Punjab Police SWAT Team

Punjab Police SWAT Team
Abbreviation Punjab SWAT
Agency overview
Formed 2011[1]
Employees Classified(more than 100 commondo)
Legal personality Governmental: Government agency
Jurisdictional structure
Operations jurisdiction* State of Punjab, India
General nature
Specialist jurisdiction Counter terrorism, special weapons and tactics, protection of VIPs.
Operational structure
Headquarters Chandigarh
Parent agency Punjab Police (India)
Footnotes
* Divisional agency: Division of the country, over which the agency has usual operational jurisdiction.

Punjab Police SWAT Team is an elite commando force, which is a specialised counter terrorism unit of Punjab Police (India).

Overview

Punjab Police Special Weapons and Tactics (SWAT) was formed in 2011.[1] They are usually tasked with protection duties.[1] They are highly trained on the lines of National Security Guard by Israel's Mossad[2][3] through private company Athena Security, deployed by the Punjab Government.[4] All the commandos are under 28 years of age, thus making them fit and capable of tasks meant for commandos. Their main work is to fight against any terrorist attack if it occurs in Punjab State. They have been trained exclusively in Krav Maga, room intervention, close and open techniques and other secret tactics.[5]

Equipment

The SWAT is provided with various state-of-art equipment and the latest technology.[6] The teams are provided with:

Weapons

IMI Negev LMG fed from ammo box in a shooting range

Major operation

See also

References

  1. 1 2 3 "Punjab had formed this SWAT team in 2011 after regular threats on Punjab politicians".
  2. ↑ "The 28 Punjab commandos involved in Monday's operation were also trained by Mossad.".
  3. ↑ "Israeli trainers for SWAT teams of Punjab Police".
  4. ↑ "The state government had deployed a private company, Athena Security, to get the team trained through Israeli experts spending Rs 1.5 crore on the training.".
  5. ↑ "Gurdaspur attack: Punjab Police SWAT team bang on target".
  6. ↑ "Punjab Now Has Its Own SWAT".
  7. ↑ "The SWAT team deployed in Dinanagar was involved in an exercise at Amritsar and therefore could be deployed in Gurdaspur immediately".
  8. ↑ "How Punjab's new heroes stared death in the face and came back laughing".
  9. ↑ "Gurdaspur attack: Punjab's SWAT team's creation bears fruit".
  10. ↑ "Lashkar-e-Taiba behind Gurdaspur terror attack, confirms MHA".
This article is issued from Wikipedia - version of the 10/5/2016. The text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution/Share Alike but additional terms may apply for the media files.