Tag police special forces

Here are some special forces units from various police agencies around the world:

United States

  1. SWAT (Special Weapons and Tactics) - Los Angeles Police Department (LAPD)
  2. SRT (Special Response Team) - New York City Police Department (NYPD)
  3. HRT (Hostage Rescue Team) - FBI
  4. Dignitary Protection Division (DPD) - Secret Service
  5. Special Operations Division (SOD) - U.S. Marshals Service

Canada

  1. Emergency Task Force (ETF) - Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP)
  2. Tactical Unit (TU) - Toronto Police Service
  3. Special Emergency Response Team (SERT) - Vancouver Police Department

United Kingdom

  1. SO19 (Special Operations 19) - Metropolitan Police Service (London)
  2. CO19 (Counter Terrorism Command) - Metropolitan Police Service (London)
  3. SCD9 (Specialist Crime Division 9) - West Midlands Police
  4. Tactical Aid Package (TAP) - Greater Manchester Police

Australia

  1. Tactical Operations Unit (TOU) - New South Wales Police Force
  2. Special Operations Group (SOG) - Victoria Police
  3. Critical Response Group (CRG) - Queensland Police Service

Germany

  1. SEK (Spezialeinsatzkommando) - various state police forces
  2. GSG 9 (Grenzschutzgruppe 9) - Federal Police (Bundespolizei)

France

  1. RAID (Recherche, Assistance, Intervention, Dissuasion) - National Police
  2. GIGN (Groupe d'Intervention de la Gendarmerie Nationale) - National Gendarmerie

Israel

  1. Yamam (ימ"ם) - Israel Police
  2. Duvdevan (דובדבן) - Israel Defense Forces (IDF)

Other countries

  1. GSG (Gruppo di Intervento Speciale) - Italian Carabinieri
  2. GOE (Gruppo Operativo d'Intervento) - Italian Police
  3. JAT (Jägarkompaniet) - Swedish Police
  4. GSG (Gruppo de Intervención Especial) - Spanish National Police

Note: This is not an exhaustive list, and there may be other special forces units within police agencies around the world.