List of special response units

The scope of this list is primarily police units tasked with special duties, including:
 * Security of the state, state officials and foreign dignitaries
 * Offensive domestic counter-terrorist actions
 * Serving high-risk arrest warrants
 * Performing hostage rescue and/or armed intervention
 * Engaging heavily armed criminals

[[albania|🇦🇱]] Albania

 * Reparti i Neutralizimit te Elementit te Armatosur (RENEA)

[[argentina|🇦🇷]] Argentina
Argentine National Gendarmerie (Argentine National Gendarmarie)
 * Equipo Antiterrorista (Anti-Terrorist Team)
 * Escuadrón Especial de la Gendarmería Nacional
 * Sección Operaciones Especiales de Monte de Gendarmería Nacional "Groupe Monte" (National Gendarmarie Jungle Special Operations Section)
 * Unidad Especial de Lucha Contra Narcotraficante (UELCON)

Policía Federal Argentina
 * Grupo Especial de Operaciones Federales (Federal Special Operations Group)
 * Grupo Especial Uno "GE-1" (Special Group One)

Policía de la Provincia de Buenos Aires
 * Brigada Especial Operativa Halcón (Hawk Special Operations Brigade)

Policía Provincial de Santa Fé
 * Compañía de Tropas de Operaciones Especiales (TOE)

Prefectura Naval Argentina
 * Grupo Albatros
 * Grupo de Respuesta Imediata de Alto Riesgo (GRIAR) (Immediate High Risk Response Group)

[[australia|🇦🇺]] Australia

 * Australian Federal Police - Specialist Response Group
 * New South Wales Police Force - Tactical Operations Unit and State Protection Support Unit
 * New South Wales Department of Corrective Services - Hostage Response Group
 * Northern Territory Police - Territory Response Group
 * Queensland Police - Special Emergency Response Team
 * Queensland Department of Corrective Services - Tactical Response Unit
 * South Australia Police - Special Tasks and Rescue Group
 * Tasmania Police - Special Operations Group
 * Tasmania Corrective Services - Tactical Response Group
 * Victoria Police - Special Operations Group and Critical Incident Response Team
 * Corrections Victoria - Security & Emergency Services Group
 * Western Australia Police - Tactical Response Group
 * Western Australia Department of Corrective Service's - Emergency Support Group

[[austria|🇦🇹]] Austria

 * Bundespolizei (Federal Police) - Einsatzkommando (EKO) Cobra

[[bangladesh|🇧🇩]] Bangladesh

 * Dhaka Metropolitan SWAT
 * Rapid Action Battalion

[[belgium|🇧🇪]] Belgium

 * Federal Police - Federal Police Special Units (former SIE/ESI)

[[bosnia and herzegovina|🇧🇦]] Bosnia and Herzegovina

 * (SIPA) Državna agencija za istragu i zaštitu or State Information and Protection Agency
 * Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina Police MUP RBiH Federa Counter-terrorism branches
 * Republika Srpska Police MUP RS Counter-terrorism branches

[[brazil|🇧🇷]] Brazil

 * Polícia Militar (Brazilian Military Police) - Batalhão de Operações Policiais Especiais (Special Police Operations Battalion)
 * Polícia Militar (Brazilian Military Police) - Grupo de Ações Táticas Especiais (Special Tactical Actions Group)

[[canada|🇨🇦]] Canada

 * Atomic Energy of Canada Limited's (AECL) Nuclear Security Response Team
 * Brockville Police Service - Emergency Response Team
 * Bruce Power - Nuclear Response Team
 * Calgary Police Service - Tactical Unit
 * Canadian Forces - Joint Task Force 2
 * Charlottetown Police Services - Emergency Response Team
 * Correctional Service Canada - Institutional Emergency Response Team (IERT)
 * Chalk River Laboratories Nuclear Response Force (NRF)
 * Delta Police Department - Municipal Integrated Emergency Response Team
 * Durham Regional Police - Tactical Support Unit (TSU)
 * Edmonton Police Service - Tactical Unit
 * Fredericton Police - Emergency Response Team
 * Greater Sudbury Police Service - Tactical Unit
 * Guelph Police Service - Tactical Unit
 * Halifax Regional Police - Emergency Response Team
 * Halton Regional Police Service - Tactical Rescue Unit
 * Hamilton Police Service - Emergency Response Unit
 * Lethbridge Regional Police Service - Tactical Support Team
 * London Police Service - Emergency Response Section (ERS [originally formed as the Emergency Response Unit - ERU]). Provincially accredited Hostage Rescue Unit.
 * Medicine Hat Police Service - Tactical Arrest Control Team
 * Municipal Integrated Emergency Response Team - MIERT, A joint ERT of the Delta, Abbotsford, New Westminster, and Port Moody Police Departments.
 * New Westminister Police Service - Emergency Response Team
 * Niagara Regional Police - Emergency Task Unit
 * Ontario Power Generation's nuclear response force (NRF)
 * Ontario Provincial Police - Tactics and Rescue Unit (TRU), Emergency Response Team (ERT), Provincial Emergency Response Team (PERT)
 * Ottawa Police Service - Tactical Unit
 * Peel Regional Police - Tactical and Rescue Unit, Airport Unit
 * Royal Canadian Mounted Police - Emergency Response Team (ERT)
 * Royal Newfoundland Constabulary - Tactics and Rescue Unit (TRU)
 * Sault Ste. Marie Police Service - Emergency Services Unit (ESU)
 * Service de police de la Ville de Montreal (City of Montreal Police Service) - Groupe tactique d'intervention (Tactical Intervention Group)
 * Sûreté du Québec (Quebec Provincial Police) - Groupe d'Intervention (Intervention Group )
 * Toronto Police Service - Emergency Task Force (ETF), Public Order Unit, Mounted Unit
 * Vancouver Police Department - Emergency Response Team
 * Waterloo Regional Police Service - Emergency Response Unit
 * Winnipeg Police Service - Tactical Support Team (TST)
 * York Regional Police - Emergency Response Unit (ERU)

