Australia

• Australian Federal Police
  Australian Federal Police
  The Australian Federal Police is the federal police agency of the Commonwealth of Australia. Although the AFP was created by the amalgamation in 1979 of three Commonwealth law enforcement agencies, it traces its history from Commonwealth law enforcement agencies dating back to the federation of...
  
  
  • Australian Protective Service
    Australian Protective Service
    The Australian Protective Service was an Australian Commonwealth agency which existed between 1984 and 2004. The APS was created by the separation of the Protective Service component of the Australian Federal Police into a new agency based upon recommendations contained in the Stewart Royal...
    
    
• New South Wales Police Force
  • State Protection Group
    State Protection Group
    The State Protection Group is part of the Specialist Operations division of the New South Wales Police Force, having been established in 1991 to deal with extraordinary policing responses. The SPG directly supports police in high-risk incidents such as sieges with specialised tactical,...
    
    

Bangladesh

• Special Security Force
  Special Security Force
  Special Security Force is a Bangladeshi law enforcement agency that provides protection to government officials and foreign dignitaries....
  
  
• President Guard Regiment
• Special Branch (Bangladesh)
  Special Branch (Bangladesh)
  The Special Branch or SB is the prime intelligence agency of Bangladesh, being an important agency in the Bangladeshi intelligence community. The chief of the SB has the rank of Additional Inspector General who comes from Bangladesh Police, and directly reports to the Prime Minister of Bangladesh...
  
  

Belarus

• Belarusian Presidential Security Service

Canada

• RCMP National Protective Policing Service

France

• Groupe de sécurité de la présidence de la République
  Groupe de Sécurité de la Présidence de la République
  The Security Group for the Presidency of the Republic is the security unit in charge of the safety of President of France.In the past, the group was composed of 30 gendarmes and 30 policemen and a Lieutenant-Colonel of Gendarmerie or a Commissaire divisionnaire de Police was alternately in...
  
  
• Service de Protection des Hautes Personnalités
  Service de Protection des Hautes Personnalités
  The Service de Protection des Hautes Personnalités or in English, VIP Protection Service, is a unit within the French National Police which is responsible for the protection of French and Foreign dignitaries and the provision of technical security support...
  
  
• French Republican Guard
  French Republican Guard
  The Republican Guard is part of the French Gendarmerie. It is responsible for providing security in the Paris area and for providing guards of honor.Its missions include:...
  
  

India

• President's Bodyguard (India)
  President's Bodyguard (India)
  The President's Bodyguard is an elite household cavalry regiment of the Indian Army. It is senior-most in the order of precedence of the units of the Indian Army. The primary role of the President's Bodyguard is to escort and protect the President of India which is why the regiment is based in the...
  
  
• Special Protection Group
  Special Protection Group
  The Special Protection Group is the executive protection agency of the Government of India. It is responsible for the protection of the Prime Minister of India, other top officials, and their immediate families. The force was established in 1985 after the assassination of Indira Gandhi. It is one...
  
  
• National Security Guards
  National Security Guards
  The National Security Guard is a Special Response Unit in India that has primarily been utilized for counter-terrorism activities and was created by the Cabinet Secretariat under the National Security Guard Act of the Indian Parliament in 1986...
  
  

Indonesia

• Kepolisian Negara Republik Indonesia National Security Police
• Penyidik Pengawai Negri Sipil/PPNS Governmental's Security Marshal
• Kepolisian Khusus/Polsus Governmental's Security Guard
• Satuan Pengamanan/Satpam Private Security Guard
• Paspampres
  Paspampres
  Paspampres or Pasukan Pengamanan Presiden is the name of the Indonesian Presidential Security Forces. Its headquarters is in Jakarta.- History :...
  
   Presidential Security Forces

Poland

• Castle Company
  Kompania Zamkowa
  Kompania Zamkowa was the military infantry unit with a size of company, responsible for providing a protection of the President of the Republic of Poland from 1926 to 1939...
  
  
• Bureau for the Protection of the Government
  Biuro Ochrony Rzadu
  The Government Protection Bureau is Poland's equivalent of the United States Secret Service, providing antiterrorism and VIP security services for the Polish government.-Subjects of protection:* President of the Republic of Poland...
  
  

Romania

• Serviciul de Protectie si Paza
  Serviciul de Protectie si Paza
  Protection and Guard Service is an institution of the Romanian state. It operates in the domain of national security and it is specialized in protecting the Romanian officials, the foreign officials during their stay in Romania, and their families, according to the law...
  
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  Serviciul de Protectie si Paza
  Protection and Guard Service is an institution of the Romanian state. It operates in the domain of national security and it is specialized in protecting the Romanian officials, the foreign officials during their stay in Romania, and their families, according to the law...
  
