bureau SWAT division
• ** Meishan Municipal Public Security Bureau SWAT division
• ** Guiyang Municipal Public Security Bureau SWAT division
• ** Qiandongnan Prefectural Public Security Bureau SWAT division
• ** Ili Prefectural Public Security Bureau SWAT division
• ** Markam County Public Security Bureau SWAT team
• ** Qidong County Public Security Bureau Patrol and Anti-Riot team
• ** Gonggar County Public Security Bureau SWAT team
• ** Zunyi Municipal Public Security Bureau Bozhou Division SWAT team
• ** Yueyang Municipal Public Security Bureau SWAT division
• ** Jinan Municipal Public Security Bureau SWAT division
• *** Black Leopard Commando team
• *** Huaiyin Subbureau SWAT team
• ** Minhou County Public Security Bureau SWAT and Anti-terrorism team
• ** Anqing Municipal Public Security Bureau SWAT division
• ** Xuzhou Municipal Public Security Bureau Quanshan Subbureau SWAT team
• ** Zhenjiang Municipal Public Security Bureau SWAT division
• ** Old Barag Banner Public Security Bureau Gyrfalcon Mounted Police Team
• *
• ** Shenyang Railway Public Security Bureau, Dalian Railway Public Security Office, SWAT division
• ** Nanchang Railway Public Security Bureau, Fuzhou Railway Public Security Office, SWAT division
• *
• ** Beijing Capital International Airport Public Security Bureau SWAT division
• * National Immigration Administration:
• ** Hulunbuir Border Management Detachment, Barga Commando Unit
• Judicial Administrative Police
• * Prison Administrative Bureau">Malaysian Prison Department">Prison Administrative Bureau Yingde Prison SWAT team
• * Sichuan Provincial Prison Administrative Bureau Ya'an Prison SWAT team
• * Beijing Municipal Administration of Prisons Qingyuan Prison SWAT team
• * Guizhou Provincial Prison Administrative Bureau Baiyun Prison SWAT team
• * Sichuan Provincial Prison Administrative Bureau Qiaowo Prison Female SWAT team
• * Guangdong Prison Administrative Bureau Panyu Prison SWAT team
• Court Judicial Police
• * Yulin City Intermediate People's Court Judicial Police SWAT team

• Mobile Units
• * 1st Special Operations Detachment, 1st Mobile Corps
• * 2nd Special Operations Detachment, 1st Mobile Corps
• * 3rd Special Operations Detachment, 1st Mobile Corps
• * 1st Special Operations Detachment, 2nd Mobile Corps
• * 2nd Special Operations Detachment, 2nd Mobile Corps
• Internal Guard Corps
• * People's Armed Police Xinjiang Corps Special Operations Detachment
• * Mobile Detachment 1st Special Operations Company
• *, 2nd Mobile Detachment, Special Operations Company
• * Special Operations Detachment
• * special operations detachment
• * People's Armed Police Liangshan detachment special operations Company
• * People's Armed Police Jinan detachment mobile battalion Special Operations Company
• * People's Armed Police Zhaotong detachment Special Operations Company
• * People's Armed Police Pu'er detachment Special Operations company
• * People's Armed Police Shenzhen Detachment Special Operations Company
• * Mobile Detachment Special Operations Battalion

Hong Kong

• Airport District
• * Airport Security Unit
• Counter Terrorism and Major Incidents Bureau
• * Counter Terrorism Response Unit
• * Special Duties Unit
• Crime Wing
• * Operation Support Unit
• Marine Police
• * Maritime Emergency Response Team

• Correctional Emergency Response Team
• Regional Response Team

• Witness Protection and Firearms Section

• Emergency Response Team

Macau

• Police Tactical Intervention Unit
• * Special Operations Group

• Special Response Team（GRE）

• Tactical Response Unit

Taiwan (Republic of China)

• National Police Agency Special Operations Group（NPA SOG)
• Criminal Investigation Bureau Special Tactical Unit（CIB STU)

• Thunder Squads

• Special Task Unit（CGA STU）

Colombia

• Comandos de Operaciones Especiales
• Jungle
• Grupo de Operaciones Especiales

Costa Rica

• Special Intervention Unit (UEI)

Croatia

• Lučko Anti-Terrorist Unit
• Zadar special police units
• Bjelovar special police units
• Osijek special police units
• Slavonski Brod special police units
• Split special police units
• Special Police Units
• Riot Police Units- EPZ tactical platoon within Intervention/riot police