[[chile|🇨🇱]] Chile

 * Policía de Investigaciones de Chile PDI - Equipo de Reacción Táctico Antinarcóticos ERTA
 * Carabineros de Chile - Grupo de Operaciones Policiales Especiales G.O.P.E.

[[china|🇨🇳]] China

 * Beijing SWAT
 * Chongqing SWAT
 * Snow Leopard Commando Unit (SLCU)
 * Special Police Unit

[[hong kong|🇭🇰]] Hong Kong

 * Hong Kong Police Force
 * Police Tactical Unit
 * Special Duties Unit (SDU)
 * Counter-Terrorism and Internal Security Division
 * Counter Terrorism Response Unit
 * Airport Region
 * Airport Security Unit (ASU)
 * Crime Wing
 * Surveillance Support Unit (SSU)
 * Security Bureau
 * VIP Protection Unit (VIPPU)
 * Witness Protection Unit (WPU)
 * Independent Commission Against Corruption
 * Witness Protection and Firearms Section (WPFS)
 * Quick Response Team (QRT)
 * Hong Kong Customs
 * Special Task Force (STF)
 * Witness Protection Section (WPS)
 * Correctional Service Department
 * Correctional Emergency Response Team (CERT)

Macau

 * Public Security Police Force of Macau
 * Police Tactical Intervention Unit (UTIP)
 * Special Operation Group (GOE)

[[colombia|🇨🇴]] Colombia

 * Ejército Nacional

[[croatia|🇭🇷]] Croatia

 * Lučko Anti-Terrorist Unit

Czech Republic

 * URNA (Czech police) - "Útvar Rychlého Nasazení" = "Rapid deployment unite"

[[denmark|🇩🇰]] Denmark

 * Politiet (Danish police) - Aktionsstyrken (AKS)

[[ecuador|🇪🇨]] Ecuador

 * GOE - Grupo de Operaciones Especiales
 * GIR - Grupo de Intervención y Rescate

[[estonia|🇪🇪]] Estonia

 * K-Commando

[[finland|🇫🇮]] Finland

 * Readiness Unit - Karhuryhmä (Bear Unit)

[[france|🇫🇷]] France

 * Police Nationale (National Police)
 * Force d'Intervention de la Police Nationale (FIPN)(National and regional SWAT Teams)
 * Brigade de Recherche et d'Intervention de la préfecture de police de Paris(BRI-PP) (Research and Intervention Brigade) nicknamed Brigade Anti-Commando (Counter Commando Brigade) or BRI en formation BAC (BRI-BAC).
 * Groupes d'Intervention de la Police Nationale (GIPN) (National Police Intervention Groups)
 * Recherche Assistance Intervention Dissuasion (RAID) (Research, Assistance, Intervention, Deterrence)
 * All the others BRI (high risk arrests, surveillances ...)
 * Groupes d'Appuis Opérationnels (Operational Support Groups) same missions of the BRI to the benefit of national specialised Departments (Narcotics, Counter-spying ...)
 * Service de Protection des Hautes Personnalités (SPHP) (VIP details Service)


 * Gendarmerie Nationale (National Gendarmerie)
 * Groupe d'Intervention de la Gendarmerie Nationale (GIGN) (National Gendarmerie Intervention Group)
 * Pelotons d'Intervention de 2e Génération (PI2G) (high risk arrests, VIP details)

Georgia

 * Georgia's Counterterrorist Centre unites "SOD"(Georgia's rapid response department) and "KUD" (constitutional security department)

[[germany|🇩🇪]] Germany

 * Bundespolizei (German Federal Police) - GSG 9 (formerly an a German abbreviation of Grenzschutzgruppe 9, 'Border Guards, Group 9')
 * Landespolizei (State police) Spezialeinsatzkommando (SEK), Mobiles Einsatzkommando (MEK)
 * Zollkriminalamt (German Customs Investigation Bureau) - Zentrale Unterstützungsgruppe Zoll (ZUZ)
 * Mobiles Einsatzkommando (Mobiles Einsatzkommando, state police services and federal criminal police office)

