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List Of Protective Service Agencies
This is a list of government security police and bodyguard organizations. Albania *Republican Guard (Albania) Australia *Australian Federal Police Austria * Bundeskriminalamt * Bundespolizei * EKO Cobra Bangladesh * Special Security Force * President Guard Regiment * Special Security and Protection Battalion ** Armed Police Battalion * Special Branch * Bangladesh Ansar Belarus * Belarusian Presidential Security Service Brazil * Institutional Security Bureau Bulgaria * National Protection Service Canada * Royal Canadian Mounted Police * Parliamentary Protective Service * Alberta Sheriffs Branch * High Sheriff of Newfoundland and Labrador * Canadian Forces Military Police *Ministry of Public Security (Quebec) Chile * Palace Guard and Presidential Escort of Carabineros de Chile China * Central Security Bureau of the Chinese Communist Party (中共中央办公厅警卫局) * (Defunct) * Taiwan * Special Service Command Center, National Security B ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Security Police
Security police usually describes a law enforcement agency which focuses primarily on providing security and law enforcement services to particular areas or specific properties. They may be employed by governmental, public, or private institutions. Security police are generally considered distinct from security guards as security police personnel typically hold some level of law enforcement authority. The exact powers held by security police vary widely between jurisdictions. Examples of these types of agencies include the United States' DoD Police and FBI Police, the Indian Central Industrial Security Force, and the British Civil Nuclear Constabulary. In some countries, ''security police'' is the name given to the secret security and intelligence services charged with protecting the state at the highest level, including responsibilities such as personal protection of the head of state, counter-espionage, and anti-terrorism. Examples of these agencies include the Japanese ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Parliamentary Protective Service
The Parliamentary Protective Service (PPS; , ) is the office of the Parliament of Canada which provides physical security within the Parliament Hill#Grounds and name, Parliamentary Precinct in Ottawa, Ontario. Policy direction is set by the speakers of the Speaker of the Senate of Canada, Senate and Speaker of the House of Commons of Canada, House of Commons. PPS provides physical security services to the Parliament of Canada (Member of Parliament (Canada), members of Parliament, Senate of Canada, senators, employees, visitors and buildings of the Parliamentary Precinct), and acts as a parliamentary entity. Through an agreement made between the Speaker of the House of Commons (Canada), speaker of the House of Commons, Speaker of the Senate of Canada, speaker of the Senate and minister of public safety, the PPS director is a member of the Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP) and controls and manages the organization's daily operations. Parliamentary Protective Service is not a law ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Law Enforcement In Finland
Law enforcement in Finland is the responsibility of several agencies. The Police of Finland, a national police agency, is responsible for most tasks. The two other main agencies are the Finnish Border/ Coast Guards and the Finnish Customs. Examples of other agencies with limited policing powers are the Finnish Defence Forces, municipal parking inspectors and railway staff. Law enforcement agencies Police of Finland The Police of Finland is subordinate to the Ministry of the Interior and divided into the National Police Board, two national units and 11 local police departments. Within departments, there is a division between uniformed patrol police (''järjestyspoliisi'', "order police") and criminal investigation (''rikospoliisi'', "crime police"). The function of each police department is to maintain general law and order, prevent crime, investigate crime and other events that threaten public order and safety, carry out traffic control and surveillance, and promote traf ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Politiets Efterretningstjeneste
The Danish Security and Intelligence Service (DSIS; (PET)) is the national security and intelligence agency of Denmark. The agency focuses solely on national security while foreign intelligence operations are handled by the Danish Defense Intelligence Service. The stated overall purpose of PET is to "prevent, investigate and counter operations and activities that pose or may pose a threat to the preservation of Denmark as a free, democratic and safe country". History Source: The history of PET can be traced back to shortly before World War II when the Danish police force expanded to create (SIPO; ). From SIPO to REA Shortly before the start of World War II, the Danish police force was expanded to also include a security police department, SIPO. SIPO was set up as an inspectorate under the Danish National Commissioner – on an equal footing with two other inspectorates covering the uniformed police and CID, respectively. The expansion of the police force was done acco ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Royal Life Guards (Denmark)
The Royal Life Guards () is a mechanized infantry regiment of the Danish Army, founded in 1658 by Frederick III of Denmark, King Frederik III. The primary task is to provide a number of soldiers from the Guard Company (Denmark), Guard Company to serve as a Royal Guard, guard/ceremonial unit to the Danish monarchy, while training the Royal Guards for various functions in the mobilisation force. Until its disbandment, the Royal Horse Guards (Denmark), Royal Horse Guards (), served the role as the mounted guard/ceremonial unit, afterwards the role was taken over by Guard Hussar Regiment Mounted Squadron. During the time period 1684–1867, the Royal Life Guards were called The Royal Foot Guard (), in order to distinguish between the regiment and the Royal Horse Guards. History The Royal Life Guards were established by Frederik III of Denmark on 30 June 1658, the guards were both to protect Frederik and to be a combat troop regiment. Role The Royal Life Guards serve as a front ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Police Of The Czech Republic
