Police who are organized, deployed, trained or equipped to confront crowds, protests, or riots
Minnesota State Patrol during the George Floyd protests on Friday, May 29, 2020, equipped with bullet proof vests, helmets with face guards, and large wooden batons for defense against violent protests.
Riot police are police who are organized, deployed, trained or equipped to confront crowds , protests or riots .
Riot police may be regular police officers who act in the role of riot police in particular situations, or they may be separate units organized within or in parallel to regular police forces. Riot police are used in a variety of different situations and for a variety of different purposes. They may be employed to control riots as their name suggests, to disperse or control crowds , to maintain public order or discourage criminality , or to protect people or property.
Riot gear
Canadian Toronto Police Service officers in heavy riot gear—including riot helmets, body armor, gas masks , riot shields, and riot guns—during the 2010 G20 Toronto summit protests
American Beverly Hills Police Department officers in light riot gear, consisting of just riot helmets and batons, during a Trump 2020 rally in 2019
Riot police often use special equipment termed riot gear to help protect themselves and attack others, oftentimes simultaneously. Riot gear typically includes personal armor , batons , riot shields , and riot helmets . Many riot police teams also deploy specialized less-than-lethal weapons, such as: pepper spray , tear gas , riot guns , rubber bullets , stun grenades , water cannons , and Long Range Acoustic Devices .
List of riot police organizations
Swiss Kantonspolizei Zürich riot police officers attempting to control May Day riots in 2008
Russian OMON officers advancing on protestors in Moscow during the 2021 Russian protests
Albania – Rapid Intervention Force (Albania)
Algeria – Republican security units
Argentina – Policía Federal Argentina D.O.U.C.A.D/ Infantry Guard Corp Gendarmeria Nacional Argentina Prefectura Naval Argentina
Australia – Public Order and Riot Squad (New South Wales); Public Order Response Team (Victoria) Public Safety Response Team (Queensland)
Austria – Bereitschaftseinheit Wien of the Federal Police
Azerbaijan – Azərbaycan Respublikası Daxili Qoşunları (Interior Troops)
Belarus – OMON , Internal Troops of Belarus
Belgium – Directie Openbare Veiligheid (DAS)/Direction Securité Public (DAS) (since 2016)
Brazil – Rondas Ostensivas Tobias de Aguiar
Bulgaria – National Gendarmerie Service
Canada – Emergency Response Teams , federal police tactical units of the Royal Canadian Mounted Police based throughout Canada
Chile – Unidad de Fuerzas Especiales
Colombia – ESMAD (since 1999)
Czech Republic – Public Order Units
France – Compagnies Républicaines de Sécurité (CRS) and Gendarmerie Mobile
Germany – Bereitschaftspolizei units of the 16 Landespolizei (state police) forces and the Bundespolizei (federal police)
Georgia - Special Tasks Department with Failities Protection Department (Mostly Conscripts)
Greece – Units for the Reinstatement of Order
Hong Kong – Police Tactical Unit and Special Tactical Squad
Hungary – Készenléti Rendőrség [fr ; hu ]
Indonesia – Mobile Brigade Corps (Brimob)
India – Central Reserve Police Force , including Rapid Action Force units, Malabar Special Police unit of Kerala Police , State Armed Police Forces , Central Armed Police Forces
Iran -Basij Iranian Public Security and Intelligence Police ,Iranian Police Special Units ,Counter-terrorism Special Force ، women special division[1]
Ireland – Garda Public Order Unit
Israel – Yasam
Italy – Reparto Mobile Polizia di Stato ; Carabinieri (1st and 2nd Carabinieri Mobile Brigades , Multinational Specialized Unit )
Japan – Riot Police Unit
Kenya – General Service Unit
Kyrgyzstan – Internal Troops of the Ministry of the Interior
Latvia – Special Tasks Battalion of State Police (Latvia) (Speciālo Uzdevumu Bataljons )
Lithuania – Public Security Service (VST)
Malaysia – Federal Reserve Unit
the Republic of Moldova - Trupele de Carabinieri (Moldovan Carabinier Troops ), since 1991
Mongolia – Internal Troops
Myanmar – Lon Htein
Netherlands – Mobiele Eenheid (since 1936), Bijstandseenheid
Pakistan – Anti-Riot Force, Lahore, Punjab (since 2016)
Philippines - Special Action Force , Mobile Force Battalions/Companies
Poland – ZOMO (1956 – 1989), Oddziały Prewencji Policji (OPP), Samodzielne Pododdziały Prewencji Policji (SPPP)
Portugal – Corpo de Intervenção | Unidade Especial de Polícia | Polícia de Segurança Pública and Grupo de Intervenção e Ordem Publica/ Guarda Nacional Republicana
Romania – Trupele de Securitate (1948 – 1989), Romanian Gendarmerie (1893 – 1948 and again since 1990)
Russia – OMON , National Guard of Russia
Serbia – Gendarmerie , Policijska Brigada, in extremely tough situations special forces units may be called, such as the Special Anti-Terrorist Unit
Spain – Unidad de Intervención Policial (UIP) , Unidad de Prevención y Reacción (UPR) , Grupos de Reserva y Seguridad (GRS) ,
Singapore – Police Tactical Unit (Singapore)
Slovenia – PPE SWAT Riot Unit
South Africa – Public Order Police[2]
Seychelles – Public Security Support Wing (PSSW)
South Korea – Moblie Police, an division of National Police Agency
Sweden - SPT Särskild polistaktik
Taiwan – Special Police , NPASOG
Tajikistan – Tajik Internal Troops
Texas (USA) – Texas Ranger Division
Thailand – Protection and Crowds Control Division
Turkey – Çevik Kuvvet
Turkmenistan – Türkmenistanyň içeri işler edaralarynyň işgärlerine (Internal Troops)
Ukraine – Berkut (1992 – 2014), Patrol Police (since 2006)
United Kingdom – Territorial Support Group (Metropolitan Police area)
United States – SWAT /SRT
Uzbekistan – Internal Troops of the Ministry of Internal Affairs
Venezuela – Bolivarian National Guard and Bolivarian National Police
Vietnam – Mobile Police Command
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