[[greece|🇬🇷]] Greece

 * Elliniki Astynomia (Greek Police) - Eidiki Katastaltiki Antitromokratiki Monada (Special Anti-Terrorist Unit)

[[hungary|🇭🇺]] Hungary

 * Terrorelhárító Szolgálat (Anti-Terrorist Service)
 * Counter-Terrorist Centre (TEK) Team

[[iceland|🇮🇸]] Iceland

 * Víkingasveitin (Viking Squad / Special Operations Unit of the National Commissioner)

[[india|🇮🇳]] India

 * National Security Guards
 * Force One
 * Thunderbolt

Garud Commando Force
Garud is a special commando force of Indian defence services which is responsible for operating special tasks.

COBRA
Special Forces of the Paramilitary Central Reserve Police Force

[[indonesia|🇮🇩]] Indonesia

 * Brigade Mobil SOF (Police Mobile Brigade)

[[iran|🇮🇷]] Iran

 * YEGOP NAJA (Persian یگان‌های ویژه پاسداران نیروی انتظامی abbreviated as یگوپ ناجا Special Units of Disciplinary Force's Guards)
 * NOPO (Persian نیروی ویژه‌ی پادوحشت Counter-terrorism Special Force or یگان ویژه Special Unit)
 * Police Amniat (Persian پلیس امنیت Security Police)

[[ireland|🇮🇪]] Ireland
Garda Síochána (National Police)
 * Special Detective Unit (SDU)
 * Emergency Response Unit (ERU)
 * Regional Support Unit (RSU)

[[israel|🇮🇱]] Israel

 * Mishteret Yisrael (Israel Police)
 * Yeḥidat Mishtara Meyuḥedet (YAMAM)
 * Yehidat Siyur Meyuhedet (Yasam)

[[italy|🇮🇹]] Italy

 * Antiterrorismo Pronto Impiego "ATPI" (Italian Guardia di Finanza)
 * Gruppo di Intervento Speciale "GIS" (Italian Carabinieri)
 * Nucleo Operativo Centrale di Sicurezza "NOCS" (Italian Police)

[[japan|🇯🇵]] Japan

 * Keisatsu-chō (National Police Agency) - Tokushu Kyūshū Butai (Special Assault Team or SAT)

[[jordan|🇯🇴]] Jordan

 * Unit 30 ( Police SWAT )
 * Unit 14 ( Gendarme Special Intervention)

[[kuwait|🇰🇼]] Kuwait

 * Kuwait Special Force (Al Quwat Al Khasa)
 * Kuwait Swat team
 * Kuwait National Guards (Al Haras Al Watany)

[[latvia|🇱🇻]] Latvia

 * Speciālo uzdevumu vienība (Special Tasks Unit)
 * OMEGA (counter-terrorism unit)

[[liechtenstein|🇱🇮]] Liechtenstein

 * Special Police Unit

[[lithuania|🇱🇹]] Lithuania

 * ARAS

[[malaysia|🇲🇾]] Malaysia

 * Royal Malaysia Police
 * Pasukan Gerakan Khas (Special Operations Force)
 * Unit Tindakan Cepat
 * UNGERIN (Marine Combat Unit)

[[mexico|🇲🇽]] Mexico

 * Policía Federal
 * Grupo de Operaciones Especiales (Special Operations Group)

[[mongolia|🇲🇳]] Mongolia

 * Mongolian SWAT

[[netherlands|🇳🇱]] Netherlands

 * Koninklijke Marechaussee (Royal Marshals/Royal Military Police) - Brigade Speciale Beveiligingsopdrachten (Brigade Special Protection tasks)


 * Korps landelijke politiediensten (National Police Services Agency) - Dienst Speciale Interventies (Special Intervention Service)

[[new zealand|🇳🇿]] New Zealand

 * New Zealand Police
 * Armed Offenders Squad
 * Special Tactics Group

[[nicaragua|🇳🇮]] Nicaragua

 * Policia Nacional-DOEP
 * Tácticas y Armas Policiales de Intervención y Rescate (TAPIR)
 * Departamento de Intervención Rápida (GIR)

[[norway|🇳🇴]] Norway

 * Norwegian Police Service – Emergency Response Unit (aka Delta)
 * Forsvarets Spesialkommando
 * Norwegian Police Service – Utrykningsenheten (UEH)

[[pakistan|🇵🇰]] Pakistan

 * Elite Police (An elite police force that primarily deals with high profile security along with counter-terrorism operations of a lesser magnitude.)
 * Airport Security Force
 * Pakistan Anti-Narcotics Force (The anti drug-trafficking arm of Pakistan Police.)
 * Rescue 1122 (Civilian emergency response unit. It provides ambulance, fire brigade and rescue services.)

