The Really big list International of SWAT/Law Enforcement CT

[Dominique]

More of the same. A big list of international LE SWAT/CT units.

Abu Dhabi:
Emirate of Abu Dhabi Police Special Unit

Argentina:
Brigada Especial Operativa Halcon (BEOH)/Grupo Halcon (Falcon Special Operations Brigade/Falcon Group) - “Brigada Halcon” - Buenos Aires Police CT/SWAT unit.
Grupos Especiales Operativos (GEO). 18 Swat teams, each one working in one department of the Buenos Aires Province. Policía Departamental de Seguridad de la Provincia de Buenos Aires.

Grupo Especial de Operaciones Federales (GEOF - Federal Police SWAT unit)
Tropa de Operaciones Especiales (TOE) - Policía Provincial de Santa Fé (Swat team)
Escuadrón Táctico Especial Recomendado (ETER) - Policía Provincial de Córdoba (Swat team)

Grupo Albatross - Prefecta (Maritime Police) SWAT unit
Grupo de Respuesta Imediate de Alto Reisgo (GRIAR - Immediate High Risk Response Group) - Guardacostas (Coast Guard) - Maritime counter-terrorism.

Gendarmeria Nacional Units:
Escuadrón de Fuerzas Especiales de Gendarmería National (CT unit)
Grupo Especial Alacran “Scorpions” (Gendarmeria’s SF unit)/Escuadron Alacran
Sección Operaciones Especiales de Monte de Gendarmería National “Groupe Monte” (Jungle Special Operations Section)
Unidad Especial de Lucha Contra Narcotraficante (UELCON - Special Unit for the Struggle Against Narcotics Trafficers)

Prison Tactical/SWAT units:
Grupo Especial Operaciones Penitenciarias (GEOP)
Grupo Especial de Intervención (GEI). Servicio Penitenciario Federal (SPF) Swat team.
- Grupo de Acción Rápida (GAR). This Swat team serves only in the Complejo Uno prison from Ezeiza. Servicio Penitenciario Federal (SPF).
Grupo de Elite de Traslados ( Escorts dangerous criminals from prison to courtroom or to another prison. Servicio Penitenciario Federal - SPF)

Australia:
Queensland Special Emergency Response Team (SERT)
New South Wales State Protection Group (SPG) Tactical Operations Unit (TOU)
Victoria Special Operations Group (SOG)
Tasmania Special Operations Group (SOG)
Northern Territory Police Territory Response Group (TRG)
Western Australia Police Tactical Response Group (TRG)
South Australia Police Special Tasks and Rescue (STAR) Group
Australian Capital Territory (ACT) Australian Federal Police (AFP) SRS

Austria:
Gendarmerie Einsatz Kommando (GEK) “COBRA’ (CT)
Mobile Einsatz Kommando (MEK) “Scorpions”
Wiener Einsatzgruppe Alarmabteilung (WEGA)

Belgium:
Escadron Special d'Intervention (ESI/CT unit)
Protection, Observation, Soutien, Arrestation (POSA -regional SWAT type units)

Brazil:
Batalhão de Operações Policiais Especiais (BOPE) (Military Police Special Operations Battalion)
Corpo de Operações Especiais (COE - Special Operations Corps-Parana State Military Police special ops unit)
-Grupos de Operações Especiais (Military Police special ops groups)
Grupo de Açòes Táticas Especiais (GATE)
Grupo Armado de Repreensão a Roubos e Assaltos (GARRA) (SWAT/EOD unit)

Canada:
HRP ERT
OCRPS Tactical Team
RCMP ERT

Chile:
Unidad Anti-Terroristes (UAT) of the National Police Force “Cobra” (CT)
Grupo de Operaciones de Policia Especiales (GOPE) of the Carabineros (CT)

Colombia:
Unidad Especial Antisecuestro y Extorsión (UNASE - National Anti-Extortion and Kidnapping Unit) - Divided in UNASE Rural and UNASE Urbana. Policía Nacional.

Grupo de Operaciones Especiales (GOES-DIJIN). Swat unit. Policía Nacional.

Comando de Operaciones Especiales (COPES). Trained by the Spanish GEO. CT unit. Policía Nacional.
Grupo de Elite Antiterrorista Urbano. Acting only in Medellín, this CT unit was created on may 2001. Policía Nacional.

Comando Metropolitano de Desarme (COMED). Also called Grupo Puma. Acts only in Calí, against armed gangs, killers hired by the mafias, narcos and urban guerrillas. Policía Nacional.

Comandos de Jungla. Teams tasked with the most dangerous missions in the jungle against narcos. Trained by the 22 Rgt SAS. Dirección Antinarcóticos de la Policía Nacional.

Grupo de Acción Especial contra el Narcotráfico (GAEN). This elite unit is operative 24 hours a day and is ready to deploy anywhere in the country, always against narcos. Dirección Antinarcóticos de la Policía Nacional.

Agrupación de Fuerzas Especiales Urbanas (AFEU). CT unit formed by members of the Army, Policía Metropolitana and Guardia Nacional.

Grupo de Elite. Trained by the French RAID. Departamento Administrativo de Seguridad (DAS)

Grupos Especiales Antiextorsión y Secuestro (GAES). The Ejército has one of those anti-kidnapping teams in each brigade

Grupos Autónomos y Unificados por la Libertad y la Antiextorsión (GAULA). Special anti-kidnapping sections of the Army. Trained by the French RAID.

Comando Especial del Ejército (CEE). This is the elite anti-narcotics team from the Ejército.

Grupo de Reacción Inmediata Penitenciario (GRI). Prison SWAT team Instituto Penitenciario de Colombia (INPEC) from the Ministerio de Justicia.

