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Reinforced Regional Task Force (Swedish: Förstärkt Regional Insatsstyrka), [1] prior to 2015 officially known as Piketen (or Piketenheten) [note 1] is a regional special operations asset of the Swedish Police Authority, similar to SWAT type units in the United States.
Picket (Fr. piquet, a pointed stake or peg, from piquer, 'to point or pierce'), is thought to have originated in the French Army around 1690, from the circumstance that an infantry company on outpost duty dispersed its musketeers to watch, with a small group of pikemen called piquet remaining in reserve. [2]