[[philippines|🇵🇭]] Philippines

 * Philippine National Police
 * Special Action Force
 * Special Response Unit
 * SWAT

[[poland|🇵🇱]] Poland

 * GROM (full name: Polish: Grupa Reagowania Operacyjno-Manewrowego (Operational Maneuver Response Group)
 * BOA (Biuro Operacji Antyterrorystycznych, Bureau of Antiterrorist Operations)  - police hostage rescue and tactical unit
 * SPAP (Samodzielny Pododdział Antyterrorystyczny Policji, Indepentent Antiterrorist Police Unit) - 9 regional, full-time tactical and EOD units of Police.
 * SAT - (Sekcja Antyterrorystyczna, Antiterrorist Section) - 9 regional full-time tactical and EOD units.
 * Wydział Realizacyjny (Realization Department) - tactical and EOD unit od Warsaw Police Command
 * Tactical teams of CBŚ (organized crime branch of Polish Police)
 * Wydziały Zabezpieczenia Działań (Operations Support Departments) - tactical units of Border Guard.
 * Various tactical teams of Agencja Bezpieczeństwa Wewnętrznegi (national counterintelligence service), Prison Service, Government Protection Office, Central Anticorruption Bureau, Military Police and other services.

[[portugal|🇵🇹]] Portugal

 * Grupo de Operações Especiais

[[romania|🇷🇴]] Romania

 * Detaşamentul de Intervenţii şi Acţiuni Speciale (DIAS), part of Detaşamentul de Poliţie pentru Intervenţie Rapidă (DPIR) (Rapid Reaction Police Department)

[[russia|🇷🇺]] Russia

 * Ministerstvo Vnutrennikh Del (MVD) (Ministry of Internal Affairs):
 * Otryad Militsii Osobogo Naznacheniya (OMON) (Special Purpose Police Squad; generic name)
 * Spetsialniy Otryad Bistrogo Reagirovannia (SOBR) (Special Rapid Reaction Unit)
 * Alpha Group (Special Forces Counter-terrorism)
 * Vympel (Special Forces Counter-terrorism)

[[saudi arabia|🇸🇦]] Saudi Arabia

 * Emergency Force

[[serbia|🇷🇸]] Serbia

 * Special Anti-Terrorist Unit (Serbia)
 * PTJ (Counter-Terrorist Unit)

[[singapore|🇸🇬]] Singapore

 * Singapore Police Force - Special Tactics and Rescue (STAR)
 * Singapore Prison Service - Singapore Prisons Emergency Action Response (SPEAR) Force

[[slovakia|🇸🇰]] Slovakia

 * Útvar Osobitného Určenia (UOU) - Special Designation Unit of the Presidium of Police
 * Pohotovostný Policajný Útvar (PPÚ)
 * Úrad boja proti organizovanej kriminalite - Zásahová skupina ZS ÚBOK PPZ - Organized crime department - Intervention unit
 * Úrad pre Ochranu Ústavných Činiteľov a Diplomatických Misií - Odbor špeciálnej ochrany (ÚOÚČ OŠO) - Security of the state, state officials and foreign dignitaries - Special protection unit
 * Jednotka služobných zákrokov Colného krimináleho úradu Colnej správy SR - (JSZ CKÚ ) Customs Criminal Office’s Intervention Unit
 * Zásahová jednotka Mobilnej zásahovej skupiny RHP Sobrance - Hraničná polícia - Intervention unit of the Border Police
 * Zásahové jednotky Špeciálnych zásahových skupín Zboru väzenskej a justičnej stráže - Intervention units of the Special intervention groups of the Department of Corrective Services

[[south africa|🇿🇦]] South Africa
The Highly skilled Operators of the 3 Special Force Elite Units of South Africa mentioned above, are ready 24 hours 365 days a year and can be called out at any time without prior notice.
 * South African Police Service - Special Task Force (SAPS STF) is an Elite Special Force Unit that provides a specialized service to all SAPS units including (SAPS NIU) & (SAPS TRT), respond to high risk situations. Identified by their unique Camoflauge Uniforms with BERETS & Operators badge.
 * South African Police Service -National Intervention Unit (SAPS NIU) - is an Elite Intervention Unit that provides specialized support to all SAPS units including (SAPS NIU) & (SAPS TRT) responds to medium to high risk situations. Identified by their unique tactical Overall Uniform with peaked Caps & Operators badge.
 * South African Police Servicé - Tactical Response Teams (SAPS TRT) is an Elite Intervention Unit that provides a specialized support to all units of the SAPS including (SAPS STF) & (SAPS NIU), Respond to medium to high risk situations, Identified by their unique Oxford blue tactical Uniforms with BERETS & Operators badge.

[[south korea|🇰🇷]] South Korea

 * Korean National Police SWAT - (KNP SWAT) National Police Agency
 * Combat police Riot squad paramilitary police unit.