Czech Republic:
Útvar Rychlého Nasazení (URNa - National Police CT unit - around 110 members)
Zasahova Jednotka - (8 regional SWAT teams - 40-60 members)

Denmark:
Aktionsstyrken (Police CT unit)

El Salvador:
Grupo de Respuesta Policial (GRP - Police Response Group)

England:
SO-19

France:
Groupement de Sécurité et d'Intervention Gendarmerie Nationale (GSIGN)
Groupe de Sécurité de la Présidence de la République (GSPR - French Secret Service
Groupe d'Intervention Gendarmerie Nationale (GIGN - CT)
Escadron Parachutiste d'Intervention Gendarmerie Nationale (EPIGN - CT/bodyguard/special ops)
PSIG
ELI (Gendarmerie National Light Intervention Teams)

Recherche, Assistance, Intervention, et Dissuasion “Black Panthers” (RAID - National Police CT unit)
Groupe d'Intervention Police Nationale (GIPN - National Police SWAT units)

Finland:
Osasto Karhu “Bear Unit” of the Helsinki Police Department (CT/Hostage rescue unit)

Germany:
Grenzschutzgruppe 9 (GSG-9 - Border Guards CT unit)

Spezialeinsatzkommando (SEK - German State Police SWAT units)

ZentralUnterstutzungseinheit Zoll (ZUZ - Customs Central Operation Support Group)

Greece:
Dimoria Eidikon Apostolon (DEA - Special Mission Platoon) of the Athens City Police (CT)
Eidikes Katastaltikes Antitromokratikes Monades (EKAM - Police CT unit)

Hong Kong:
Special Duties Unit (SDU)

Iceland:
Sérsveit Ríkislögreglustjóra "Víkingasveitin - Viking squad"

Iraq:
Iraqi Police Emergency Response Unit (CT/SWAT/EOD)

Ireland:
Garda Emergency Response Unit (ERU)

Israel:
Unit Gideonim/Unit 33 (National Police undercover unit)
Unit YA’MA’M (Border Guard’s CT/hostage rescue unit)
Unit YAMAS (Border Guard’s undercover unit)
Modiyin T'azpiyot Yerut VeLohama Needed (MATILAN - Intelligence Observations Interception and Mobile Warfare Unit/ Border Guard’s counter infiltration unit)

Italy:
Nucleo Operativo Centrale di Sicurezza (NOCS - National Police CT unit)
Gruppo Operativo Speciale (GOS - National Police SWAT unit)
Gruppo di Interventio Speciale (GIS) (Carabinieri CT unit)
AntiTerrorismo ****to Impiego (ATPI - Anti-terrorism Quick Intervention) (Finance Guard SWAT/ riot control unit)

Japan:
Special Attack Team (SAT)
Special Investigations Team (SIT)

Korea:
Korean National Police SWAT (formerly unit 868)
National Police Regional SWAT teams

ROK Military Police Special Guard Team (SGT)

Mexico:
Grupo Antiterrorista (GAT - Police CT unit)
Grupo Especial de Reaccion e Intervencion (GERI- Special Reaction and Intervention Group).

Netherlands:
Arrestatie Team (AT-SWAT units)
Brigade Speciale Beveiliging (BSB) - Military Police SWAT/crime suppression units.

New Zealand:
Armed Offender Squad (AOS - National Police SWAT units)
Special Tactics Group (STG) (National Police CT/Hostage recue unit)

Norway:
Politiets Efterretningstjeneste (PET) (VIP protection duties)

Poland:
SPAT (Police SWAT units)

(Wydzial Zabezpieczenia Dzialan Strazy Granicznej) Activities Safety Department of Polish Border Guard (Border Guard SWAT unit)
Agencja Bezpieczenstwa Wewnetrznego (ABW- Vth Department of Internal Security Agency - SWAT/CT unit)

Portugal:
Guarda Nacional Republicana Pelotão des Operaçoes Especiais (Republican National Guard Special Operations Platoon)
Grupo de Operacoes Especiais (GOE -National Police CT unit)

Philippines:
PNP SWAT teams
Philippine National Police (PNP) Special Action Force (SAF) (Paramilitary special ops unit)
Police Security Protective Office (PNP VIP protection unit)
Presidential Security Group (PSG) Special Reaction Unit (Philippine "Secrect Service" SWAT/CAT unit)
Aviation Security Group Special Operations Unit (CT/anti-hijack unit)

Singapore:
Special Tactics And Rescue (STAR)
Police Coast Guard Special Task Squadron "Flying Fish" (Maritime SWAT unit)

Slovak Republic:
Utvar Osobitneho Urcenia (UOU - police CT unit)

Spain:
Unidad Especial de Intervencion (UEI - Civil Guard CT unit)
Grupo de Acción Rápida (GAR - Civil Guard SWAT units)

Grupo Especial de Operaciones (GEO -National Police CT unit)
GEOS (Grupos Especiales de Operaciones) (National Police SWAT teams)

Grup Especial d'Intervencio (GEI) (Catalonia Police SWAT)
Berroci Berezi Talda (BBT- Basque Police tactical unit)

Switzerland:
Stern Unit (based in Berne) (Police CT)
Enzian Unit (based in Zurich)

Sweden:
Nationella Insatsstyrkan(NI - part of the Stockholm Police Dept)

Taiwan:
National Police Administration (Police Corps) SWAT
- First Peace Preservation Police Corps Special Services Commando (CT)

Military Police Special Service Commando "Night Hawks"

USA:
Dept. of Justice -

FBI Hostage Rescue Team (HRT)
FBI SWAT Teams & Enhanced SWAT Teams
US Marshals Service (USMS) Special Operations Group (SOG)
USMS Special Response Teams (SRT)
USMS Los Angeles Arrest Response Team
USMS Western Virginia Special Tactics, Arrest & Rescue (STAR) Team
DEA “Snow Cap” Teams
DEA Mobile Enforcement Teams (MET)
DEA Clandestine Laboratory Enforcement Teams (CLET)
DEA Foriegn Advisory Support Teams (FAST)
Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco Firearms and Explosives (ATF) SRT
Federal Bureau of Prisons Special Operations Response Teams (SORT)

Dept. of Homeland Security-

US Border Patrol Tactical Unit (BORTAC)
US Border Patrol (USBP) Special Response Teams (SRT)
USBPl San Diego Sector Regional Emergency Crisis and Action Team (REACT)
Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) SRT
US Secret Service (USSS) Counter Assault Team (CAT)
USSS Uniformed Division (UD) Emergency Response Team (ERT)
USSS Counter Sniper Team (CST)
Federal Protective Service (FPS) SRT

US Coast Guard (USCG) International Training Team
US Coast Guard Maritime Safety and Security Teams (MSST)

Diplomatic Security Service (DSS) Mobile Security Division (MSD)

US Mint Police SRT

DOE Office of Safeguards and Security (OSS) SRT
DOE Transportation Safety Division (TSD) Special Response Force (SRF)

US Capitol Police Containment & Emergency Response Team (CERT)