  ) (SPP
  Serviciul de Protectie si Paza
  Protection and Guard Service is an institution of the Romanian state. It operates in the domain of national security and it is specialized in protecting the Romanian officials, the foreign officials during their stay in Romania, and their families, according to the law...
  
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Serbia

• Law enforcement
  Law enforcement agency
  In North American English, a law enforcement agency is a government agency responsible for the enforcement of the laws.Outside North America, such organizations are called police services. In North America, some of these services are called police while others have other names In North American...
  
  
  • Serbian Police

• Military
  Military
  A military is an organization authorized by its greater society to use lethal force, usually including use of weapons, in defending its country by combating actual or perceived threats. The military may have additional functions of use to its greater society, such as advancing a political agenda e.g...
  
  
  • Cobras MP
    Battalion of Military Police Cobras
    The Military Police Special Operation Battalion "Cobra" is a military police unit of the Serbian military, responsible for counter-terrorism, close protection and special operations....
    
    

Sri Lanka

• Sri Lanka Army
  • President's Guard
    President's Guard
    The President's Guard is a newly formed unit of the Sri Lanka Army. It is responsible for the security of the President of Sri Lanka along with the President's Security Division which is the close protection agency President...
    
    
  • Commando Regiment
    Sri Lanka Army Commando Regiment
    The Sri Lanka Army Commando Regiment is an elite special operations unit which is a Regiment of the Sri Lanka Army. Within one of the four Army Commando Regiments there is a 140-man counter-terrorist unit that provides the primary Counter-terrorism response for Sri Lanka...
    
    

• Sri Lanka Police Service
  Sri Lanka Police Service
  The Sri Lanka Police Service is the civilian national police force of the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka. The police force has a manpower of approximately 85,000. It is responsible for enforcing criminal and traffic law, enhancing public safety, maintaining order and keeping the peace...
  
  
  • President's Security Division
    President's Security Division
    President's Security Division is a unit of the Sri Lanka Police charged with the close protection of the President of Sri Lanka. It is headed by a gazetted officer of the rank of Deputy Inspector General of Police . Until 2008 the until controlled army personal attached to President's protection,...
    
    
  • Prime Minister's Security Division
    Prime Minister's Security Division
    Prime Minister's Security Division is a unit of the Sri Lanka Police charged with the close protection of the Prime Minister of Sri Lanka. It is headed by a gazetted officer of the rank of Deputy Inspector General of Police...
    
    
  • Special Task Force
    Special Task Force
    The Special Task Force is an elite special forces unit of the Sri Lanka Police Service specializing in Counter-Terrorist and Counter-Insurgency operations. It was formed in 1983 not as a military force but rather as a highly specialised police unit...
    
    
  • Ministerial Security Division
  • Judicial Security Division
  • Diplomatic Security Division

United Kingdom

• Civil Nuclear Constabulary
  Civil Nuclear Constabulary
  The Civil Nuclear Constabulary is a special police force responsible for providing law enforcement and security at civil nuclear installations, and for nuclear materials in transit, throughout the United Kingdom....
  
  
• Metropolitan Police Service
  Metropolitan Police Service
  The Metropolitan Police Service is the territorial police force responsible for Greater London, excluding the "square mile" of the City of London which is the responsibility of the City of London Police...
  
  
  • Royalty and Diplomatic Protection Department
  • SO1 Specialist Protection Command
• Ministry of Defence Police
  Ministry of Defence Police
  The Ministry of Defence Police is a civilian police force which is part of the United Kingdom's Ministry of Defence. The force is part of the larger government agency, the Ministry of Defence Police and Guarding Agency , together with the Ministry of Defence Guard Service...
  
  

Turkey

• Directorate for the Protection of the President
• Directorate for the Protection of the Parliament
• Directorate for the Protection of the Prime Ministry

United States

• Department of Homeland Security
  United States Department of Homeland Security
  The United States Department of Homeland Security is a cabinet department of the United States federal government, created in response to the September 11 attacks, and with the primary responsibilities of protecting the territory of the United States and protectorates from and responding to...
  
  
  • Secret Service
    United States Secret Service
    The United States Secret Service is a United States federal law enforcement agency that is part of the United States Department of Homeland Security. The sworn members are divided among the Special Agents and the Uniformed Division. Until March 1, 2003, the Service was part of the United States...
    
    
  • Federal Air Marshal Service
    Federal Air Marshal Service
    The Federal Air Marshal Service is a United States federal law enforcement agency under the supervision of the Transportation Security Administration of the United States Department of Homeland Security...
    
