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  2. Militarization of police - Wikipedia

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    The RIC was a quasi-military police force: constables were armed with rifles, billeted in barracks, and the force had a militaristic structure and uniform. [45] During the Irish War of Independence, it was tasked with tackling the Irish Republican Army (IRA) and worked alongside the British Army.

  3. Paramilitary - Wikipedia

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    International Association of Gendarmeries and Police Forces with Military Status; List of Serbian paramilitary formations; Militarization of police; Police tactical unit; Fourth-generation warfare; Violent non-state actor; Military urbanism; Private army; Fascist paramilitary; Guerrilla warfare; List of countries by number of military and ...

  4. Heinrich Dollwetzel - Wikipedia

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    There was still no German army in existence, but Dollwetzel was able to join the "Kasernierte Volkspolizei", a quasi-military police unit which in 1956 formed the basis for a new National People's Army. During the early 1950s he achieved a succession of rapid promotions, serving from August 1954 till November 1955, with the rank of colonel, as ...

  5. List of historical secret police organizations - Wikipedia

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    Jatiya Rakkhi Bahini (JRB) (National Defense Force) was a Bangladeshi para-military force formed in 1972 by the Sheikh Mujibur Rahman government.; Initially formed to curb the insurgency and maintain law and order the force became involved in numerous charges of human rights abuse including political killings, shooting by death squads, and rape.

  6. Police ranks of the United States - Wikipedia

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    The United States police-rank model is generally quasi-military in structure. [1] [2] A uniform system of insignia based on that of the US Army and Marine Corps is used to help identify an officer's seniority. [2] [3]

  7. List of paramilitary organizations - Wikipedia

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    For subdivisions, see Structure of the Hong Kong Police Force. Disciplined officers: 33,210 (2023) [6] Auxiliary officers: 4,501 (2021), [7] Unsworn: 4,735 (2023) [6] Special Duties Unit: 23 July 1974 Elite Paramilitary Special Forces Police tactical unit: Over 120 [8] Counter Terrorism Response Unit: July 2009 Anti-terrorism patrol-type Police ...

  8. Quasi-military - Wikipedia

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  9. Garde Civique - Wikipedia

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    Gendarmerie (Rijkswacht), a military police force in Belgium active from 1830 and disbanded in 1992. Force Publique , a comparable quasi-military police force in Congo Free State and Belgian Congo .