Cuba

• Special National Brigade, abbreviated SNB

Cyprus

• Mobile Immediate Action Unit

Czech Republic

• Krajská zásahová jednotka – 8 regional police intervention units

• Skupina operativního nasazení –

Denmark

• ''Udrykningssektionen''

Ecuador

• GOE – Grupo de Operaciones Especiales
• GIR – ''Grupo de Intervención y Rescate''

Egypt

• Egyptian Homeland security
• * Unit 333
• Central Security Forces
• *
• * Special operations forces

Estonia

• K-Commando

Fiji

• Police National Operations Support Unit
• Police Special Response Unit

Finland

• Police Rapid Response Unit

France

• Recherche Assistance Intervention Dissuasion. RAID is composed of a central unit based in Bièvres 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. The Paris Police Prefecture 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 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. Groupes d'Intervention de la Police Nationale are tactical units of the French National Police based in large cities in metropolitan France and in French overseas territories.

• Groupe d'Intervention de la Gendarmerie Nationale. 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.
• 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.

• Équipes régionales d'intervention et de sécurité. 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

• 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
• *GSG 9 der Bundespolizei – Special Operations and Counter-Terrorism Tactical Intervention Unit
• *Beweissicherungs- und Festnahmeeinheit – Evidence Preservation and Arrest Unit of the Federal Readiness Police for violent crime
• *Beweissicherungs- und Festnahmeeinheit plus – 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
• *Mobiles Einsatzkommando – 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 – 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
• *Zentrale Unterstützungsgruppe Zoll – Customs Central Support Group: Equivalent to the State Police SEK units
• Feldjäger
• *Zugriffskräfte – Tactical Action Force

• Landespolizei ''''
• *Spezialeinsatzkommando – Special Deployment Force of the state police forces
• *Beweissicherungs- und Festnahmeeinheit – Evidence Preservation and Arrest Unit of the State Readiness Police for violent crime
• *Mobiles Einsatzkommando – Mobile Deployment Force: primarily responsible for the investigation and apprehension of fugitives, part of the State Police Forces

Greece

• Special Anti-Terrorist Unit

• Underwater Missions Unit – counterterrorism unit authorized to conduct ship inspections, high-risk operations, hostage rescue, and dealing with specific violent crimes in a maritime environment, as well as carrying out specialized diving activities up to 120 meters.

Guyana

• Tactical Services Unit

Haiti

• Le Groupe d'Intervention de la Police Nationale d'Haïti – National Police Intervention Group

Hungary

• Counter Terrorism Centre
• ''Készenléti Rendőrség''

Iceland

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
• ** 11 Special Ranger Group
• ** 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
• Border Security Force (BSF)
• * Creek Crocodile Commando
• Railway Protection Force
• * Commandos for Railway Safety
• Anti-Terrorism Squad
• Central Reserve Police Force
• * Commando Battalion for Resolute Action – 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 – specialized in anti-irregular military, apprehension of armed and dangerous criminals, counterinsurgency, counterterrorism and hostage rescue crisis management, and operating in difficult to access terrain
• Gujarat Police
• * Chetak Commandos
• Odisha Police
• * Special Operation Group (Odisha)
• ** Special Tactical Unit – Urban counter-terrorist unit of the parent force
• Maharashtra Police
• * C-60 Commando force
• * Mumbai Police
• ** Force One – specialized in anti-irregular military, apprehension of armed and dangerous criminals, counterterrorism and hostage rescue crisis management, executive protection, and providing security in areas at risk of attack or 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 – specialized in anti-irregular military, apprehension of armed and dangerous criminals, counterinsurgency, counterterrorism and hostage rescue crisis management, executive protection, operating in difficult to access terrain especially in mountainous forest areas, providing security in areas at risk of attack or terrorism, and support search and rescue for victims of natural disasters

• Special Protection Group
• SWAT teams of Punjab, Delhi & Jammu and 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

• Golden Counterterrorism Squad
• Hilla SWAT Team
• Special Police Commandos
• Wolf Brigade (Iraq)

Ireland

• Emergency Response Unit
• Armed Support Unit

Israel

• Yasam
• Gidonim

• Yamam
• Yamas
• *Metilan

• Nachshon
• Dror
• Metzada

Italy

• Aliquota Primo Intervento, Squadre Operative Supporto

• Unità Operativa Primo Intervento

• ''Antiterrorismo Pronto Impiego''

Jamaica

• SWAT

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
• Special Security Response Team
• 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

