Punjab Police SWAT Team | |
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Abbreviation | Punjab SWAT |
Agency overview | |
Formed | 2011 |
Employees | Classified(more than 100 commondo) |
Legal personality | Governmental: Government agency |
Jurisdictional structure | |
Operations jurisdiction* | State of Punjab, India |
General nature |
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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).
Punjab Police Special Weapons and Tactics (SWAT) was formed in 2011. They are usually tasked with protection duties. They are highly trained on the lines of National Security Guard by Israel's Mossad through private company Athena Security, deployed by the Punjab Government. 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.
The SWAT is provided with various state-of-art equipment and the latest technology. The teams are provided with: