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FBI Most Wanted Terrorists
FBI Most Wanted Terrorists list, launched October 10, 2001 with 22 names including Osama bin Laden, publicizes suspected terrorists charged with U.S. federal crimes, paired with State Department Rewards for Justice bounties.
FBI Special Weapons and Tactics Teams
FBI Special Weapons and Tactics teams are collateral-duty tactical units of FBI special agents at all 56 field offices, founded in 1973 after Wounded Knee, distinct from the full-time Hostage Rescue Team.
Federal law enforcement in the United States
Federal law enforcement in the United States: DOJ agencies (FBI, DEA, ATF, USMS), DHS forces, and their history from the 1908 Bureau of Investigation to the modern FBI and task forces.
Federal Police (Germany)
Federal Police (Bundespolizei, BPOL), Germany's nationwide federal police force under the Interior Ministry, founded 1951 as Bundesgrenzschutz; handles border, railway, aviation, and sea policing with about 55,000 staff, distinct from the 16 Landespolizeien and the BKA.
Federal Police (Mexico)
The Federal Police (Policía Federal, PF) was Mexico's national preventive and investigative police, formed from the 1999 Policía Federal Preventiva, reorganized in 2009, and disbanded in 2019 when its functions and personnel transferred to the National Guard.
Federal Protective Service (United States)
Federal Protective Service (FPS), a DHS federal law enforcement agency protecting about 9,000 federally owned and leased buildings with roughly 13,000 contract guards, funded by fees, under 40 U.S.C. 1315 authority.
Flying Squad
Flying Squad: the Metropolitan Police's specialist armed-robbery detective unit, founded 1918, nicknamed the Sweeney; the name is also used by rapid-response police units in South Africa, Uganda, and Queensland.
Garda Síochána
An Garda Síochána is the national police service of Ireland, formed as the Civic Guard in 1922 to replace the Royal Irish Constabulary, renamed in 1923, unarmed by tradition, led by a Commissioner accountable to the Minister for Justice.
Grupo Especial de Operaciones
Grupo Especial de Operaciones (GEO), Spain's Policía Nacional counter-terrorism and hostage-rescue unit, founded 1977-1978 on the GSG-9 model, based in Guadalajara, with five-man commands and a seven-month selection course.
GSG 9
GSG 9, or Grenzschutzgruppe 9, is the counter-terrorism and hostage-rescue special unit of the German Federal Police, founded in 1972 after the Munich Olympics massacre.
Guardian Angels
Guardian Angels: unarmed volunteer crime-prevention patrol founded 1979 in New York City by Curtis Sliwa as the Magnificent 13, known for red berets, subway patrols, international chapters, and mixed effectiveness evidence.
Gurkha Contingent
Gurkha Contingent (GC), specialist unit of the Singapore Police Force formed 9 April 1949, recruited from Nepal; handles protective security, public order, and civil disturbance response, with its Gurkha Special Action Group in the Special Operations Group.
Higher Police
Higher Police (고등경찰, 高等警察) was the political-police branch of Japan's colonial police system in Korea, suppressing political activity, religion, and socialist thought from 1910 to 1945.
Hong Kong Police Force (香港警务处)
Hong Kong Police Force (香港警务处), the Hong Kong SAR's police agency, established 1844. Commanded by Commissioner Joe Chow Yat-ming via three deputy commissioners; 27,222 officers, six regions, and a National Security Department created under the 2020 National Security Law.
Honolulu Police Department
Honolulu Police Department (HPD), Ka 'Oihana Māka'i o Honolulu, the principal law enforcement agency of the City and County of Honolulu, covering all of Oahu. Established 1932 under Act 1; roots in Kamehameha III's 1846 act; 13th chief David Lazar sworn in July 2026.
Hostage Rescue Team
The Hostage Rescue Team (HRT), also known as FBI HRT, is the FBI's full-time tactical unit for counterterrorism and hostage rescue, created in 1983 and based at Quantico.
Hyderabad Disaster Response and Asset Protection Agency
HYDRAA (Hyderabad Disaster Response and Asset Protection Agency), Telangana agency created 19 July 2024 under G.O.Ms.No.99 for disaster response and protecting lakes, parks, and government lands from encroachment across the CURE region.
ICE recruitment during the second Trump administration
ICE recruitment during the second Trump administration: the 2025-2026 campaign to double ICE to 22,000 officers using One Big Beautiful Bill Act funds, $50,000 bonuses, $100 million advertising, shortened training, and fast-tracked vetting.
Indian Police Service (भारतीय पुलिस सेवा)
Indian Police Service (भारतीय पुलिस सेवा), an All India Service under the All India Services Act 1951, governed by the IPS Cadre Rules 1954; cadre posts, minimum tenure rules, and the 2006 Prakash Singh police reform directives.
Indonesian National Police
Indonesian National Police (Kepolisian Negara Republik Indonesia, Polri), Indonesia's national civilian police force under the President, founded 1945, separated from the military in 1999, governed by Law No. 2 of 2002, with about 600,000 personnel.
Inspector-general of police
Inspector-general of police: either a senior command rank heading a police force (India, Kenya, Nigeria, Pakistan) or an independent civilian oversight officer auditing police conduct (Ontario, New Zealand, US cities).
Internal Security Forces (قوى الأمن الداخلي) (Syria)
Internal Security Forces (قوى الأمن الداخلي), renamed from the General Security Service on 25 May 2025, are Syria's Ministry of Interior gendarmerie, grown from HTS policing structures and about 8,000 to tens of thousands of personnel, now absorbing the SDF's Asayish.
Islamic religious police
Islamic religious police are state agencies enforcing a government's interpretation of Islamic morality, from Saudi Arabia's CPVPV (1926, curtailed 2016) and Iran's morality police to Afghanistan's Taliban muhtasibs under the 2024 PVPV morality law.
Israel Police (משטרת ישראל)
Israel Police (משטרת ישראל) is Israel's national police force under the Ministry of National Security, headed by the Police Commissioner in Jerusalem. It has seven districts including Tel Aviv, Jerusalem, and Judea and Samaria, with Border Guard, Traffic, and Lahav 433 units.
Japan Coast Guard
The Japan Coast Guard (海上保安庁, Kaijō Hoan-chō) is Japan's maritime law enforcement and rescue agency, established in 1948 and now an external agency of the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism.
Joint Terrorism Task Force
The Joint Terrorism Task Force is an FBI-led unit that combines federal, state, and local agencies to prevent terrorism, with the first established in New York City in 1980.
Karnataka Police
Karnataka State Police (KSP), also Mysore State Police, is Karnataka's state law enforcement agency under the Karnataka Police Act 1963, headquartered in Bengaluru, headed by the DG & IGP, with 6 commissionerates and 7 ranges.
Kerala Police (കേരള പോലീസ്)
Kerala Police (കേരള പോലീസ്) is the state police force of Kerala, India, formed in 1956, headquartered in Thiruvananthapuram, headed by DGP Ravada Azad Chandra Sekhar, with 19 police districts, ERSS 112, and the 2026 Operation Toofan anti-narcotics drive.
LAPD Metropolitan Division
LAPD Metropolitan Division (Metro), created 1933, is the LAPD's citywide specialized division housing SWAT (D Platoon), K9, Mounted, and dignitary protection platoons; distinct from the LA Metro transit agency and from Washington DC's Metropolitan Police Department.
Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department
Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department (LVMPD), also called Metro, is the consolidated agency policing Las Vegas and unincorporated Clark County, Nevada, formed July 1, 1973 by merging the city police and county sheriff under Senate Bill 340, led by the elected Clark County Sheriff.