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Anti-Terrorism Squad (ATS) – counter terrorist unit; Rapid Response Squad (RRS) Criminals Investigation Department (CID) Special Anti-Cultism Squad (SACS) Anti-Riot Squad; Nigerian Mobile Police Force; Anti-Bomb Squad. State Security Service (Nigeria) Department of State Security (DSS), VIP protection/counter terrorist
The Anti-Terrorist Branch (originally known as the Bomb Squad) was formed in January 1971 [1] to deal with the Angry Brigade. During the 1970s it assisted in the campaign against the IRA, alongside Special Branch and the Security Service (MI5). In 2005, the branch had 345 officers attached to it, with funding for another 500 being sought.
In 1977, the New Zealand Police formed the Anti-Terrorist Squad (ATS) a part-time national unit to respond to terrorist incidents. [4] [5] Training commenced in July 1977 for selected members of the Armed Offenders Squad (AOS). A section of the ATS was based in Wellington with smaller sections based in Auckland and Christchurch. [6]
This is a list of counter-terrorism agencies by country. A counter-terrorism agency is a government agency or military agency responsible for counter terrorism. Albania
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Counter Terrorism Command (CTC) or SO15 is a Specialist Operations branch within London's Metropolitan Police Service. [1] The Counter Terrorism Command was established as a result of the merging of the Anti-Terrorist Branch (SO13) and Special Branch (SO12) in October 2006, bringing together intelligence, operations, and investigative functions to form a single command. [1]
Maharashtra Police was the first police department in the country to set up an ATS unit. Although the unit was disbanded in 1993, it was later reinducted in the state's police force in 2004 as a special unit of Maharashtra Police.In 2008 ATS chief Hemant Karkare was killed in the line of duty fighting against terrorists in the 26/11 Mumbai attacks.The Anti Terrorism Squad of Maharashtra Police ...
Special Branch detectives on an undercover operation at the London Docks, 1911.. Special Branch was a unit in the Metropolitan Police in London, formed as a counter-terrorism unit in 1883 and merged with another unit to form Counter Terrorism Command (SO15) in 2006.