List of police tactical units

Police tactical units are specialized units of a police force tasked with resolving high risk / critical incidents, including: • high risk armed offender / suspect searches / apprehensions including arrest warrants • high risk search warrants involving an armed / dangerous offender / suspect In Australia, the term police tactical group is used for police tactical units. The European Union uses the term special intervention unit for national counter terrorist police tactical units. ==Albania==

Albanian State Police • RENEA • Shqiponjat • FNSH ==Algeria==

;Sûreté Nationale • Police Special Operations Group () • Research and Intervention Brigade (BRI) ;Gendarmerie Nationale • Special Intervention Detachment (DSI) ==Andorra==

;Police Corps of Andorra • Grup d'Intervenció Policia d'Andorra' (GIPA) ==Angola==

;Angola National Police Force • Rapid Intervention Police (PIR) ==Antigua and Barbuda==

; Royal Police Force of Antigua and Barbuda • Special Service Unit ==Argentina==

;Argentine Federal Police • Federal Special Operations Group (GEOF) • Grupo Especial Uno "GE-1" (Special Group One) ; Argentine National Gendarmerie • Equipo Antiterrorista (Anti-Terrorist Team) • Scorpion Group – Formerly the Escuadrón Especial de la Gendarmería Nacional • Sección Operaciones Especiales de Monte de Gendarmería Nacional "Groupe Monte" ('National Gendarmarie Jungle Special Operations Section') • Unidad Especial de Lucha Contra Narcotraficante (UELCON) ; Argentine Naval Prefecture • Albatross Group • Grupo de Respuesta Imediata de Alto Riesgo (GRIAR; 'Immediate High Risk Response Group') ; Airport Security Police • Special Tactical Assault Group (Grupo Especial de Asalto Táctico, GEAT) ; Argentine Federal Penitentiary Service • Special Intervention Group (Grupo Especial de Intervención, GEI) ; Local and other units • Hawk Special Operations Brigade (BEOH) – Buenos Aires Provincial Police • Special Operations Troops Company (TOE) – Santa Fe Provincial Police • Equipo Táctico Especial Recomendado (E.T.E.R.) – Córdoba Provincial Police ==Armenia==

; National Security Service • Alpha Group ; Police of Armenia • Police tactical unit ==Australia==

;Australian Federal Police • Tactical Response Team (TRT) ;New South Wales Police Force • Tactical Operations Unit (TOU) • Tactical Operations Regional Support (TORS) ;Northern Territory Police • Territory Response Group (TRG) ;Queensland Police • Special Emergency Response Team (SERT) ;South Australia Police • Special Tasks and Rescue Group (STAR) ;Tasmania Police • Special Operations Group (SOG) ;Victoria Police • Special Operations Group (SOG) • Critical Incident Response Team (CIRT) ;Western Australia Police • Tactical Response Group (TRG) ; New South Wales Corrective Services • Security Operations Group (SOG) ; Western Australia Department of Corrective Services • Special Operations Group (SOG) ==Austria==

;Federal Ministry of the Interior • EKO Cobra – Special operations and counterterrorism unit ;Federal Police • WEGA – SWAT team • SIG (Schnelle Interventionsgruppe) – SWAT ;Justizwache (Penitentiary police) • Justizwache Einsatzgruppe (JEG) – Penitentiary police SWAT ==Azerbaijan==

;Ministry of Internal Affairs • OPON • Rapid Police Unit ==Bahamas==

;Royal Bahamas Police Force • Security and Intelligence Branch ==Bahrain==

; Public Security Forces • Special Security Force Command ==Bangladesh==

;Bangladesh Police • Rapid Action Battalion • Special Weapons and Tactics (SWAT) • Anti Terrorism Unit ==Barbados==

; Barbados Police Service • Tactical Response Unit ==Belarus==

;Militsiya • Almaz Special Anti-Terrorism Unit (SPBT Almaz) • OMON (AMAP) Special Purpose Police Unit • Special Rapid Response Unit ==Belgium==

;Federal Police • Federal Police Special Units (DSU; Directorate of the Special Units) ;Local Police • Peloton Anti-Banditisme (PZ 5277) • Groupe d'Interventions Spéciales (PZ 5303) • Groupe d'Appui Spécialisé Proactif (PZ 5324) • Groupe Alpha (PZ 5325) • Groupe Spécial d'Appui (PZ 5330) • Service d'Assistance Spéciale (PZ 5331) • Brigade Anti-Agression / Anti-Overvalbrigade (PZ 5339) • Brigade Anti-Banditisme (PZ 5340) • Special Response Unit (PZ 5341) • Bijstands Team d'Appui (PZ 5344) • Arrestatie Eenheid (PZ 5345) • Special Assistance Unit (PZ 5364) • Community Orientend Police Support Team (PZ 5415) • Tactisch Responsteam (PZ 5456) • Unité d'Appui Spécialisé (PZ 5297) • DELTA (PZ 5327) • FLAG (PZ 5342) • Ondersteuningscapaciteit Risicovolle en Complexe Operaties (PZ 5440) • Cel Overbrenging Bescherming Reactie Arrestatie (PZ 5444) • Team voor Handhaving van Openbare orde en Rust (PZ 5449) • Arrestatie En Steun (PZ 5904) • Speciale Assistance Unit Tactische Intervention Groep (PZ 5907) • FALCO (PZ 5905) ==Bhutan==

;Royal Bhutan Police • Special Reserve Police Force ==Bolivia==

;Bolivian National Police • Unidad Tactica de Operaciones Policiales (UTOP) – Tactical Response Unit • Special Force to Fight Drug Trafficking (FELCN) – Bolivian anti-narcotics force • Mobile Police Unit for Rural Areas (UMOPAR) • Fuerza especial de lucha contra el crimen (FELCC) – Bolivian anti-criminal force ==Bosnia and Herzegovina==

;Bosnian Police Force • State Investigation and Protection Agency (SIPA) • Special Support Unit • Bosnian Special Police Units • Special Police Unit ;Other units • MUP FBiH Federal Counter-terrorism branches – Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina Police • MUP RS Counter-terrorism branches – Republika Srpska Police ==Botswana==