• Unit 14

• GID Special Unit

Kazakhstan

• Arlan Special Purpose Unit;
• Sunkar Special Purpose Detachment
• National Guard
• *Berkut Special Forces Unit

Kenya

• General Service Unit
• *Recce Company
• **Rapid Response Team

• Anti-Terrorism Police Unit

• Rapid Deployment Unit
• Border Patrol Unit
• *Special Operations Group

Kyrgyzstan

• Alpha
• Kalkan
• GSKN
• GSIN
• Shumkar
• Sher
• SOBR

Korea – ROK

• ;Special Operation Unit
• *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

• ;Sea Special Attack Team
• *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

• Counter Assault Team

• Special Duty Team

Kosovo

• IG EULEX

Kuwait

• Kuwait Special Force
• Kuwait Swat team

Latvia

• Special Tasks Battalion former as Special Tasks Battalion "ALFA"
• Counter-terrorist unit "OMEGA"

Lebanon

• Black Panthers – Special Operations Unit
• Information Branch – Intelligence Unit

Liechtenstein

• Intervention Unit

Lithuania

• ARAS – Lithuanian Police Anti-terrorist Operations Unit
• Mobile Squads – Lithuanian Public Police Tactical Support, Riot Control, and Crimesupression units

• SPV "Kovas" – Special Purpose Command

• ORKA – Operative Reaction Counterattack Squad

• Tactical Support Group –

Luxembourg

• ''Unité Spéciale de la Police''

Madagascar

• Specialized Units of the National Police
• *Special Intervention Unit
• *Rapid Intervention Unit
• *Anti-Gang Service

• Security and Special Intervention Group

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

• Customs Operational Battle Force Response Assault – Customs' SWAT team

Malta

• Rapid Intervention Unit and Special Intervention Unit

Mexico

• Grupo de Operaciones Especiales Fuerzas Federales de ApoyoProteccion FederalPolicia Federal de Caminos
• ''Division de Inteligencia''

Monaco

• Protection, Surveillance and Intervention Group

Mongolia

• Special Response Unit
• SWAT

• 809th Internal Troops Unit

Montenegro

• Sector for Combatting Crime
• *Special Operational Support Section
• Special Purpose Police Sector
• *Counterterrorism Unit
• *Special Police Unit

Morocco

• Groupe d'intervention de la Gendarmerie royale

• ''Bureau central des investigations judiciaire''

Myanmar

• ''Special Weapons and Tactics ''

Namibia

• Special Reserve Force

Netherlands

• *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 – Specialized 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.

• 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, 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, Specialist full- time counter terrorism unit.

Nicaragua

• ''Departamento de Intervención Rápida''

Nigeria

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

• Department of State Security, VIP protection/counter terrorist

Norway

• Delta
• ''Utrykningsenheten''

North Macedonia

• Special Anti-Terrorism Unit – "Tigers"
• Rapid Deployment Unit

Oman

• Special Task Unit

Papua New Guinea

• Kumul 23

Pakistan

• Federal Investigation Agency — Counter-terrorism Wing

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

Panama

• Darien-Kuna Yala Border Security Police

Peru

• Tactical Action Sub-Unit – SUAT
• Sinchis

Philippines

• Special Action Force
• SWAT
• Maritime Group
• AVSEGROUP
• Regional Mobile Force Battalions in each Regional Police Offices.
• District Mobile Force Battalions in each Police District under the National Capital Region Police Office.
• Provincial Mobile Force Companies in each Provincial Police Office.
• City Mobile Force Companies in City Police Offices in Major cities outside Metro Manila.

• National Bureau of Investigation
• * Special Action Unit

• Bureau of Customs
• *Enforcement and Security Service
• **Quick Reaction Team

• Philippine Coast Guard
• * Special Operations Force
• Philippine Ports Authority (Port Police)
• * Special Reaction Team
• Manila International Airport Authority
• * Airport Police Department - Light Reaction Section

Poland

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

Portugal

• Special Police Unit
• * 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 – 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

• * 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"
• Directorate "T"
• Special Arms Service

• Special Operations Department of Directorate Z

• OSN "Grom" for Counter-Drugs operations

• Special Purpose Mobile Unit (O.M.O.N.)
• Special Rapid Response Units (S.O.B.R.)