US Park Police Special Forces Branch SWAT Team

Military Police tactical teams -
US Army MP Special Reaction Teams (SRT)
USMC MP SRT
USAF Emergency Services Team (EST)

USACIDC Protective Services Detail (PSD)

LAPD SWAT
LASD Special Enforcement Detail (SED)
NYPD Emergency Service Unit (ESU)
Miami-Dade Police Department SRT
DC Metro Police Department Emergency Response Team (ERT)
Detroit Police Department Special Response Team
Dallas Police Department SWAT
Oralndo Police Department SWAT Team
Orange County, Florida Sheriff's Department SWAT Team
Houston Police Department SWAT
Metro Atlanta Police Department SWAT
Indianapolis Police Department SWAT
Chicago Police Department Hostage, Barricade, Terrorism Team
Baltimore Police Department Quick Reaction Team (QRT)
San Francisco Police Department SWAT Team

California Dept. of Corrections Special Emergency Response Team (SERT)

Venezuela:
Brigada Acciones Especiales (BAE - National Police CT unit)
Grupo de Acciones de Comandos (GAC) (Guardia Nacional CT/special ops unit)

[memphiz]

like JTF-2?

[Falco]

like JTF-2?More like the RCMP ERT

[Dominique]

Correct.

[Dominique]

Finally got the initial ist up. I'll update it later. Fell free to make any suggestions ,corrections, etc.

[Eltaejp]

Sweden:
Ordningspolisens Nationella Insatsstyrka (ONI - National Rescue Unit - part of the Stockholm Police Dept)



It's not called ONI anymore. These days it's just NI, Nationella Insatsstyrkan. Then of course, we have our local "SWAT" units, Pikéten.

[Dominique]

Ok, folks I'm SLOWLY making changes. I'm finally getting the computer to act correctly, but I still have to try to recover some material (and my word processing program will suddenly lock up and shut off at ramdom - BACK UP EVERYTHING). So please bare with me on this.

How are you guys liking this so far?

Also I may throw up a couple of very small profiles that I have not posted to Specwarnet for you to read over.

[Dominique]

Strated updating the list. A VERY BIG thank you goes out to Juan Pablo Lasterra for all his help, and I encourage you guys to go by his material and read it. He's published material in English (Special Ops), French (RAIDS), and Spanish (Several Magazines). It's vary good stuff.

I'll continue to update as I get time and more material.

[Lobo]

Spain
Unidad Especial de Intervencion (UEI - Civil Guard CT unit)
Grupo de Acción Rápida (GAR - Civil Guard SWAT units)

Grupo Especial de Operaciones (GEO -National Police CT unit)
GEOS (Grupos Especiales de Operaciones) (National Police SWAT teams)

Grup Especial d'Intervencio (GEI) (Catalonia Police SWAT)
Berroci Berezi Talda (BBT- Basque Police tactical unit)

Some corrections

Cuerpo Nacional de Policía ("Policía Nacional") (National Police)
-Grupo Especial de Operaciones (GEO) [Operations Special Groups]
-Grupo Operativo Especiales de Seguridad (GOES) [Security Special Operativ Group]

The tasks of the GEO are many. They are the CT unit of the Policía Nacional, but they have performed assaults to ships carrying drug in the middle of the Atlantic Ocean, VIP protection and embassies protection in places like Beirut or Kinshasha during the war...

There are 8 GOES. They are SWAT teams, 7 of them placed all around Spain and 1 of them attached to the office of the Prime Minister (I suppose for VIP protection).

Guardia Civil (Guardia Civil)
-Unidad Especial de Intervención (UEI) [Special Intervention Unit)
http://www.guardiacivil.es/quesomos/organizacion/operaciones/uespeciales/uei/index.jsp
-Grupo de Acción Rápida (GAR) [Quick Action Group]
http://www.guardiacivil.es/quesomos/organizacion/operaciones/uespeciales/uar/index.jsp

The main role of the GAR is fighting against terrorism. You find them performing road check points, patrolliing the frontiers... Due to the military nature of Guardia Civil they go through a special operations training.

Policía Autonómica (Regional Police)
Mossos d'Esquadra (in Catalonia)
-Grup Especial d'Intervenció (GEI) [Special Intervention Group]
Ertzaintza (in Basque Country)
-Berroci Berezi Talda (BBT) [Berroci Special Group]
Both of them are SWAT teams

[Dominique]

Lobo, see my reply to your other post on Spanish SOF units. Once again thanks for thaking the time to reply.

[BiZ]

Australia:
Queensland Special Emergency Response Team (SERT)
New South Wales State Protection Group (SPG)
Victoria Special Operations Group (SOG)
Tasmania Special Operations Group (SOG)
Northern Territory Police Territory Response Group (PTRG)
Western Australia Police Tactical Response Group (PTRG)
South Australia - Police Special Tasks and Rescue Division (PSTRD)
Australian Capital Territory (ACT) Australian Federal Police (AFP) Special Operations Team (SOT)

Little bit of a whinge...but I'd have noted that all are "Police" units, eg: Queensland Police SERT" etc. No biggie.

Re: ACT SOT..... it is no longer SOT, nor have have they been for about 12-18 months...they had a bit of a re-orginisation and reformed as "Australian Federal Police Specialist Response and Security Team" aka AFP SRS.

Re: New South Wales Police State Protection Group Tactical Operatiopns Unit. ............SPG only refers to the unit that includes the TOU, Rescue and Bomb Squad, Security Management Branch, Witness Security, Negotation Unit etc.... Thus the actual tactical unit is the TOU and not the SPG in itself.

NSW Police also have about 10-12 part time tactical teams around the state called State Protection Support Units (SPSU), basically part time "SWAT" units used to support the SPG TOU or deal with things until they arrive etc.


Australian Customs also have the National Marine Unit which is a team of heavily armed boarding officers that perform genaral ship boarding and fast rope assaults onto ships for Aus Customs related stuff.

Australian Protective Service (APS) provides Counter Terrorist First
Response (CTFR) serives to airports and other Government locations, and the APS also maintains specialist heavily armed mean looking teams for prisoner transport and security operations etc.........

Boy am I being picky today..........see what promotion does to you! :D

[Dominique]

Tahnks. :D I'll make the changes during one of the list updates.

