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List of special law enforcement units in the United States

fellmann

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It maybe not news to you all but it sure was interesting for me, seing all units and branches :) Whos under who etc. But, i could not put all info in the same post ?!

List of special law enforcement units in the United States

Federal Agencies

  • U.S. Department of Energy
    • Special Response Teams (SRT)
    • Office of Secure Transportation Special Response Force (SRF)
  • U.S. Department of Homeland Security
    • Customs and Border Protection (CBP)
      • Office of Field Operations (OFO)
        • Special Response Teams (SRT)
        • Quick Reaction Force (QRF) - CBP National Capital Region based tactical team
      • U.S. Border Patrol
        • Special Operations Group
          • Border Patrol Tactical Unit (BORTAC)
          • Border Patrol, Search, Trauma and Rescue (BORSTAR)
          • Mobile Response Team (MRT)
    • Federal Protective Service (FPS) - Special Response Teams
    • Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE)
      • Homeland Security Investigations (HSI) - Special Response Teams (SRT)
      • Homeland Security Investigations (HSI) - Rapid Response Teams (RRT)
      • Enforcement and Removal Operations (ERO)
        • Special Response Teams (SRT)
        • Tactical Intervention and Control (TIAC) Teams
    • U.S. Coast Guard
      • Deployable Specialized Forces (DSF)
        • Tactical Law Enforcement Teams (TACLET)
        • Helicopter Interdiction Tactical Squadron (HITRON)
        • Vessel Boarding Security Teams (VBST)
    • U.S. Secret Service
      • Counter Sniper (CS) Unit
      • U.S. Secret Service Uniform Division (UD) - Emergency Response Team (ERT)
      • U.S. Secret Service - Counter Assault Team (CAT)
  • United States Department of Justice
    • Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives (ATF) - Special Response Teams (SRT)
    • Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA)
      • Foreign Deployed Advisory Support Team (FAST)
      • DEA Special Response Teams (SRT)
    • Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI)
      • Critical Incident Response Group (CIRG)
        • Hostage Rescue Team (HRT)
        • Crisis Negotiation Unit (CNU)
        • Special Weapons and Tactics Teams (FBI SWAT)
        • Tactical Helicopter Unit (THU)
    • Federal Bureau of Prisons - Special Operations Response Team (SORT)
    • U.S. Marshals Service (USMS)
      • USMS Special Operations Group (SOG)
      • USMS - Special Response Teams (SRT)
  • U.S. Department of State
    • Bureau of Diplomatic Security - Office of Mobile Security Deployments (MSD)
  • U.S. Department of the Treasury
    • U.S. Mint Police - Special Response Teams (SRT)
    • Internal Revenue Service - Special Response Team (SRT)
  • National Park Service
    • Special Response Teams (SRT)
      • Grand Canyon Special Response Team
      • Yellowstone Special Response Team
      • Western Region Special Response Team
    • Special Event and Tactical Teams (SETT)
      • Midwest Special Event and Tactical Team
      • Pacific West Region Special Event and Tactical Team
      • Southeast Region Special Event and Tactical Team
    • U.S. Park Police Special Weapons and Tactics Team
    • United States Park Police, New York Field Office Special Weapons and Tactics (SWAT) Team
Independent Federal Agencies
  • Amtrak Police - Mobile Tactical Unit (MTU)
  • Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) - Security Protective Service (SPS) - Special Response Team (SRT)
  • Federal Reserve Police - Special Response Team (SRT)
  • National Security Agency (NSA) - Special Response Team (SRT)
  • Pentagon Force Protection Agency
    • Pentagon Police Directorate - Emergency Response Team (ERT)
  • U.S. Capitol Police - Containment Emergency Response Team (CERT)
 