    
  • Federal Protective Service
    United States Federal Protective Service
    The Federal Protective Service is the federal police force of the Secretary of Homeland Security. As a component of U.S. Department of Homeland Security, National Protection and Programs Directorate within DHS Headquarters, FPS is responsible for law enforcement and security of nearly 9,000...
    
    
• Department of State
  United States Department of State
  The United States Department of State , is the United States federal executive department responsible for international relations of the United States, equivalent to the foreign ministries of other countries...
  
  
  • U.S. Diplomatic Security Service (DSS)
    Diplomatic Security Service
    The U.S. Diplomatic Security Service is the federal law enforcement arm of the United States Department of State. The majority of its Special Agents are members of the Foreign Service and federal law enforcement agents at the same time, making them unique...
    
    
• Department of Justice
  United States Department of Justice
  The United States Department of Justice , is the United States federal executive department responsible for the enforcement of the law and administration of justice, equivalent to the justice or interior ministries of other countries.The Department is led by the Attorney General, who is nominated...
  
  
  • United States Marshals Service
    United States Marshals Service
    The United States Marshals Service is a United States federal law enforcement agency within the United States Department of Justice . The office of U.S. Marshal is the oldest federal law enforcement office in the United States; it was created by the Judiciary Act of 1789...
    
    
  • Federal Bureau of Investigation Police
    Federal Bureau of Investigation Police
    The Federal Bureau of Investigation Police are the uniformed division of the FBI who are tasked to protect FBI facilities, properties, personnel, users, visitors and operations from harm and may enforce certain laws and administrative regulations....
    
    
• United States Department of Defense
  United States Department of Defense
  The United States Department of Defense is the U.S...
  
  
  • Department of Defense Police
    Department of Defense Police
    Department of Defense Police, not to be confused with Pentagon Police, are the uniformed civilian police officers of the United States Department of Defense various branches of the United States Armed Forces . They are also referred to as DoD Police...
    
    
  • United States Pentagon Police
    United States Pentagon Police
    The United States Pentagon Police is the federal police force of the Secretary of Defense. The mission of the USPPD is to promote high quality law enforcement and security services, in order to provide a safe and orderly work environment for the Department of Defense in the National...
    
    
• United States Department of the Treasury
  United States Department of the Treasury
  The Department of the Treasury is an executive department and the treasury of the United States federal government. It was established by an Act of Congress in 1789 to manage government revenue...
  
  
  • United States Mint Police
    United States Mint Police
    The United States Mint Police is one of the oldest federal law enforcement agencies in the United States. It is responsible for the protection of the United States Treasury and the United States Mint.-Official duties:...
    
    
• Department of Veterans Affairs
  United States Department of Veterans Affairs
  The United States Department of Veterans Affairs is a government-run military veteran benefit system with Cabinet-level status. It is the United States government’s second largest department, after the United States Department of Defense...
  
  
  • Veterans Affairs Police
• Department of the Interior
  United States Department of the Interior
  The United States Department of the Interior is the United States federal executive department of the U.S. government responsible for the management and conservation of most federal land and natural resources, and the administration of programs relating to Native Americans, Alaska Natives, Native...
  
  
  • United States Park Police
    United States Park Police
    The United States Park Police is one of the oldest uniformed federal law enforcement agencies in the United States. It functions as a full service law enforcement agency with responsibilities and jurisdiction in those National Park Service areas primarily located in the Washington, D.C., San...
    
    
  • National Zoological Park Police
    Smithsonian National Zoological Park
    The Smithsonian National Zoological Park, commonly known as the National Zoo, is one of the oldest zoos in the United States, and as part of the Smithsonian Institution, does not charge admission. Founded in 1889, its mission is to provide leadership in animal care, science, education,...
    
    
• United States Postal Service
  United States Postal Service
  The United States Postal Service is an independent agency of the United States government responsible for providing postal service in the United States...
  
  
  • United States Postal Inspection Service
    United States Postal Inspection Service
    The United States Postal Inspection Service is the law enforcement arm of the United States Postal Service. Its jurisdiction is defined as "crimes that may adversely affect or fraudulently use the U.S...
    
    
• Congress of the United States
  • United States Capitol Police
    United States Capitol Police
    The United States Capitol Police is a federal police force charged with protecting the United States Congress within the District of Columbia and throughout the United States and its territories.-History:...
    
    
• other
  • Amtrak Police
    Amtrak Police
    The Amtrak Police is a railroad police agency that acts as the security and law enforcement agency of Amtrak, a passenger train system in the United States...
    