[BR]

[quote="Dominique"]

Brazil:
Batalhão de Operações Policiais Especiais (BOPE) (Military Police Special Operations Battalion)
Corpo de Operações Especiais (COE - Special Operations Corps-Parana State Military Police special ops unit)
-Grupos de Operações Especiais (Military Police special ops groups)
Grupo de Açòes Táticas Especiais (GATE)
Grupo Armado de Repreensão a Roubos e Assaltos (GARRA) (SWAT/EOD unit)

Dominique, here are some units' links you requested:

BOPE (from Rio de Janeiro Military Police): http://www.policiamilitar.rj.gov.br/bope/. To see some official pictures:http://www.policiamilitar.rj.gov.br/bope/fotos.htm;

GARRA: it's not a Swat team itself. It's a special patrolling group from São Paulo Civil Police (In Brazil, each police has your own function: Military - patrolling; Civil - investigations). So, GARRA acts like a patrol group, inside the investigative police, in violent areas, prison riots, prisioners scapes, arrest of violent criminals and other missions they are told to do by the Police's chief. Inside GARRA, there is a small group, called GER - Grupo Especial de Resgate - Special Rescue Group (although, here in São Paulo, they make more negotiations with the criminals in hostage crisis than raids, made generally by GATE, from Military Police. Anyway, GER is trained to make both missions). Link to official site: http://www.policia-civ.sp.gov.br/garra/inicio.htm; To see EOD site, click on "Esquadrão Antibomba". (GER doesn't still have an official site).

COE (Comando - not "Corpo - Corp" - de Operações Especiais, Special Operations Command). From Parana, I found an unofficial site: http://geocities.yahoo.com.br/swatcoe/. There are a lot of picture on the link: "COE - 1988". Paraná's COE missions includes: EOD, HRT/SRT, sniping team, search and rescue (specially in jungle areas), K-9, riot control.

In São Paulo there's also a COE, from Military Police, but this command, nowadays, has a specific mission: search and rescue in jungles areas. The target of these searches can be criminals hidden or people that go hiking and get lost there. Unfortunetely, there's no site about COE (and that's sad, because they are one of the most well-equipped and trained units of São Paulo Police . . .). Just for curiosity, COEs were created in the
military governmet to act as counter-guerilla units in that time.

GATE: see one of my posts around here: http://www.militaryphotos.net/forums/viewtopic.php?t=10016&highlight=.

And there is a Tatical Operations Command, from Federal Police. Official site: http://www.dpf.gov.br/COT/COT.htm. For pictures: http://www.dpf.gov.br/COT/relimg_compl.htm. Unofficial site: http://www.tropaselite.hpg.ig.com.br/COT_policial_federal_.htm.

All of these site have no english version . . .

The problem about these units you requested is that every brazilian state has two polices and each of them has your special group/swat team, and all of their names are very similar (GOE, GATE, COE, BOPE) and it's almost impossible to find every information about them.

I hope my post can help you. Any doubt, please, just tell me. Sorry if I posted a lot of information together.

By the way, congratulations for you great site!!!

[Dominique]

Actually, I had a rough Idea of waht they did (one of the COE officers sent me a link to the site last year), but thank for the other links and info, good stuff. :D

[Dominique]

I'll be getting back to this stuff in the near future.

[GI_Rutger]

Netherlands:
BBT
BSB


BBT doesn't exist, it's called the BBE (Bijzondere Bijstands Eenheid). It's a Marine unit, specialized in hostage rescue operations. BSB (Brigade Speciale Beveiliging) is part of the the Military Police, sepcialised in bodyguarding etc. KCT/CT, part of the KCT (Commando's), is more secret.
There's another unit, the AT (Arrestatie Team), which operates at a lower level. Tasks are for example arresting dangerous criminals.

[Docman]

Ireland

ERU: Garda Emergency Response Unit

http://www.garda.ie/angarda/col/specialist.html

[moughoun]

Ireland

ERU: Garda Emergency Response Unit

http://www.garda.ie/angarda/col/specialist.html
:lol: , freaky, I was just about to put that up

[Fenna]

England D-11.

Interesting, delta?

[bloddyaxe]

As usual the glorious "Sérsveit Ríkislögreglustjóra" is forgotten.
Icelands elite SWAT HRT Spetsnaz.
It is also known as the "Viking squad" or the "Víkingasveitin."

It is of course the best,

[Iceman]

Yes, of course the Viking Squad. Are there no info - pictures about the Icelandic elite Swat team?

[bloddyaxe]

Yes, of course the Viking Squad. Are there no info - pictures about the Icelandic elite Swat team?

there is always this http://safn.mbl.is/myndasafn/127/100x100/MBL0078077.jpg picture. But it is too small...

So we also have this old thread.
http://www.militaryphotos.net/forums/viewtopic.php?t=23143&start=0&postdays=0&postorder=asc&highlight=

[wiking]

The Norwegian police has something called Delta, i'm not a 100% sure if they're national or just local oslo and surrounding areas, but i do know they exist.

And then we have something callaed HV-016 (HV- Heimevernet=Home Guard) wich is a all volunteer specialist counter terrorist\VIP protection and such unit that organizes under the Home Guard.

[Ominae]

Dom,

You forgot about the Special Action Force (SAF), Philippines.

The local cities and provinces do have their own SWAT teams, but they aint't that well heard of and their prestige is not that similar to the SAF (Well, with the exception of the Manila SWAT team).

BTW on Japan, the Special Investigation Team (SIT).

If you want info, let me know.

[Ominae]

England D-11.

Interesting, delta?

Aren't the peeps in D-11 mostly sharpshooters?

To the guys who live in New Zealand:

What is the recruitment requirement of the Specialist Search Group? This group's kinda low key, same with the Special Tactics Group. Anybody have some data about the STG?

[Dominique]

Dom,

You forgot about the Special Action Force (SAF), Philippines.

The local cities and provinces do have their own SWAT teams, but they aint't that well heard of and their prestige is not that similar to the SAF (Well, with the exception of the Manila SWAT team).

BTW on Japan, the Special Investigation Team (SIT).

If you want info, let me know.

I'll make the changes on the SAF and I've got very little info on the SIT, so feel free to send me what ever you have.

[fantassin]

France

The sleeve insignia of the RAID is a black panther but it is not refered to as "The black panthers" in any circle but some journos looking for a catchy title.