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State agencies
  • Division of Alaska State Troopers (AST) - Special Emergency Response Team (SERT)
  • Arizona Department of Public Safety Special Weapons and Tactics (SWAT) Team
  • California Highway Patrol - Special Weapons And Tactics (SWAT) Team
  • California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation
    • Crisis Response Teams (CRT)
    • Special Service Unit (SSU)
  • Colorado Department of Corrections Special Operations and Response Team (SORT)
  • Connecticut Department of Correction Special Operations Group (SOG)
  • Connecticut State Police - State Police Tactical Unit (SPTU)
  • Delaware State Police - Special Operations Response Team (SORT)
  • Florida Highway Patrol - Tactical Response Teams (TRT)
  • Florida Department of Law Enforcement (FDLE) - Special Operations Teams (SOT)
  • Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission - Special Operations Group (FWCSOG)
  • Georgia Counter-Terrorism Task Force (CTTF) (State level multi-agency tactical team)
  • Georgia State Patrol - Special Weapons and Tactics (SWAT) Team
  • Hawaii Department of Public Safety Sheriff Division - Sheriff's Emergency Response Team (SERT)
  • Illinois State Police - Tactical Response Team (TRT)
  • Indiana State Police - Emergency Response Team (ERT)
  • Kentucky Department of Corrections - Corrections Emergency Response Team (CERT)
  • Louisiana State Police - Special Weapons and Tactics (SWAT) Team
  • Maine State Police - Tactical Team
  • Maine Department of Corrections Special Operations Group
  • Maryland Department of Natural Resources Police Special Operations Division, Tactical Response Team
  • Maryland State Police
    • Special Tactical Assault Team Element (STATE)
    • Tactical Medical Unit (TMU)
  • Maryland Transportation Authority Police - Special Response Team (SRT)
  • Maryland Transit Administration Police - Visible Intermodal Prevention and Response (VIPR) Teams/Tactical Unit (formerly Special Response Team - SRT)
  • Maryland Maritime Tactical Operations Group (MTOG) - Joint federal, state, and local tactical unit specializing in maritime tactical operations
  • Massachusetts State Police - Special Tactical Operations Team (STOP)
  • Massachusetts Department of Correction Special Reaction Team (SRT)
  • Michigan State Police - Emergency Support Team (EST)
  • Minnesota Department of Corrections Special Operations Group (SOG)
  • Minnesota State Patrol Special Response Team (SRT)
  • Nebraska Department of Correctional Services Special Operations Response Team (SORT)
  • New Hampshire Division of State Police - Special Weapons and Tactics (SWAT) Unit
  • New Jersey State Police - Technical Emergency And Mission Specialists (TEAMS)
  • New Jersey Transit Police - Emergency Services Unit (ESU)
  • New Jersey Transit Police - Conditions Tactical Unit (CTU)
  • New Mexico State Police - Tactical Team
  • New York State Police - Special Operations Response Teams (SORT)
  • North Carolina State Bureau of Investigation (SBI) - Special Response Team (SRT)
  • North Carolina Department of Correction Special Operations Response Team (SORT)
  • Ohio State Highway Patrol - Special Response Team (SRT)
  • Ohio Department of Rehabilitation and Corrections
    • Special Response Teams (SRT)
    • Special Tactics and Response (STAR)
  • Oklahoma Highway Patrol Tactical Team
  • Oklahoma Department of Corrections - Corrections Emergency Response Team (CERT)
  • Oregon State Police - Special Weapons and Tactics (SWAT) Team
  • Pennsylvania State Police - Special Emergency Response Team (SERT)
  • Pennsylvania Department of Corrections
    • Corrections Rifle Specialist Team (CRST)
    • Hostage Rescue Team (HRT)
    • Corrections Emergency Response Team (CERT)
  • Port Authority Police Department (PAPD) – Emergency Services Unit (ESU)
  • Rhode Island Department of Corrections Correctional Emergency Response Team (CERT)
  • Rhode Island State Police - Tactical Team, WMD Tactical Team
  • South Carolina State Law Enforcement Division (SLED) - Special Weapons and Tactics (SWAT) Team
  • Tennessee Highway Patrol - Special Operations Unit (SOU)
  • Texas Department of Public Safety
    • Ranger Division
      • Ranger Recon Teams (RRT)
      • Special Weapons and Tactics (SWAT) Team
  • Texas Department of Public Safety - Special Response Teams (SRT)
  • Texas Parks and Wildlife Department SCOUT Team (Tactical Response)
  • Utah Highway Patrol - Special Emergency Response Team (SERT)
  • Vermont State Police - Tactical Services Unit
  • Virginia State Police - Special Weapons and Tactics Teams (SWAT)
  • Virginia Department of Corrections - Tactical Support Unit (TSU)
 
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Local/County Agencies
The police departments of many counties and most major cities have special police units.
  • Anchorage Police Department Special Weapons And Tactics (SWAT) team
  • Denver Police Department - Special Weapons And Tactics (SWAT) Team
  • Columbus Indiana Police Department -Special Weapons and Tactics Team (SWAT)
  • Fairbanks Police Department Special weapons and tactics (SWAT) team
  • Miami Police Department - Special Threat Response: Special Weapons and Tactics Team (SWAT) and Hostage Negotiators
  • Nassau County Police Department - Bureau of Special Operations (BSO), Emergency Service Unit (ESU)
  • New York City Police Department - Emergency Service Unit (ESU), Critical Response Command (CRC) and Strategic Response Group (SRG)
  • Los Angeles Police Department Metropolitan Division - Special Weapons and Tactics (SWAT) Team
  • Oakland Police Department - Special Weapons and Tactics (SWAT) Team
  • Portland Police Bureau - Special Emergency Response Team (SERT)
  • Tulsa County Sheriff's Office - Special Weapons And Tactics (SWAT) Team
  • Greensboro Police Department - Special Response Team (SRT)
  • Hawaii County Police Department - Special Response Team (SRT)
  • Honolulu Police Department - Special Weapons and Tactics (SWAT)
  • Kauai County Police Department - Special Response Team (SRT)
  • Maui County Police Department - Special Response Team (SRT)
  • Raleigh Police Department - Selective Enforcement Unit (SEU)
 
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I don't think it surprises many of us. I think the postal service also their own door kicker team too that I didn't see listed.
 
Funny that in truth the Smitsonian has a HUGE collection over 7000 "historic" firearms in the National Firearm Archive BUT if ya go to see it the typical have only about 150 of them on display BOO :angry:
The goodies are always hidden for us mortals :D
 
And yet...the left wants to take guns out of the hands of the common man. Then again, they do consider us mere commoners.
 
Funny that in truth the Smitsonian has a HUGE collection over 7000 "historic" firearms in the National Firearm Archive BUT if ya go to see it the typical have only about 150 of them on display BOO :angry:

The NRA sponsors a few museums, one in Fairfax, not far from DC. Their collection rivals, if not surpasses, the Smithy's collection... LINK

PS: they ONLY have 3000 firearms on display in Fairfax... ;)
 
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And yet...the left wants to take guns out of the hands of the common man. Then again, they do consider us mere commoners.

I know there are many "never-NRA-er" trolls out and about and I'm not here to disparage those people. BUT what would happen if an anti-gun Pres. and admin. raided their headquarters and effectively "shut them down" for some trumped up reasons? (no pun implied or intended--using the word as defined). As a Life Member, I worry about these things...

The antis treat the NRA as Baba Yaga and WE ARE NOT! Please think about that before you disparage me and other members... :)
 
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