    
  • Supreme Court Police
    Supreme Court Police
    The Supreme Court of the United States Police is a small U.S. federal law enforcement agency headquartered in the District of Columbia, whose mission is to ensure the integrity of the constitutional mission of the U.S. Supreme Court by protecting the Supreme Court building, the Justices, employees,...
    
    

Historical

• Praetorian Guard
  Praetorian Guard
  The Praetorian Guard was a force of bodyguards used by Roman Emperors. The title was already used during the Roman Republic for the guards of Roman generals, at least since the rise to prominence of the Scipio family around 275 BC...
  
  
• Jovians and Herculians
  Herculians
  The Jovians and Herculians were the senior palatine imperial guard units of the Emperors of the late Roman Empire and the early Byzantine Empire from the 290s until the 7th century.-History:...
  
  
• Varangian Guard

• Janissaries
  Janissary
  The Janissaries were infantry units that formed the Ottoman sultan's household troops and bodyguards...
  
  

• Ghilman
  Ghilman
  Ghilman Ghilman Ghilman (singular ghulam describes either young servants in paradise or slave-soldiers in the Ottoman, Mughal and Persian Empires.-Islamic Theology:...
  
  

• Imperial Guard
  Imperial Guard
  The Imperial Guard was originally a small group of elite soldiers of the French Army under the direct command of Napoleon I, but grew considerably over time. It acted as his bodyguard and tactical reserve, and he was careful of its use in battle...
  
  

• Schutzstaffel
  Schutzstaffel
  The Schutzstaffel |Sig runes]]) was a major paramilitary organization under Adolf Hitler and the Nazi Party. Built upon the Nazi ideology, the SS under Heinrich Himmler's command was responsible for many of the crimes against humanity during World War II...
  
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• Shinsengumi
  Shinsengumi
  The were a special police force of the late shogunate period.-Historical background:After Japan opened up to the West following U.S. Commodore Matthew Perry's visits in 1853, its political situation gradually became more and more chaotic...
  
  

• Immortal Guards
  Immortal Guards
  Immortal Guards can mean:* The Persian Immortals, existing in Persia under the Achaemenean dynasty* Immortals , established under the Byzantine emperor Michael VII...
  
  
• Persian Immortals
  Persian Immortals
  The "Immortals" was the name given by Herodotus to an elite force of soldiers who fought for the Achaemenid Empire. This force performed the dual roles of both Imperial Guard and standing army during the Persian Empire's expansion and during the Greco-Persian Wars...
  
  

• Russian Imperial Guard
  Russian Imperial Guard
  The Russian Imperial Guard, officially known as the Leib Guard were military units serving as personal guards of the Emperor of Russia. Peter the Great founded the first such units following the Prussian practice in the 1690s, to replace the politically-motivated Streltsy.- Organization :The final...
  
  

• Royal Horse Guards
  Royal Horse Guards
  The Royal Horse Guards was a cavalry regiment of the British Army, part of the Household Cavalry.Founded August 1650 in Newcastle Upon Tyne by Sir Arthur Haselrig on the orders of Oliver Cromwell as the Regiment of Cuirassiers, the regiment became the Earl of Oxford's Regiment during the reign of...
  
  

• Iraqi Republican Guard
  Iraqi Republican Guard
  The Iraqi Republican Guard was a branch of the Iraqi military during the presidency of Saddam Hussein. It later became the Republican Guard Corps, and then the Republican Guard Forces Command with its expansion into two corps....
  
  

See also

• List of law enforcement agencies
• List of intelligence agencies
• List of secret police organizations
• Royal Guard
  Royal Guard
  A Royal Guard describes any group of military bodyguards, soldiers or armed retainers responsible for the protection of a royal person, such as Emperor/Empress, King/Queen, or Prince/Princess...
  
  
• Imperial guard
  Imperial Guard
  The Imperial Guard was originally a small group of elite soldiers of the French Army under the direct command of Napoleon I, but grew considerably over time. It acted as his bodyguard and tactical reserve, and he was careful of its use in battle...
  
  
• Republican Guard
  Republican Guard
  Republican Guard is the organization of a republic which serves to protect the President and the government. Usually synonymous with Presidential Guard.* Albanian Republican Guard* Algerian Republican Guard...
  
  
• National Guard (disambiguation)
• Border Guard
  Border guard
  The border guard, frontier guard, border patrol, border police, or frontier police of a country is a national security agency that performs border control, i.e., enforces the security of the country's national borders....
  
  
• Coast Guard
  Coast guard
  A coast guard or coastguard is a national organization responsible for various services at sea. However the term implies widely different responsibilities in different countries, from being a heavily armed military force with customs and security duties to being a volunteer organization tasked with...
  
  
• Home Guard (disambiguation)
• State Guard

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