[BiZ]

Australia:
Queensland Special Emergency Response Team (SERT)
New South Wales State Protection Group (SPG)
Victoria Special Operations Group (SOG)
Tasmania Special Operations Group (SOG)
Northern Territory Police Territory Response Group (PTRG)
Western Australia Police Tactical Response Group (PTRG)
South Australia - Police Special Tasks and Rescue Division (PSTRD)
Australian Capital Territory (ACT) Australian Federal Police (AFP) Special Operations Team (SOT)


Australia: (All of these are Police teams BTW)

Queensland Police Special Emergency Response Team (SERT)

New South Wales Police State Protection Group Tactical Operations Unit (SPG TOU) The full-time "SWAT" team.

Also should include: State Protection Support Units (SPSU) part-time tactical teams.

Victoria Police Special Operations Group (SOG)

Tasmania Police Special Operations Group (SOG)

Northern Territory Police Territory Response Group (PTRG)

Western Australia Police Tactical Response Group (PTRG)

South Australia - Police Special Tasks and Rescue Division (PSTRD)

Australian Capital Territory (ACT) Australian Federal Police (AFP) Special Operations Team (SOT)

ACT Team was renamed and formed the Special Response and Security Team (SRS).

[Ominae]

Dom,

http://www5f.biglobe.ne.jp/~sbu/DATABASE-JAPAN.htm

The data is in Japanese. Checked it on a translator and it appears that the SIT is sort of a SWAT unit.

http://www5f.biglobe.ne.jp/~sbu/DATABASE-JAPAN-SAT.htm

Here's a link on the Special Assault Team. Recent stints include the recapture of a hijacked bus in 2000 from a psycho teen wielding a knife and providing security details to visitors, delegates and major VIPs during the Korea-Japan FIFA World Cup in 2002.

You may need some help with the Japanese text. Tried Altavista, but the translation is not that good, but understandable.

[coded121]

not sure if this is true but wasnt D-11 intergrated into SO19, or am i way off the mark with this.

[Ominae]

not sure if this is true but wasnt D-11 intergrated into SO19, or am i way off the mark with this.

Yea, I'd like to know too.

[meh]

D11 became PT17 who became SO19.

SO19 also deploys outside the Met area.

[Ominae]

D11 became PT17 who became SO19.

SO19 also deploys outside the Met area.

So D11 was integratead into SO19? Thanks.

Need to know if D11 was only sharpshooter boys before they got into SO19? But so SO19 now has sharpshooters?

[BiZ]

D11 became PT17 who became SO19.

SO19 also deploys outside the Met area.

So D11 was integratead into SO19? Thanks.

Need to know if D11 was only sharpshooter boys before they got into SO19? But so SO19 now has sharpshooters?

D11 was a million years ago (1980 and before), PT17 was a tactical type unit for "The Met" and all merged and became SO19 in the early 1990's.

Get yourself the following book if you're interested in SO19:

THE GOOD GUYS WEAR BLACK
'The true life heroes of Britain's armed police'

Author: Steve Collins
Publisher: Arrow Books limited
ISBN 0 09 918682 9

[Ominae]

Love to, but I'm based in Canada for the meantime (I'm from the Philippines). Don't know if the local bookstop in my area has this stuff. :P

[Dominique]

OK, I added a few new units to the list and will be adding more shortly. Any suggestions or corrections would be appricated.

[BiZ]

South Autralian police STAR Group
http://www.sapolice.sa.gov.au/operations/Star_Group/index.shtml

Victorian Police SOG
http://www.police.vic.gov.au/showcontentpage.cfm?contentpageid=2299

Tasmanian Police SOG
http://www.police.tas.gov.au/police/police2001.nsf/W/Resources/CCAS-4XF5JS/?Open

Northern Territory Police TRG
http://www.nt.gov.au/pfes/police/services/trg/

Western Australia PoliceTRG
http://www.stepforward.wa.gov.au/trg.php

Queensland Police SERT
http://www.police.qld.gov.au/pr/services/reports/soa_04/p014.shtml

New South Wales Police SPG TOU
http://www.police.nsw.gov.au/about_us/structure/support_command/counter_terrorism and http://www.policensw.com/info/gen/spg.html

Australian Capital Territory Federal Police SRS (no longer SOT)
http://www.afp.gov.au/afp/page/Media/ACTMedia/2003/59_21022003.htm

[lemontree]

Dominique
The primary CT team for India is the NSG (National Security Guard).
http://www.bharat-rakshak.com/LAND-FORCES/Special-Forces/NSG.html

[Dominique]

OK, I made a few more changes, and I'll be adding more to the list in a few days. Please feel free to let me know if what I've posted is out dated, or just flat out wrong.

Also, The list of US SWAT teams is no where close to listing every single team. I'm just trying to provide an overview of some of the larger or more famous teams out there.

[Kruglerek]

Police:

ZOA - central unit (Zarzad Operacji Anyterrorystycznych – Antiterrorist Operations Directorate)

SPAP (Samodzielny Pododzial Antyterrorystyczny Policji – Police Independet Antiterrorist Subunit) - in every district city

CBS (Centralne Biuro Sledcze - Central Investigation Bureau) has one central and couple regional tactical teams

And there are dozens of local part time police tactical teams

Other law enforcement agencies:

ABW – Internal Security Agency – Vth Department – CT force
Border Guard – one central tactical team , and couple regional special platoons
Treasury Documentation Bureau (Biuro Dokumentacji Skarbowej) – treasury police – has one central unit, and in regional Treasury Control Offices are small tactical teams
BOR (Biuro Ochrony Rzadu – Government Protection Bureau) – tactical support team

[Dominique]

Kruglerek, how about a quick overview of what each agency is responsible for? Like who handles customs, drugs/narcotics, VIP protection, etc.

[Kruglerek]

CBS (Centralne Biuro Sledcze - Central Investigation Bureau) - is responsible for fighting with organized crime groups (car thiefs, narcotic traffic etc.)

Treasury Documentation Bureau (Biuro Dokumentacji Skarbowej) – treasury police - is responsible for fighting with financial crimes, tax frauds etc. Local tactical teams are also supporting custom officers (Castom Service had its own tactical team but this unit was disbanded some years ago).

BOR (Biuro Ochrony Rzadu – Government Protection Bureau) – is responsible for protection of Goverment members. Tactical support team acts as a tactical support for close protection agents.

