List of protective service agencies

This is a list of government Security police and Bodyguard organizations.

Austria

• Bundeskriminalamt
• Bundespolizei

Bangladesh

• Special Security Force
• President Guard Regiment
• Special Security and Protection Battalion
• Special Branch

Belarus

• Belarusian Presidential Security Service

Brazil

• Brazilian Federal Police
• Municipal Guards

Bulgaria

• National Protection Service - A militarized service, legally a part of the armed forces, but outside of Ministry of Defense jurisdiction. Directly subordinated to the Office of the President. Provides close protection for the President and Vice-president of the Republic of Bulgaria, their families, the national residence sites, the Chairman of the parliament, the chairmen of parliamentary factions, the Attorney General, the Prime Minister and the ministers, the previous President and politicians, who are deemed under threat. The service uses ground forces ranks. The Director of the National Protection Service is a Major-General and his deputy is a Brigade General.

Canada

• Royal Canadian Mounted Police

Chile

• Palace Guard and Presidential Escort of Carabineros de Chile

Colombia

• Dirección de Protección y Servicios Especiales (DIPRO)

Directorate for Protection and Special Services

Denmark

• Politiets Efterretningstjeneste
• Danish Army Protection Team

Finland

• Dignitary Protection Service, Helsinki Police Department^[1]

France

• Groupe de sécurité de la présidence de la République
• Service de Protection des Hautes Personnalités
• French Republican Guard

Georgia

• Special State Protection Service

Germany

• Landespolizei
• Sicherungsgruppe (SG) of the Bundeskriminalamt
• Bundespolizei

Hong Kong

• VIP Protection Unit
• Witness Protection Unit (Hong Kong Police Force)

Hungary

• Counter Terrorism Centre (TEK - Terrorelhárítási Központ)
• Készenléti Rendőrség (Operational Police)

India

• President's Bodyguard (India)
• Special Protection Group
• National Security Guards

Indonesia

• Paspampres Presidential Security Forces

Ireland

• Garda Síochána Crime & Security Branch (CSB)
  • Special Detective Unit (SDU)
  • Emergency Response Unit (ERU)
• Defence Forces Army Ranger Wing (ARW)

Israel

• Knesset Guard
• Shin Bet

Italy

• Corazzieri Regiment
• Reparto Carabinieri Scorte e Sicurezza
• Reparto Scorte Polizia di Stato

Japan

• Imperial Guard of Japan
• Security Police

Monaco

• Compagnie des Carabiniers du Prince^[2]

Nigeria

• State Security Service

Norway

• Hans Majestet Kongens Garde (HMKG) (His Majesty The King's Guard), light infantry battalion of the Norwegian Army, tasked with the protection of the Norwegian royal family and the royal residences and defence of the capital Oslo.
• Den Kongelige Politieskorte (The Royal Police Escort) is a poliice unit under the Oslo Police district. This force is responsible only for the security of the royal family and can trace its roots back to the return of the King immediately after the end of the Second World War.
• Politiets Sikkerhetstjeneste (PST), security service under the control of the Ministry of Justice and the Police, tasked with the security of members of the Norwegian government, members of parliament and visiting foreign dignitaries.

New Zealand

• Diplomatic Protection Squad

Philippines

• Presidential Security Group

Poland

• Kompania Zamkowa 1926-1939
• Biuro Ochrony Rządu
• Żandarmeria Wojskowa - Oddział Specjalny Żandarmerii Wojskowej w Warszawie^[3]

Portugal

• Personal Security Corps of the Public Security Police

Romania

• Serviciul de Protecţie şi Pază

Russia

• Federal Protective Service
• Ministry of Internal Affairs (Russia)
• GRU
• Federal Security Service (Russia)

Serbia

• Security Department (Odeljenje Bezbednosti) within the Ministry of Foreign Affairs
• Law enforcement
  • Serbian Police Department for Security ^[4]
• Military
  • Cobras MP

Slovenia

• Slovenian Police - Security and Protection Office

Sri Lanka

• Sri Lanka Army
  • President's Guard
  • Commando Regiment
• Sri Lanka Police Service
  • President's Security Division
  • Prime Minister's Security Division
  • Special Task Force

South Korea

• Presidential Security Service

Spain

• Spanish Royal Guard
• Spanish Royal House Security Service
• Department of Security of the Presidency of the Government

Sweden

• SÄPO (Säkerhetspolisen)

Turkey

• General Directorate of Security
  • Department of Presidential Security
  • Department of Prime Minister's Security
  • Department of Grand National Assembly's Security
  • Police Counter Attack Team
• Presidential Guard Regiment

United Kingdom

• Civil Nuclear Constabulary
• Metropolitan Police Service
  • Protection Command
• Ministry of Defence Police
• Northern Ireland Security Guard Service
• Royal Military Police Close Protection

United States of America

• Department of Homeland Security
  • Secret Service
  • Federal Air Marshal Service
  • Federal Protective Service
  • Coast Guard Investigative Service
• Department of State
  • Diplomatic Security Service (DSS)
• Department of Justice
  • Marshals Service
  • FBI Police
• Department of Defense
  • Air Force Office of Special Investigations
  • Army Criminal Investigation Command
  • Defense Criminal Investigative Service
  • Naval Criminal Investigative Service
  • Pentagon Force Protection Agency
• Department of the Treasury
  • Mint Police
• Department of Veterans Affairs
  • Veterans Affairs Police
• Department of the Interior
  • Park Police
  • National Zoological Park Police
• United States Postal Service
  • Postal Inspection Service
• Congress of the United States
  • Capitol Police
• other
  • Amtrak Police
  • Supreme Court Police

Vatican

• Swiss Guard

Vietnam

• High Command of Protective Guard of Vietnam (Bộ Tư lệnh Cảnh vệ Việt Nam), part of the Ministry of Public Security (Bộ Công an)

Historical

Roman Empire

• Praetorian Guard
• Jovians and Herculians
• Varangian Guard

Ottoman Empire

• Janissaries

Egypt

• Ghilman

France

• Imperial Guard (Napoleon I)

Germany

• Schutzstaffel (SS)

Hungary

• hu:Köztársasági Őrezred Until 1 July 2012
• BM Kormányőrség from 1957 to 1990
• Magyar Királyi Testõrség from 1920 to 1945

• Magyar Királyi Darabont Testőrség from 1904 to 1918
• cs. kir. csendőr-testőrség (Leibgarde-Gendarmerie) 1850-1918
• Magyar Királyi Nemes Testőrség from 1760 to 1850

Iraq

• Republican Guard

Japan

• Shinsengumi

Persia

• Immortal Guards
• Persian Immortals

Iran under the Pahlavi dynasty

• Iranian Imperial Guard

Russia

• Russian Imperial Guard

Great Britain

• Royal Horse Guards

See also

• List of law enforcement agencies
• List of intelligence agencies
• List of secret police organizations
• Royal Guard
• Imperial guard
• Republican Guard (disambiguation)
• National Guard (disambiguation)
• Border Guard
• Coast Guard
• Home Guard
• State Guard

References