Compañía de Tropas de Operaciones Especiales

Special Operations Troops Company Compañía de Tropas de Operaciones Especiales
Abbreviation	TOE
Agency overview
Formed	4 May, 1990
Jurisdictional structure
Operations jurisdiction	Argentine
General nature	Local civilian police
Specialist jurisdiction	Counter terrorism, special weapons operations. Protection of internationally protected persons, other very important persons, and/or of state property of significance.
Operational structure
Parent agency	Santa Fe Provincial Police

Compañía de Tropas de Operaciones Especiales (Special Operations Troops Company, TOE) is the premier special operations force of the Santa Fe Province Police, Argentina.

The service was created on 4 May 1990, and depends directly of the Chief of the Province Police. Agents of the unit were heavily trained in different international centers, such as the British NCIS, and the Israel Yamam; also its personnel have received specialized formation in many Latin American countries.

The TOE uses weapons and gear such as the Bersa Thunder 9 pistol, FMK-3 submachine gun, Steyr AUG SMG 9 mm, FN FAL assault rifle, Ithaca 37 combat shotgun and the Remington 700 sniper rifle.

See also

• Scorpion Group
• Albatross Group
• Hawk Special Operations Brigade
• Federal Special Operations Group
• Santa Fe Province Police