[2RHPZ]

http://www.pnpsaf.org/Banner.jpg

Gallery (http://www.pnpsaf.org/Buildup/)

[Dominique]

Thinks for the link to the picks CAG. :hug:

[BiZ]

Thinks for the link to the picks CAG. :hug:

Dominique have you checked the post I made with some Aussie (new South Wales) Tactical guys (SPG TOU)?

http://www.militaryphotos.net/forums/viewtopic.php?t=54966&highlight=

If you need originals for your site/list just PM me.

[PrincessRAR]

top post there biz with the faulty links :P , not to worry though champ - your doing better then me with the old computers. ;)

[BiZ]

top post there biz with the faulty links :P , not to worry though champ - your doing better then me with the old computers. ;)

It works in the proper section mate, check it out by searching the photos section..........or maybe your net connection can't handle the 50 thousand photos i posted/ ;)

[PrincessRAR]

haha nope, not the ****ty defence computers, with their excellent connection speeds rofl

[Dominique]

Thinks for the link to the picks CAG. :hug:

Dominique have you checked the post I made with some Aussie (new South Wales) Tactical guys (SPG TOU)?

http://www.militaryphotos.net/forums/viewtopic.php?t=54966&highlight=

If you need originals for your site/list just PM me.

Thanks for the offer, but at the momemt I'm deployed on a government contract. Once I get back home and have access to my PC, I'll PM you and get cracking on some mor Aussie stuff.

[Storm_Trooper]

Netherlands:
BBT
BSB


BBT doesn't exist, it's called the BBE (Bijzondere Bijstands Eenheid). It's a Marine unit, specialized in hostage rescue operations. BSB (Brigade Speciale Beveiliging) is part of the the Military Police, sepcialised in bodyguarding etc. KCT/CT, part of the KCT (Commando's), is more secret.
There's another unit, the AT (Arrestatie Team), which operates at a lower level. Tasks are for example arresting dangerous criminals.

BBT does exist but they are Antwerp (Belgium) SWAT

[Dominique]

After many moons, I've finally decided to get back to updating the info here. Because this stuff is so old, I have no way of modifying the list on the front page, so once I get around to it, I'll post a new list of units.

[digrar]

Give me a yell if you want a hand with edits mate. For one, our Commando Battalion has changed its name in the last 5 or 6 months, from 4RAR to 2 Commando.

[Dominique]

Give me a yell if you want a hand with edits mate. For one, our Commando Battalion has changed its name in the last 5 or 6 months, from 4RAR to 2 Commando.

Actually I'd like to edit both this, and my "Elite Units" thread, but don't have a clue as to how I can do it. If any of the mods can let me know how to do it, it'd be appreciated.

[digrar]

There may be a time limit on edits. Send one of us a PM of the post and the edit and we'll get to it, the other way you could do it is to post report it with the edit details in the report.

[Nuclear_Warrior]

You are a missing a few from Venezuela
GAS (Grupo Antiextorsion y secuestros) National Guard
DISIP Comandos (Politicial Police)
CICPC URI

[Dominique]

There may be a time limit on edits. Send one of us a PM of the post and the edit and we'll get to it, the other way you could do it is to post report it with the edit details in the report.

I'll start shooting you PM's at your convenience. I figure the easiest thing to do is a county, by country list. For smaller countries, I can group them together. Shoot me a PM when you're ready for me.

[sepia]

More of the same. A big list of international LE SWAT/CT units.

Abu Dhabi:
Emirate of Abu Dhabi Police Special Unit

Argentina:
Brigada Especial Operativa Halcon (BEOH)/Grupo Halcon (Falcon Special Operations Brigade/Falcon Group) - “Brigada Halcon” - Buenos Aires Police CT/SWAT unit.
Grupos Especiales Operativos (GEO). 18 Swat teams, each one working in one department of the Buenos Aires Province. Policía Departamental de Seguridad de la Provincia de Buenos Aires.

Grupo Especial de Operaciones Federales (GEOF - Federal Police SWAT unit)
Tropa de Operaciones Especiales (TOE) - Policía Provincial de Santa Fé (Swat team)
Escuadrón Táctico Especial Recomendado (ETER) - Policía Provincial de Córdoba (Swat team)

Grupo Albatross - Prefecta (Maritime Police) SWAT unit
Grupo de Respuesta Imediate de Alto Reisgo (GRIAR - Immediate High Risk Response Group) - Guardacostas (Coast Guard) - Maritime counter-terrorism.

Gendarmeria Nacional Units:
Escuadrón de Fuerzas Especiales de Gendarmería National (CT unit)
Grupo Especial Alacran “Scorpions” (Gendarmeria’s SF unit)/Escuadron Alacran
Sección Operaciones Especiales de Monte de Gendarmería National “Groupe Monte” (Jungle Special Operations Section)
Unidad Especial de Lucha Contra Narcotraficante (UELCON - Special Unit for the Struggle Against Narcotics Trafficers)

Prison Tactical/SWAT units:
Grupo Especial Operaciones Penitenciarias (GEOP)
Grupo Especial de Intervención (GEI). Servicio Penitenciario Federal (SPF) Swat team.
- Grupo de Acción Rápida (GAR). This Swat team serves only in the Complejo Uno prison from Ezeiza. Servicio Penitenciario Federal (SPF).
Grupo de Elite de Traslados ( Escorts dangerous criminals from prison to courtroom or to another prison. Servicio Penitenciario Federal - SPF)

Australia:
Queensland Special Emergency Response Team (SERT)
New South Wales State Protection Group (SPG) Tactical Operations Unit (TOU)
Victoria Special Operations Group (SOG)
Tasmania Special Operations Group (SOG)
Northern Territory Police Territory Response Group (TRG)
Western Australia Police Tactical Response Group (TRG)
South Australia Police Special Tasks and Rescue (STAR) Group
Australian Capital Territory (ACT) Australian Federal Police (AFP) SRS

Austria:
Gendarmerie Einsatz Kommando (GEK) “COBRA’ (CT)
Mobile Einsatz Kommando (MEK) “Scorpions”
Wiener Einsatzgruppe Alarmabteilung (WEGA)

Belgium:
Escadron Special d'Intervention (ESI/CT unit)
Protection, Observation, Soutien, Arrestation (POSA -regional SWAT type units)

Brazil:
Batalhão de Operações Policiais Especiais (BOPE) (Military Police Special Operations Battalion)
Corpo de Operações Especiais (COE - Special Operations Corps-Parana State Military Police special ops unit)
-Grupos de Operações Especiais (Military Police special ops groups)
Grupo de Açòes Táticas Especiais (GATE)
Grupo Armado de Repreensão a Roubos e Assaltos (GARRA) (SWAT/EOD unit)

Canada:
HRP ERT
OCRPS Tactical Team
RCMP ERT

Chile:
Unidad Anti-Terroristes (UAT) of the National Police Force “Cobra” (CT)
Grupo de Operaciones de Policia Especiales (GOPE) of the Carabineros (CT)

Colombia:
Unidad Especial Antisecuestro y Extorsión (UNASE - National Anti-Extortion and Kidnapping Unit) - Divided in UNASE Rural and UNASE Urbana. Policía Nacional.