[[spain|🇪🇸]] Spain

 * Cuerpo Nacional de Policía (National Police Corps) - Grupo Especial de Operaciones (GEO) (Special Operations Group)
 * Cuerpo de la Guardia Civil (Civil Guard)- Unidad Especial de Intervención (UEI) (Special Intervention Unit)
 * Mossos d'Esquadra (Catalonia police) - Grup Especial d'Intervenció (Special interventions team)

[[sri lanka|🇱🇰]] Sri Lanka

 * Sri Lanka Police Service - Special Task Force-SWAT

[[sweden|🇸🇪]] Sweden

 * Polisen (Swedish Police Service) - Nationella Insatsstyrkan (National Task Force)
 * Polisen (Swedish Police Service) - ''Piketen (SWAT)

[[taiwan|🇹🇼]] Taiwan

 * National Police Agency - Thunder Squad

[[thailand|🇹🇭]] Thailand

 * ''Royal Thai Police
 * ''Arintharat 26 Special Operations Unit
 * ''Naresuan 261 Counter-Terrorism Unit

[[turkey|🇹🇷]] Turkey
General Directorate of Security
 * Polis Özel Harekat
 * ''Karşı Atak Timi

Turkish Gendarmerie
 * Jandarma Özel Asayiş Komutanlığı
 * Jandarma Özel Harekat

[[ukraine|🇺🇦]] Ukraine

 * Ministerstvo Vnutrishnikh Sprav (Ministry of Internal Affairs) - Berkut
 * Security Service of Ukraine (Special purpose law enforcement agency and main government security agency in a sphere of counterintelligence activity and combating terrorism) - SBU

[[united kingdom|🇬🇧]] United Kingdom
Most UK Police Forces have a Specialist Response Unit usually going by the name Armed Support Unit or Force Operations Task Force. Elements of units from the United Kingdom Special Forces have been deployed to support the Police a number of times in counterterrorist, intelligence and hostage rescue roles, though this has seen a marked decline since the end of the troubles in Northern Ireland.


 * Her Majesty's Prison Service National Tactical Response Group (NTRG)
 * Metropolitan Police Service Specialist Firearms Command (CO19)
 * Ministry of Defence Police (MDP) Tactical Support Group (TSG)
 * Royal Ulster Constabulary/Police Service of Northern Ireland Headquarters Mobile Support Unit (HMSU)

[[united states|🇺🇸]] United States of America

 * Federal agencies


 *  U.S. Department of Energy
 * Special Response Teams (SRT)
 * Special Response Force (SRF)
 *  U.S. Department of Homeland Security
 * Customs and Border Protection (CBP)
 * Office of Field Operations (OFO) - Special Response Teams (SRT)
 * Office of Field Operations (OFO) - Seized Property Security Detail (SPSD)
 * U.S. Border Patrol
 * Special Operations Group
 * Border Patrol Tactical Unit (BORTAC)
 * Border Patrol, Search, Trauma and Rescue (BORSTAR)
 * USBP San Diego Sector - Air Mobile Unit (AMU)
 * USBP San Diego Sector - BORTAC (formerly REACT)
 * Federal Protective Service (FPS) - Special Response Teams
 * Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE)
 * Homeland Security Investigations (HSI) - Special Response Teams (SRT)
 * Enforcement and Removal Operations (ERO) - Special Response Teams (SRT)
 * Enforcement and Removal Operations (ERO) - Tactical Intervention and Control (TIAC) Teams
 * U.S. Coast Guard
 * Deployable Operations Group
 * Maritime Safety and Security Team (MSST)
 * Maritime Security Response Team (MSRT)
 * Tactical Law Enforcement Teams (TACLET)
 * Helicopter Interdiction Tactical Squadron (HITRON)
 * Vessel Boarding Security Teams
 * U.S. Secret Service
 * Counter Sniper (CS) Team
 * U.S. Secret Service Uniform Division (UD) - Emergency Response Team (ERT)
 * U.S. Secret Service - Counter Assault Team (CAT)


 *  U.S. Department of Justice
 * Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives - Special Response Teams (SRT)
 * Drug Enforcement Administration - Foreign-deployed Advisory and Support Teams (FAST)
 *  Federal Bureau of Investigation
 * Hostage Rescue Team
 * FBI Special Weapons and Tactics Teams
 * Federal Bureau of Prisons - Special Operations Response Team (SORT)
 * U.S. Marshals Service (USMS)
 * USMS Special Operations Group (SOG)
 * USMS - Special Response Teams (SRT)


 *  U.S. Department of State
 * Bureau of Diplomatic Security - Office of Mobile Security Deployments (MSD)


 *  U.S. Department of the Treasury
 * U.S. Mint Police - Special Response Teams (SRT)


 *  National Park Service
 * Yellowstone Special Response Team (SRT)
 * Western Region Special Response Team
 * Special Events and Tactics Team
 * U.S. Park Police Special Weapons and Tactics team


 * Independent federal agencies
 * Amtrak Police - Mobile Tactical Unit (MTU)
 * Central Intelligence Agency Security Protective Service (SPS) - Special Response Team (SRT)
 * National Security Agency Police Department - Special Response Team (SRT)
 * Pentagon Force Protection Agency
 * Pentagon Police Directorate - Emergency Response Team (ERT)
 * U.S. Capitol Police - Containment Emergency Response Team (CERT)
 * United States Federal Reserve System - Special Response Team (SRT)