• 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 "Taifun" Region St. Petersburg
• OSN "Tornado"
• OSN "Kondor"
• OSN "Yastreb"
• OSN "Berkut"
• OSN "Grif"
• OSN "Titan"
• OSN "Gepard"
• OSN "Shark"
• OSN "Wisent"

Saudi Arabia

• Saudi Emergency Force
• Saudi Special Security Forces

• Special Forces for Security and Protection

• Special forces of roads security
• Hajj and Umrah special forces
• Diplomatic Security special forces

Singapore

• Emergency Response Team (ERT)
• Special Operations Command (SOC)
• Rapid Deployment Troops
• Police Tactical Unit (PTU)
• Special Tactics and Rescue (STAR)
• Special Guard and Counter-Terrorism Unit (GC)
• Special Action Group (GC)
• Special Tactical Unit (GC)
• In-Situ Reaction Team (ProCom)
• Counter Assault Unit

• Singapore Prisons Emergency Action Response (SPEAR)

• Special Task Squadron (STS)
• Emergency Response Force

Slovenia

Senegal

• National Police Intervention Brigade

• National Gendarmerie Intervention Group

Serbia

• Special Anti-Terrorist Unit
• Specialist units of the Gendarmery

Seychelles

• Public Order and Tactical Response Unit

Slovakia

• Pohotovostný policajný útvar
• Mobilná zásahová jednotka ÚHCP
• Zásahová skupina NAKA

• Jednotka služobných zákrokov Kriminálneho úradu finančnej správy

Somalia

• Special Operations Command Battalion (Cheetah Unit)

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 (TRT) a part of the South African Police Response services, respond to incidents medium to high risk situations. Tasked with follow up operations, Way-Lay Operations, Observation and Reconnaissance, 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

Spain

• Grupo de Intervención Especial – Navarrese regional special unit similar to UEI and GEO.

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 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 Police Genève
• 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''

Thailand

• Border Patrol Police Bureau
• * 43th Border Patrol Police Sub-Division
• ** Delta Special Operations Team
• ** SINGA Special Operations Team
• * 44th Border Patrol Police Sub-Division
• ** Long Range Surveillance Unit
• * Aerial Reinforcement Division aka Police Aerial Reinforcement Unit
• ** Naresuan 261 Special Operation Unit
• ** Search and Rescue Company
• ** Special Forces Company
• Central Investigation Bureau
• * Crime Suppression Division
• ** Hanuman Special Operations Unit
• * Special Service Division
• ** Counter Terrorism Special Operations Unit
• * Thai Marine Police Division
• ** Matchanu Special Operations Unit
• Metropolitan Police Bureau
• * Investigation Division Metropolitan Police Bureau
• ** Crisis Response Team
• * Patrol and Special Operation Division
• ** Arintaraj 26 Special Operations Unit
• Narcotics Suppression Bureau
• * Sayobpairee 43 Special Operations Unit aka NSB Commando
• Provincial Police Region
• * Provincial Special Operation Sub-Division aka Special Operations Unit
• ** Provincial Police Region 1
• *** Prappaireearisatruphay Special Operations Unit
• ** Provincial Police Region 2
• *** Burapa 491 Special Operations Unit
• ** Provincial Police Region 3
• *** Kumhang-Songkram Special Operations Unit
• ** Provincial Police Region 4
• *** Thotsarot 491 Special Operations Unit
• ** Provincial Police Region 5
• *** Yakkharajh 49 Special Operations Unit
• ** Provincial Police Region 6
• *** Siharaj 65 Special Operations Unit
• ** Provincial Police Region 7
• *** Eagle 7 Special Operations Unit
• ** Provincial Police Region 8
• *** Rajadej Special Operations Unit
• *** Sarasin Special Operations Unit
• ** Provincial Police Region 9
• *** Danthai 54 Special Operations Unit
• *** Pali 63 Special Operations Unit
• Special Branch Bureau
• * Black Tiger Special Operations Unit

• Court of Justice
• * Office of Security
• ** Fugitive Unit

• Ministry of Finance
• * Customs Department
• ** Special Operations Unit
• Ministry of Interior
• * Department of Provincial Administration
• ** Department of Provincial Administration Special Wisdom and Tactics
• Ministry of Justice
• * Department of Corrections
• ** Special Operations Section
• * Department of Special Investigation
• ** DSI Special Weapons and Tactics Teams aka Indiraja 10
• * Office of the Narcotics Control Board
• ** Eagle 19 Special Operations Team
• Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment
• * Royal Forest Department
• ** Naam Peung 62 Special Operations Unit
• ** Small Ranger Unit
• Office of the Prime Minister
• * National Intelligence Agency
• ** Special Operations Unit

Togo

• Rapid Intervention Group of the National Police

• Special Intervention Unit of the Gendarmerie

Turkey

• ''Gendarmerie Special Operations''