Grupo de Operaciones Especiales (GOES-DIJIN). Swat unit. Policía Nacional.

Comando de Operaciones Especiales (COPES). Trained by the Spanish GEO. CT unit. Policía Nacional.
Grupo de Elite Antiterrorista Urbano. Acting only in Medellín, this CT unit was created on may 2001. Policía Nacional.

Comando Metropolitano de Desarme (COMED). Also called Grupo Puma. Acts only in Calí, against armed gangs, killers hired by the mafias, narcos and urban guerrillas. Policía Nacional.

Comandos de Jungla. Teams tasked with the most dangerous missions in the jungle against narcos. Trained by the 22 Rgt SAS. Dirección Antinarcóticos de la Policía Nacional.

Grupo de Acción Especial contra el Narcotráfico (GAEN). This elite unit is operative 24 hours a day and is ready to deploy anywhere in the country, always against narcos. Dirección Antinarcóticos de la Policía Nacional.

Agrupación de Fuerzas Especiales Urbanas (AFEU). CT unit formed by members of the Army, Policía Metropolitana and Guardia Nacional.

Grupo de Elite. Trained by the French RAID. Departamento Administrativo de Seguridad (DAS)

Grupos Especiales Antiextorsión y Secuestro (GAES). The Ejército has one of those anti-kidnapping teams in each brigade

Grupos Autónomos y Unificados por la Libertad y la Antiextorsión (GAULA). Special anti-kidnapping sections of the Army. Trained by the French RAID.

Comando Especial del Ejército (CEE). This is the elite anti-narcotics team from the Ejército.

Grupo de Reacción Inmediata Penitenciario (GRI). Prison SWAT team Instituto Penitenciario de Colombia (INPEC) from the Ministerio de Justicia.

Czech Republic:
Útvar Rychlého Nasazení (URNa - National Police CT unit - around 110 members)
Zasahova Jednotka - (8 regional SWAT teams - 40-60 members)

Denmark:
Aktionsstyrken (Police CT unit)

El Salvador:
Grupo de Respuesta Policial (GRP - Police Response Group)

England:
SO-19

France:
Groupement de Sécurité et d'Intervention Gendarmerie Nationale (GSIGN)
Groupe de Sécurité de la Présidence de la République (GSPR - French Secret Service
Groupe d'Intervention Gendarmerie Nationale (GIGN - CT)
Escadron Parachutiste d'Intervention Gendarmerie Nationale (EPIGN - CT/bodyguard/special ops)
PSIG
ELI (Gendarmerie National Light Intervention Teams)

Recherche, Assistance, Intervention, et Dissuasion “Black Panthers” (RAID - National Police CT unit)
Groupe d'Intervention Police Nationale (GIPN - National Police SWAT units)

Finland:
Osasto Karhu “Bear Unit” of the Helsinki Police Department (CT/Hostage rescue unit)

Germany:
Grenzschutzgruppe 9 (GSG-9 - Border Guards CT unit)

Spezialeinsatzkommando (SEK - German State Police SWAT units)

ZentralUnterstutzungseinheit Zoll (ZUZ - Customs Central Operation Support Group)

Greece:
Dimoria Eidikon Apostolon (DEA - Special Mission Platoon) of the Athens City Police (CT)
Eidikes Katastaltikes Antitromokratikes Monades (EKAM - Police CT unit)

Hong Kong:
Special Duties Unit (SDU)

Iceland:
Sérsveit Ríkislögreglustjóra "Víkingasveitin - Viking squad"

Iraq:
Iraqi Police Emergency Response Unit (CT/SWAT/EOD)

Ireland:
Garda Emergency Response Unit (ERU)

Israel:
Unit Gideonim/Unit 33 (National Police undercover unit)
Unit YA’MA’M (Border Guard’s CT/hostage rescue unit)
Unit YAMAS (Border Guard’s undercover unit)
Modiyin T'azpiyot Yerut VeLohama Needed (MATILAN - Intelligence Observations Interception and Mobile Warfare Unit/ Border Guard’s counter infiltration unit)

Italy:
Nucleo Operativo Centrale di Sicurezza (NOCS - National Police CT unit)
Gruppo Operativo Speciale (GOS - National Police SWAT unit)
Gruppo di Interventio Speciale (GIS) (Carabinieri CT unit)
AntiTerrorismo ****to Impiego (ATPI - Anti-terrorism Quick Intervention) (Finance Guard SWAT/ riot control unit)

Japan:
Special Attack Team (SAT)
Special Investigations Team (SIT)

Korea:
Korean National Police SWAT (formerly unit 868)
National Police Regional SWAT teams

ROK Military Police Special Guard Team (SGT)

Mexico:
Grupo Antiterrorista (GAT - Police CT unit)
Grupo Especial de Reaccion e Intervencion (GERI- Special Reaction and Intervention Group).

Netherlands:
Arrestatie Team (AT-SWAT units)
Brigade Speciale Beveiliging (BSB) - Military Police SWAT/crime suppression units.