 * State agencies
 * Division of Alaska State Troopers (AST) - Special Emergency Response Team (SERT)
 * Arizona Department of Public Safety Special Weapons and Tactics (SWAT) Team
 * California Highway Patrol - Special Weapons And Tactics (SWAT) Team
 * California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation - Crisis Response Teams (CRT)
 * Colorado Department of Corrections Special Operations and Response Team (SORT)
 * Connecticut Department of Corrections Special Operations Group (SOG)
 * Connecticut State Police - State Police Tactical Unit (SPTU)
 * Delaware State Police - Special Operations Response Team (SORT)
 * Florida Highway Patrol - Tactical Response Teams (TRT)
 * Florida Department of Law Enforcement (FDLE) - Special Operations Teams (SOT)
 * Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission - Special Operations Group (FWCSOG)
 * Georgian Counter-Terrorism Task Force (CTTF) (Multi-agency tactical team)
 * Georgia State Patrol - Special Weapons and Tactics (SWAT) Team
 * Illinois State Police - Tactical Response Team (TRT)
 * Indiana State Police - Emergency Response Team (ERT)
 * Kentucky Department of Corrections - Corrections Emergency Response Team (CERT)
 * Louisiana State Police - Special Weapons and Tactics (SWAT) Team
 * Maine State Police - Tactical Team
 * Maine Department of Corrections Emergecy Response Tactical Team
 * Maryland Department of Natural Resources Special Operations Division Tactical Response Team
 * Maryland State Police - Special Tactical Assault Team Element (STATE)
 * Maryland State Police - Tactical Medical Unit (TMU)
 * Maryland Transportation Authority Police - Special Response Team (SRT)
 * Maryland Transit Administration Police - Visible Intermodal Prevention and Response (VIPR) Teams/Tactical Unit (formerly Special Response Team - SRT)
 * Massachusetts State Police - Special Tactical Operations Team (STOP)
 * Massachusetts Department of Corrections Special Reaction Team (SRT)
 * Michigan State Police - Emergency Support Team (EST)
 * Minnesota Department of Corrections Special Operations Group (SOG)
 * Nebraska Department of Corrections Services Special Operations Response Team (SORT)
 * New Hampshire Division of State Police - Special Weapons and Tactics (SWAT) Unit
 * New Jersey State Police - Technical Emergency And Mission Specialists (TEAMS)
 * New Jersey Transit Police - Emergency Services Unit (ESU)
 * New Jersey Transit Police - Conditions Tactical Unit (CTU)
 * New Mexico State Police - Tactical Team
 * New York State Police - Special Operations Response Team (SORT)
 * North Carolina State Bureau of Investigation (SBI) - Special Response Team (SRT)
 * Ohio State Highway Patrol - Special Response Team (SRT)
 * Ohio Department of Rehabilitation and Corrections - Special Response Team (SRT) & Special Tactics and Response (STAR)
 * Oklahoma Highway Patrol Tactical Team
 * Oklahoma Department Of Corrections - Corrections Emergency Response Team (CERT)
 * Oregon State Police - Special Weapons and Tactics (SWAT) Team
 * Pennsylvania State Police - Special Emergency Response Team (SERT)
 * Pennsylvania Department of Corrections Corrections Rifle Specialist Team (CRST)
 * Pennsylvania Department of Corrections Hostage Rescue Team (HRT)
 * Port Authority Police Department (PAPD) – Emergency Services Unit (ESU)
 * Rhode Island State Department of Corrections Correctional Emergency Response Team (CERT)
 * Rhode Island State Police - Tactical Team, WMD Tactical Team
 * South Carolina Law Enforcement Division (SLED) - Special Weapons and Tactics (SWAT) Team
 * Tennessee Highway Patrol - Special Operations Unit (SOU)
 * Texas Department of Public Safety, Ranger Division - Ranger Recon Teams (RRT)
 * Texas Department of Public Safety, Ranger Division - Special Weapons and Tactics (SWAT) Team
 * Texas Department of Public Safety - Special Response Teams (SRT)
 * Utah Highway Patrol - Special Emergency Response Team (SERT)
 * Vermont State Police - Tactical Services Unit
 * Virginia State Police - Tactical Response Teams (TRT)