The Police of the Czech Republic () is the national agency in the field of law enforcement in the Czech Republic. It was established on 15 July 1991 under the jurisdiction of the Ministry of the Interior (Czech Republic), Ministry of the Interior of the Czech Republic. The agency is tasked with protecting citizens, property and public order and as of 2015, there were around 40,500 employees. Czech state police cooperates with Law enforcement in the Czech Republic#Municipal police, municipal police departments, which are present in some municipalities. History The Police of the Czech Republic took over land management after the communist SNB in the Czech Republic with the exception of military police (provosts) who are part of the army. Members were recruited from the former communist Sbor národní bezpečnosti, SNB (National Security Corps), after passing a vetting "democratic" commission established after the Velvet Revolution in 1989 to eliminate from the police force commun ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Presidential Guard Unit (Cyprus)
The Presidential Guard Unit () is responsible for the protection of the President of Cyprus and his family. It was officially established in 1979 and is part of the Cyprus Police. History Though the Presidential Guard was only officially established in 1979, the President of Cyprus (And others placed under their protection), has always had his personal protection detail and was especially active between 1970 and 1974 in which multiple attempts against Makarios' life were made. On March 8, 1970, Makarios was going to go from the Archdiocese to Machairas Monastery to commemorate Grigoris Afxentiou, an EOKA hero who was burned by the British after a botched raid of his cave. Due to the fact that there had been intelligence that an attempt on his life would happen at the Monastery, the Presidential Guard increased security there but not at the Archbishops Palace thus leaving Makarios exposed and as such, on the 8th, as Makarios' helicopter took off from the Archbishops palace, the h ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
VIP Protection Unit
The VIP Protection Unit (Abbreviation: VIPPU; ), otherwise known as G4 (originally Section G, Division 4) is a protective security unit branch of the Hong Kong Police Force (HKPF). Introduction The original name had been given to the unit since it is the 4th division of the former Royal Hong Kong Police Force's Special Branch (RHKPF Special Branch). Following the disbanding of the RHKPF Special Branch in 1995, the VIP Unit was reassigned under the Security Wing of the HKPF after the handover in 1997. Training It has primary responsibility for the personal safety of HKSAR Chief Executive and his/her core family (previously, the Governor and his family before the handover in 1997), high-rank government officials, VIPs and visiting dignitaries to Hong Kong, therefore the training techniques taught to all VIPPU officers include counter sudden attacks, hostage rescue, VIP protection, and unarmed combat. Vehicles *Luxury bullet-proofed armoured cars are often deployed in protective ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
National Security Bureau (Taiwan)
The National Security Bureau (NSB; ) is the principal intelligence agency of Taiwan. History The organization was created in 1955 by a ROC Presidential Directive from Chiang Kai-shek, to supervise and coordinate all security-related administrative organizations, military agencies and KMT organizations in Taiwan. Earlier, the bureau was nicknamed "China's CIA" or "CCIA". The first Director-General of National Security Bureau was a three-star army general , with a background in military intelligence, who once was the deputy of the controversial Bureau of Investigation and Statistics of the National Military Council. (The " Military-Statistics Bureau" served under Dai Li, and even assumed command the "Military-Statistics Bureau" after the death of Dai Li in March 1946. As a result, the National Security Bureau is often seen as one of several successors to the Military-Statistics Bureau.) Initially, National Security Bureau did not have its own field officers or operatives. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Central Guard Bureau
The Central Guard Bureau (CGB) of the General Office of the Chinese Communist Party is the organization responsible for the protection of senior party members, their families, and important foreign dignitaries in the People's Republic of China. It has been widely called the CGB since the Cultural Revolution and is also the Ninth Bureau of the Ministry of Public Security. The CGB selects and controls the bodyguards of protectees; bodyguards are typically trained by the People's Liberation Army (PLA). It effectively controls the Central Guard Regiment by having bureau deputy directors in leadership positions in the unit. The CGB is part of the internal security apparatus as protectees are constantly under surveillance by their bureau-selected bodyguards. See also * United States Secret Service The United States Secret Service (USSS or Secret Service) is a federal law enforcement agency under the Department of Homeland Security tasked with conducting criminal investigat ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Carabineros De Chile
The () are the Chilean national law enforcement gendarmerie, who have jurisdiction over the entire national territory of the Republic of Chile. Created in 1927, their mission is to maintain order and enforce the laws of Chile. They reported to the Ministry of National Defense through the Undersecretary of Carabineros until 2011 when the Ministry of the Interior and Public Security gained full control over them. They are in practice separated fully from the three other military branches by department but still are considered part of the armed forces. Chile also has an investigative police force, the Investigations Police of Chile, also under the Interior and Public Security Ministry; a Maritime Police also exists for patrol of Chile's coastline. History The origins of the Carabiniers can be traced back to night watchmen such as the (Queen's Dragoons) (created in 1758 and later renamed the Dragoons of Chile in 1812) and other organizations that fulfilled functions such as th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
La Moneda Palace Guard
La Moneda Palace Guard (Spanish: ''Guardia de Palacio de la Moneda'') is the ceremonial escort to the president of Chile and also assists with physical security at La Moneda Palace. It is an operational component of the Carabineros de Chile. History The earliest recorded instance of a force of guards for the executive residence was during the government of Manuel Bulnes in 1851. The Carabineros became responsible for defense of La Moneda in 1932 and the guard contingent at the palace assumed its current name, the Palace Guard, in 1996. In addition to public duties, the Palace Guard also has practical security responsibilities for the defense of La Moneda. In 2016 Carabineros assigned to the Palace Guard physically detained a group of student protesters who stormed the courtyard of the palace before its gates could be sealed. During the 1973 Chilean coup d'état, a 300-man force of the then-named Presidential Guard, and other carabineros, fortified the perimeter of La Moneda agai ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