New Zealand:
Armed Offender Squad (AOS - National Police SWAT units)
Special Tactics Group (STG) (National Police CT/Hostage recue unit)

Norway:
Politiets Efterretningstjeneste (PET) (VIP protection duties)

Poland:
SPAT (Police SWAT units)

(Wydzial Zabezpieczenia Dzialan Strazy Granicznej) Activities Safety Department of Polish Border Guard (Border Guard SWAT unit)
Agencja Bezpieczenstwa Wewnetrznego (ABW- Vth Department of Internal Security Agency - SWAT/CT unit)

Portugal:
Guarda Nacional Republicana Pelotão des Operaçoes Especiais (Republican National Guard Special Operations Platoon)
Grupo de Operacoes Especiais (GOE -National Police CT unit)

Philippines:
PNP SWAT teams
Philippine National Police (PNP) Special Action Force (SAF) (Paramilitary special ops unit)
Police Security Protective Office (PNP VIP protection unit)
Presidential Security Group (PSG) Special Reaction Unit (Philippine "Secrect Service" SWAT/CAT unit)
Aviation Security Group Special Operations Unit (CT/anti-hijack unit)

Singapore:
Special Tactics And Rescue (STAR)
Police Coast Guard Special Task Squadron "Flying Fish" (Maritime SWAT unit)

Slovak Republic:
Utvar Osobitneho Urcenia (UOU - police CT unit)

Spain:
Unidad Especial de Intervencion (UEI - Civil Guard CT unit)
Grupo de Acción Rápida (GAR - Civil Guard SWAT units)

Grupo Especial de Operaciones (GEO -National Police CT unit)
GEOS (Grupos Especiales de Operaciones) (National Police SWAT teams)

Grup Especial d'Intervencio (GEI) (Catalonia Police SWAT)
Berroci Berezi Talda (BBT- Basque Police tactical unit)

Switzerland:
Stern Unit (based in Berne) (Police CT)
Enzian Unit (based in Zurich)

Sweden:
Nationella Insatsstyrkan(NI - part of the Stockholm Police Dept)

Taiwan:
National Police Administration (Police Corps) SWAT
- First Peace Preservation Police Corps Special Services Commando (CT)

Military Police Special Service Commando "Night Hawks"

USA:
Dept. of Justice -

FBI Hostage Rescue Team (HRT)
FBI SWAT Teams & Enhanced SWAT Teams
US Marshals Service (USMS) Special Operations Group (SOG)
USMS Special Response Teams (SRT)
USMS Los Angeles Arrest Response Team
USMS Western Virginia Special Tactics, Arrest & Rescue (STAR) Team
DEA “Snow Cap” Teams
DEA Mobile Enforcement Teams (MET)
DEA Clandestine Laboratory Enforcement Teams (CLET)
DEA Foriegn Advisory Support Teams (FAST)
Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco Firearms and Explosives (ATF) SRT
Federal Bureau of Prisons Special Operations Response Teams (SORT)

Dept. of Homeland Security-

US Border Patrol Tactical Unit (BORTAC)
US Border Patrol (USBP) Special Response Teams (SRT)
USBPl San Diego Sector Regional Emergency Crisis and Action Team (REACT)
Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) SRT
US Secret Service (USSS) Counter Assault Team (CAT)
USSS Uniformed Division (UD) Emergency Response Team (ERT)
USSS Counter Sniper Team (CST)
Federal Protective Service (FPS) SRT

US Coast Guard (USCG) International Training Team
US Coast Guard Maritime Safety and Security Teams (MSST)

Diplomatic Security Service (DSS) Mobile Security Division (MSD)

US Mint Police SRT

DOE Office of Safeguards and Security (OSS) SRT
DOE Transportation Safety Division (TSD) Special Response Force (SRF)

US Capitol Police Containment & Emergency Response Team (CERT)

US Park Police Special Forces Branch SWAT Team

Military Police tactical teams -
US Army MP Special Reaction Teams (SRT)
USMC MP SRT
USAF Emergency Services Team (EST)

USACIDC Protective Services Detail (PSD)

LAPD SWAT
LASD Special Enforcement Detail (SED)
NYPD Emergency Service Unit (ESU)
Miami-Dade Police Department SRT
DC Metro Police Department Emergency Response Team (ERT)
Detroit Police Department Special Response Team
Dallas Police Department SWAT
Oralndo Police Department SWAT Team
Orange County, Florida Sheriff's Department SWAT Team
Houston Police Department SWAT
Metro Atlanta Police Department SWAT
Indianapolis Police Department SWAT
Chicago Police Department Hostage, Barricade, Terrorism Team
Baltimore Police Department Quick Reaction Team (QRT)
San Francisco Police Department SWAT Team

California Dept. of Corrections Special Emergency Response Team (SERT)

Venezuela:
Brigada Acciones Especiales (BAE - National Police CT unit)
Grupo de Acciones de Comandos (GAC) (Guardia Nacional CT/special ops unit)
Thailand CT unit:
Army: Task Force-90 Narai,31 Royal guard Regiment (RDF)?,21 Queen Guard Regimnet?
Air Force: Commando
Navy: Thai SEAL
Police: PARU?,Commmando,Special Action unit

[Rudolph]

South African Special Task Force (STF). Hostage, CT, etc.

http://www.google.co.za/url?sa=t&source=web&cd=6&ved=0CF8QFjAF&url=http%3A%2F%2Fen.wikipedia.org%2Fwiki%2FSouth_African_Police_Service_Special_Task_Force&ei=eybaTb3yJIKYvAPpm725Bw&usg=AFQjCNHXmi8eyLV4oBEI7nnMSJ7AFDi4IA

[Rayber]

Norway : Delta Styrken (Politiets Beredskapstropp ) http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Beredskapstroppen (All of the info in there is verifiable)

[RSone]

The Netherlands' entry is missing the UIM, which is the former BBE:http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bijzondere_Bijstands_Eenheid
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bijzondere_Bijstands_Eenheid
For domestic CT, it operates under the jurisdiction of the Justice Ministry instead of the MoD.
There's UE&OO(Unit Expertise&Operationale Ondersteuning) as well, but i'm not sure if it can be seen as a CT unit in the most narrow sense of the word, as it supplies the snipers for domestic CT operations(according to the webz) but it is the the amalgamation of the old BBE-P and BBE-K units.

[Dinges]

South African Special Task Force (STF). Hostage, CT, etc.

http://www.google.co.za/url?sa=t&source=web&cd=6&ved=0CF8QFjAF&url=http%3A%2F%2Fen.wikipedia.org%2Fwiki%2FSouth_African_Police_Service_Special_Task_Force&ei=eybaTb3yJIKYvAPpm725Bw&usg=AFQjCNHXmi8eyLV4oBEI7nnMSJ7AFDi4IA

More info:

http://www.gunsite.co.za/content/articles/the-saps-special-task-force/