 * Local/County Agencies
 * Alexandria Police Department - Special Operations Team (SOT)
 * Anchorage Police Department - Special Weapons and Tactics(SWAT) Team
 * Arlington County Police Department - Special Weapons and Tactics (SWAT) Unit
 * Arlington County Sheriff's Office CERT
 * Atlanta Police Department - Special Weapons and Tactics (SWAT) Unit
 * Atlantic City Police Department Special Weapons and Tactics (SWAT) Team
 * Atlantic County, NJ, Emergency Response Team (ACERT) (Muli-Agency team)
 * Austin Police Department - Special Weapons And Tactics (SWAT) Team
 * Aurora Police Department, IL - Special Response Team (SRT)
 * Bakersfield Police Department - Special Weapons and Tactics (SWAT) Team
 * Baltimore Police Department - Quick Response Team (QRT)
 * Baltimore County Police Department SWAT
 * Bay Area Rapid Transit District Police Department - SWAT Team
 * Beverly Hills Police Department - Special Weapons And Tactics (SWAT) Team
 * Broward County, Florida, Sheriff's Office - Special Weapons and Tactics (SWAT) Team
 * Buena Park Police Department - Special Weapons And Tactics (SWAT) Team
 * Central Massachusetts Law Enforcement Council (CEMLEC) - SWAT Team (Multi-jurisdiction regional team)
 * Capital Region Emergency Services Team (CREST) - (Multi-jurisdiction regional Team)
 * Cape Cod Regional Law Enforcement Council (CCRLEC) - SWAT Team (Multi-jurisdiction team)
 * Central New Hampshire Special Operations Unit (CNHSOU)(Multi-Jurisdiction team)
 * Charleston County Sheriff's Department - Special Weapons And Tactics (SWAT) Team
 * Charleston Police Department - Special Weapons And Tactics (SWAT) Team
 * Chattanooga Police Department - Special Weapons And Tactics (SWAT) Team
 * Central Massachusetts Law Enforcement Council (CEMLEC) - Special Weapons And Tactics (SWAT) Team
 * Chesapeake Police Department - SWAT Team
 * Chicago Police Department - SWAT Team
 * Cincinnati Police Department - SWAT Team
 * Cleveland Division of Police - Special Weapons and Tactics (SWAT) Unit
 * Cobb County, Georgia, Police Department - Special Weapons and Tactics (SWAT) Team
 * Cobb County, Georgia, Sheriff's Office - Tactical Operations Unit (TOU)
 * Colorado Springs Police Department - Tactical Enforcement Unit (TEU)
 * Columbus Division of Police - Special Weapons and Tactics (SWAT) Section
 * Cook County, Illinois, Sheriff's Police - Hostage Barricade and Terrorist (HBT)
 * Corona Police Department - SWAT Team
 * Dallas Police Department - Special Weapons and Tactics (SWAT) Team
 * Denver Police Department - Special Weapons And Tactics (SWAT) Team
 * Detroit Police Department - Special Response Team (SRT)
 * DuPage County Sheriff's Office, IL - Special Weapons And Tactics
 * Durham Police Department - Selective Enforcement Team (SET)
 * Escondido Police Department - Tactical Operations Unit (TOU)
 * Fairfax County Police Department - Special Weapons and Tactics (SWAT) Team
 * Fairfax County Sheriff's Office - Sheriff's Emergency Response Team (SERT)
 * Fulton County, Georgia, Police Department - Special Weapons and Tactics (SWAT) Team
 * Fulton County, Georgia, Sheriff's Office - Special Weapons and Tactics (SWAT) Team
 * Felony Investigative Assistance Team (FIAT), Dupage County IL - Special Weapons and Tactics
 * Gwinnett County, Georgia, Police Dept. - Special Weapons And Tactics (SWAT) Team
 * Gwinnett County, Georgia, Sheriff's Office - Special Weapons and Tactics (SWAT) Team
 * Hampton, Virigina, Police Department - Special Weapons and Tactics (SWAT) Team
 * Hillsborough County Sheriff's Office - Tactical Response Team (TRT)
 * Hillsborough County Fire Rescue - Medical Emergency Response Team (MERT)
 * Houston Police Department - Special Weapons And Tactics (SWAT) Team
 * Indianapolis Police Department - Special Weapons and Tactics (SWAT) Team
 * Kern County Sheriff's Department - Special Weapons and Tactics (SWAT) Team
 * Kane County Sheriff's Office, IL - Special Weapsons and Tactics (SWAT)
 * Long Beach Police Department - Special Weapons and Tactics (SWAT) Team
 * Los Angeles Airport Police - Emergency Services Unit (ESU)
 * Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department (LASD) - Special Enforcement Detail (SED)/Special Weapons Team
 * Los Angeles Police Department - Special Weapons and Tactics (SWAT) Team
 * Los Angeles School Police Department - Special Response Team (SRT)
 * Maricopa County Sheriff's Office - Tactical Operations Unit (TOU)
 * Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority Police - Special Operations Section Special Weapons and Tactics Team (SWAT)
 * Marietta Police Department - Special Response Team (SRT)
 * Metropolitan Law Enforcement Council (Metro-LEC) - Special Weapons and Tactics (SWAT) Team
 * Metropolitan Washington Airports Authority Police Department - Special Response Team (SRT)
 * Miami-Dade Police Department - Special Response Team (SRT)
