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The police departments and sheriff's offices of thousands of towns, cities, and counties across the United States have tactical units, which are usually called Special Weapons and Tactics (SWAT), Sheriff's Emergency Response Team, (SERT), or Emergency Response Team (ERT). Some examples are below.
The International Criminal Police Organization – INTERPOL (abbreviated as ICPO–INTERPOL), commonly known as Interpol [3] (UK: / ˈ ɪ n t ər p ɒ l / IN-tər-pol, US: /-p oʊ l /-pohl; [4] stylized in allcaps), is an international organization that facilitates worldwide police cooperation and crime control. It is the world's largest ...
Formed on May 12, 1983, by the now-defunct Philippine Constabulary (PC) as the Philippine Constabulary Special Action Force [2] (PCSAF) as per PC General Orders 323. [3] The creation of the SAF was inspired by and "formed along the lines of" the British Army's Special Air Service (SAS). [ 4 ]
Also, it can be used to describe an international organization such as Europol or Interpol. This is a list of law enforcement agencies , organized by continent and then by country. International – Africa – Asia – Europe – North America – Oceania – South America – Disbanded
In the United States, a SWAT (special weapons and tactics) team is a generic term for a police tactical unit. SWAT units are generally trained, equipped, and deployed to resolve "high-risk situations", often those regular police units are not trained or equipped to handle, such as shootouts , standoffs , raids , hostage-takings , and terrorism .
[76] [77] Kontraste, a news magazine of Germany's public broadcasting network ARD reported that Uniter members held a training seminar at the Seda Hotel with high-ranking officers of the PNP, and other government officials, including E.R. Ejercito who posted photos of the seminar on his Facebook page two days after he was convicted for graft.
Philippines: assault rifle: 5.56×45mm NATO: M16A1 >30,000 Current standard-issue rifle, either made by Colt USA or Elisco Tool (Elitool) Philippines. 30,000 units were handed-over to the PNP on loan from the Armed Forces of the Philippines, several are with the PNP-SAF. Norinco CQ China: assault rifle: 5.56×45mm NATO: CQ-A5b 6000 [67] [68]
The current Philippine military ranks are inspired partially by the first military insignia used by the military forces during the Philippine Revolution of 1896 and the Philippine–American War, and the insignia used by the Philippine Constabulary raised in 1902 during the final days of the Philippine–American War, which was basically the same style of insignia used by the United States ...