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Paramilitary police could mean any of the following: a gendarmerie; a constabulary; a police tactical unit, such as a SWAT; an auxiliary; non-government paramilitary forces taking on a policing role, such as paramilitary punishment attacks in Northern Ireland
Royal Canadian Mounted Police Emergency Response Team officers detain a role player aboard the survey research vessel R-V Strait Hunter, which was simulating a migrant vessel during exercise Frontier Sentinel 2012 in Sydney, Nova Scotia 120508-N-IL267-013. The following is a list of paramilitary organisations.
In the legal context of several countries, the term has variously denoted police and military units working in concert, [1] or the role of irregular military and paramilitary forces (such as gendarmerie) tasked with public security duties. [2]
From 1972, the duties of ZOMO included counter-terrorism (including countering aircraft hijackings), with the elite Special Platoons of the ZOMO (pl. Plutony Specjalne ZOMO) created in 1978. As opposition to the communist government in Poland grew, the units were expanded to counter the growing unrest, and their role became more of anti-riot ...
[19] [20] Police tactical units, similar to military units, are not gender diverse, with female members being rare. [21] [22] For "certain counter terrorism operations, such as hostage rescue, there is a significant convergence of roles, tactics and force when employed in either an armed conflict or policing role". [23]
The CRPF played a major role in the Parliamentary elections of September 1999. [3] The Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) is the largest paramilitary force in India, comprising 247 battalions and exceeding a total strength of 301,376 personnel as of 2019. [4] CRPF officers are also deployed in United Nations missions.
From 1986 to 2011 the Central Armed Police Forces (CAPF) were considered as Central Police Organisations (CPOs). [2] However, as per their respective acts they all are Armed Police Forces. [2] [3] The paramilitary forces are made up of: [1] Central Armed Police Forces [4] Border Guarding Forces Assam Rifles (AR) Border Security Force (BSF)