 * Metropolitan Atlanta Rapid Transit Authority (MARTA) Police Department - Special Operations Response Team (SORT)
 * Montgomery Police Department – Special Weapons and Tactics (SWAT) Team
 * Montgomery County Department of Police - Special Weapons and Tactics (SWAT) Unit
 * Nashville Metro Police Department - Special Weapons And Tactics (SWAT) Team
 * Navajo Nation Tribal Police - Special Operations Unit (SOU)
 * Newark Police Department - Emergency Response Team (ERT)
 * New Orleans Police Department - Special Weapons Assault Tactics (SWAT) Team
 * Newport News Police Department - Tactical Operations Unit (TOU)
 * New York City Police Department - Emergency Service Unit (ESU)
 * North Eastern Massachusetts Law Enforcement Council (NEMLEC) Special Weapons and Tactics (SWAT)(Multi-jurisdiction regional team)
 * North Miami Beach Police Department - Special Response Team (SRT)
 * North Texas Metro SWAT - Multi-Jurisdictional SWAT Team covering four counties near Dallas, Texas
 * Northern Illinois Police Alarm System (NIPAS) - Emergency Services Team (EST)(Multi-jurisdiction regional team)
 * North County SWAT - Regional team operating in the Northern part of Orange County, California
 * Northwest Regional SWAT Team (NWRS) - Multi-Jurisdictional SWAT Team - Northwest Indiana (Lake County, IN)
 * Orlando Police Department - Special Weapons And Tactics (SWAT) Team
 * Orange County Area Law Enforcement (OCALE) Special Weapons And Tactics (SWAT) Team - Regional team in Orange County, Texas
 * Orange County, California, Sheriff's Department - Special Weapons And Tactics (SWAT) Team
 * Orange County, Florida, Sheriff's Office - Special Weapons and Tactics (SWAT) Team
 * Palm Beach County Sheriff's Office - Special Weapons And Tactics (SWAT) Team
 * Palm Springs Police Department - Special Weapons And Tactics (SWAT) Team
 * Phoenix Police Department – Special Assignments Unit (SAU)
 * Philadelphia Police Department Special Weapons And Tactics Team (SWAT) Unit
 * Pima Regional SWAT - (Multi-jurisdiction regional team)
 * Port of Seattle Police Department - Special Weapons and Tactics (SWAT) Team
 * Portland Police Bureau - Special Emergency Response Team (SERT)
 * Portsmouth, Virginia, Police Department - Special Weapons and Tactics (SWAT) Team (Formerly the Tactical Respopnse Unit)
 * Portsmouth, Virginia, Sheriff's Office - Emergency Response Team (ERT)
 * Prince George's County Police Department - Emergency Services Team (EST)
 * Prince George's County Sheriff's Office - Specialized Services Team (SST)
 * Sacramento County Sheriff's Department - Special Enforcement Detail (SED)
 * Salt Lake City Police Department - Special Weapons and Tactics (SWAT) Team
 * San Diego Police Department - Special Weapons and Tactics (SWAT) Team
 * San Diego County Sheriff's Department - Special Enforcement Detail (SED)
 * San Francisco Police Department - Special Weapons And Tactics (SWAT) Team
 * San Francisco Sheriff's Department - Special Response Team (SRT)
 * Savannah Police Department - Emergency Rescue Team (ERT)
 * Seattle Police Department - Emergency Response Team (ERT)
 * Shelby County, Tennessee, Sheriff's Office - Special Weapons And Tactics (SWAT) Team
 * Spartanburg Police Department - Tactical Neutralization Team (TNT)
 * Spokane County Sheriff's Department - Special Weapons And Tactics (SWAT) Team
 * Spokane Police Department - Special Weapons And Tactics (SWAT) Team
 * Suffolk, Virginia, Police Department - Critical Incident Response Team (CIRT)
 * Southeastern Pennsylvania Transportation Authority (SEPTA) Transit Police Special Operations Response Team (SORT)
 * South Suburban Emergency Response Team (SSERT - Muli-jurisdiction team in suburban Chicago, IL)
 * Southern New Hampshire Special Operations Unit (Multi-jurisdiction team)
 * Tacoma Police Department - Special Weapons and Tactics (SWAT) Team
 * Tampa Police Department - Tactical Response Team (TRT)
 * Tucson Police Department – Special Weapons and Tactics (SWAT) Team
 * Tulsa County Sheriff's Office - Special Weapons and Tactics Team (SWAT)
 * Tulsa Police Department - Special Operations Team (SOT)
 * Virginia Beach Police Department - Special Weapons and Tactics (SWAT) Team
 * Washington County, Oregon, Sheriff's Office - Tactical Negotiations Team (TNT)
 * Washington D.C. Metropolitan Police Department - Emergency Response Team (ERT)
 * Metropolitan Transit Police Department - Special Response Team (SRT)
 * West County SWAT - regional Team operating in the Western part of Orange County, California
 * Westchester County Police - Special Operations Division
 * Western New Hampshire Special Operations Unit (Multi-jurisdiction team)
 * Wichita Police Department - Special Weapons And Tactics (SWAT) Unit

- Special Weapons And Tactics - SWAT

Vietnam

 * Mobile Police (Cảnh sát cơ động)
 * Rapid Response Police - CS113 (Cảnh sát Phản ứng nhanh)