United Arab Emirates

• Police Special Unit

United Kingdom

• British Transport Police Specialist Response Unit
• Ministry of Defence Police Tactical Firearms Unit

• 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 Counter Terrorist Specialist Firearms Unit
• South Wales Police, Gwent Police & Dyfed-Powys 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
• * National Nuclear Security Administration – Special Response Force
• United States Department of Defense
• * Special Reaction Teams – United States Army Military Police Corps, Master-at-arms (United States Navy), United States Air Force Security Forces and United States Marine Corps Military Police have tactical units.
• *NCIS REACT
• 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
• **** Sector BORTAC
• **** Border Patrol, Search, Trauma and Rescue
• * Federal Protective Service – Rapid Protection Force
• * Immigration and Customs Enforcement
• ** Homeland Security Investigations – Special Response Teams
• ** Homeland Security Investigations – Rapid Response Team
• ** Enforcement and Removal Operations
• *** Special Response Teams
• * U.S. Coast Guard
• **Deployable Specialized Forces
• *** Tactical Law Enforcement Teams
• *** Helicopter Interdiction Tactical Squadron
• ***Maritime Engagement Team
• *** 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 (CAT)
• United States Department of Justice
• * Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives – Special Response Teams

• * Drug Enforcement Administration
• **Foreign Deployed Advisory Support Team (FAST)
• ** DEA Special Response Teams
• ** High Intensity Drug Trafficking Area Task Force (HIDTA)
• ** High Intensity Drug Trafficking Area Task Force (HIDTA)
• * Federal Bureau of Investigation
• **Critical Incident Response Group
• *** Hostage Rescue Team
• *** Crisis Negotiation Unit
• *** Special Weapons and Tactics Teams
• ** Violent Gang Safe Streets Task Forces
• *** 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
• * Diplomatic Security Service – Office of Mobile Security Deployments
• U.S. Department of the Treasury
• *U.S. Mint Police – Special Response Teams
• 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
• ** Blue Ridge North Carolina Tactical Tracking Team
• * U.S. Park Police Special Weapons and Tactics Team
• * United States Park Police, New York Field Office Special Weapons and Tactics Unit

• Amtrak Police – Special Operations Unit
• Central Intelligence Agency – Security Protective Service – Rapid Response Team – Special Activities Center
• Federal Reserve Police – Special Response Team
• National Security Agency Police – Emergency Response Team
• Pentagon Force Protection Agency
• * Pentagon Police Directorate – Emergency Response Team
• U.S. Capitol Police – Containment Emergency Response Team
• Defense Intelligence Agency
• National Aeronautics and Space Administration

• Alabama Police Departments, County Sheriff's Department or Office and DPS – Special Emergency Response S.W.A.T Team
• Arizona Department of Public Safety – Special Weapons and Tactics Team
• California Highway Patrol – Special Weapons and Tactics Team
• 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
• Louisiana State Police – Special Weapons and Tactics Team
• Maine State Police – Tactical Team
• 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
• Michigan State Police – Emergency Support Team
• Minnesota State Patrol – Special 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
• Ohio State Highway Patrol – Special Response Team
• Oklahoma Highway Patrol – Tactical Team
• Oregon State Police – Special Weapons and Tactics Team
• Pennsylvania State Police – Special Emergency Response Team
• Port Authority Police Department – Emergency Services Unit
• 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
• Washington State Patrol – Special Weapons and Tactics

• Anchorage Police Department – Special Weapons and Tactics team
• Chicago Police Department – Special Weapons and Tactics Team
• – Special Weapons and Tactics Team
• Denver Police Department – Special Weapons and Tactics Team
• Fairbanks Police Department – 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
• Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department – Special Weapons and Tactics Team
• Los Angeles Police Department Metropolitan Division – Special Weapons and Tactics Team
• Maui County Police Department – Special Response 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
• Oakland Police Department – Special Weapons and Tactics Team
• Portland Police Bureau – Special Emergency Response Team
• Raleigh Police Department – Selective Enforcement Unit
• Tulsa County Sheriff's Office – Special Weapons and Tactics Team
• Putnam County Sheriff's Office - Special Weapons and Tactics Team

Ukraine

• Rapid Operational Response Unit

Uruguay

• Guardia Republicana

Venezuela

• Unidad de Operaciones Tácticas Especiales

Vietnam

• Vietnam Mobile Police (Cảnh sát cơ động) – 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

Yemen

• Counter-Terrorism Unit

Zimbabwe

• SWAT
• Police Support Unit