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'{{Short description|Police who are organized, deployed, trained or equipped to confront crowds, protests or riots}} {{Distinguish|Police riot}} [[File:Indonesian riot police.jpg|thumb|Indonesian riot police from the [[Mobile Brigade (Indonesia)|Mobile Brigade Corps]]]] '''Riot police''' are [[police]] who are organized, deployed, trained or equipped to confront [[crowd]]s, [[protests]] or [[riot]]s. Riot police may be regular police who act in the role of riot police in particular situations or they may be separate units organized within or in parallel to regular police forces. Riot police are used in a variety of different situations and for a variety of different purposes. They may be employed to [[riot control|control riots]] as their name suggests, to disperse or [[crowd control|control crowds]], to maintain [[public order]] or discourage [[criminal]]ity, or to protect people or property. ==Riot gear== [[File:Police officer in riot gear.jpg|thumb|upright|A [[Federal Protective Service (United States)|Federal Protective Service]] policeman in riot gear]] Riot police often use special equipment termed [[riot control#Equipment|riot gear]] to help protect themselves and attack others, oftentimes simultaneously. Riot gear typically includes [[personal armor]], [[Baton (law enforcement)|batons]], and [[riot helmet]]s. Many riot police teams also deploy specialized [[less-than-lethal]] weapons, such as [[pepper spray]], [[tear gas]], rifles that fire [[rubber bullets]], [[stun grenades]], [[water cannon]]s and [[Long Range Acoustic Device]]s. ==List of riot police organizations== [[File:Президент РФ на базе ОМОН «Зубр»..jpeg|thumb|right|[[Dmitry Medvedev]] inspecting Russian [[OMON]] squad, 2011.]] [[File:MSU Carabinieri 2019.jpg|thumb|right|[[Kosovo Force|KFOR]]-MSU [[Carabinieri]] with two [[RG-12]] during a crowd and riot control exercise in [[Kosovo]] (2019).]] * [[Albania]] – ''[[Rapid Intervention Force (Albania)]]'' *[[Algeria]] – ''[[Republican security units]]'' * [[Argentina]] – ''[[Policía Federal Argentina]]'' D.O.U.C.A.D/ Infantry Guard Corp ''[[Gendarmeria Nacional Argentina]]'' ''[[Prefectura Naval Argentina]]'' * [[Australia]] – [[Public Order and Riot Squad]] (New South Wales); [[Public Order Response Team]] (Victoria) * [[Austria]] – ''[[Bundespolizei (Austria)|Bereitschaftseinheit Wien]]'' of the Federal Police * [[Azerbaijan]] – ''[[Internal Troops of Azerbaijan|Azərbaycan Respublikası Daxili Qoşunları]]'' (Interior Troops) * [[Belarus]] – [[OMON (Belarus)|OMON]], [[Internal Troops of Belarus]] * [[Belgium]] – ''[[Federal Police (Belgium)|Directie Openbare Veiligheid (DAS)/Direction Securité Public (DAS)]]'' (since 2016) * [[Brazil]] – ''[[Rondas Ostensivas Tobias de Aguiar]]'' * [[Bulgaria]] – [[Gendarmerie (Bulgaria)|National Gendarmerie Service]] * [[Canada]] – [[Emergency Response Team (RCMP)|Emergency Response Teams]], federal [[police tactical unit]]s of the [[Royal Canadian Mounted Police]] based throughout Canada * [[Chile]] – ''[[Carabineros de Chile|Unidad de Fuerzas Especiales]]'' * [[Colombia]] – [[ESMAD]] (since 1999) * [[Czech Republic]] – [[Police of the Czech Republic|Public Order Units]] * [[France]] – ''[[Compagnies Républicaines de Sécurité|Compagnies Républicaines de Sécurité (CRS)]]'' and ''[[Mobile Gendarmerie|Gendarmerie Mobile]]'' * [[Germany]] – ''[[Bereitschaftspolizei]]'' units of the 16 ''[[Landespolizei]]'' (state police) forces and the ''[[Federal Police (Germany)|Bundespolizei]]'' (federal police) * [[Georgia (country)|Georgia]] - ''[[Ministry of Internal Affairs of Georgia | Special Tasks Department with Failities Protection Department (Mostly Conscripts)]]'' * [[Greece]] – [[Units for the Reinstatement of Order]] * [[Hong Kong]] – [[Police Tactical Unit (Hong Kong)|Police Tactical Unit]] and [[Special Tactical Squad]] * [[Hungary]] – {{Interlanguage link multi|Készenléti Rendőrség|fr|Police d'intervention (Hongrie)|hu|Készenléti Rendőrség}} * [[Indonesia]] – [[Mobile Brigade (Indonesia)|Mobile Brigade Corps]] (Brimob) * [[India]] – [[Rapid Action Force]] [[iran]]_[[Counter-terrorism Special Force]] * [[Ireland]] – [[Garda Public Order Unit]] * [[Israel]] – [[Yasam]] * [[Italy]] – [[Mobile Unit (Italy)|Reparto Mobile]] '' [[Polizia di Stato]]''; ''[[Carabinieri]]'' ([[1st Carabinieri Mobile Brigade|1st]] and [[2nd Carabinieri Mobile Brigade|2nd Carabinieri Mobile Brigades]], [[Multinational Specialized Unit]]) * [[Japan]] – [[Riot Police Unit]] * [[Kenya]] – General Service Unit * [[Kyrgyzstan]] – Internal Troops of the [[Ministry of the Interior (Kyrgyzstan)|Ministry of the Interior]] * [[Latvia]] – Special Tasks Battalion of [[State Police (Latvia)]] (''Speciālo Uzdevumu Bataljons'') * [[Lithuania]] – [[Public Security Service (Lithuania)|Public Security Service]] (VST) * [[Malaysia]] – [[Federal Reserve Unit]] *the Republic of [[Moldova]] - [[Trupele de Carabinieri]] (''Moldovan Carabinier Troops''), since 1991 * [[Mongolia]] – [[Internal Troops of Mongolia|Internal Troops]] * [[Myanmar]] – ''Lon Htein'' * [[Netherlands]] – [[Mobiele Eenheid]] (since 1936) * [[Pakistan]] – [[ Anti-Riot Force, Lahore, Punjab ]] (since 2016) * [[Poland]] – [[ZOMO]] (1956 {{ndash}} 1989), [[Policja#Structure and branches of the Policja|Oddziały Prewencji Policji]] (OPP), Samodzielne Pododdziały Prewencji Policji (SPPP) * [[Portugal]] – [[:pt:Corpo de Interven%C3%A7%C3%A3o|Corpo de Intervenção]] | Unidade Especial de Polícia | Polícia de Segurança Pública and Grupo de Intervenção e Ordem Publica/ Guarda Nacional Republicana * [[Romania]] – ''[[Securitate#Directorate for Security Troops|Trupele de Securitate]]'' (1948 {{ndash}} 1989), [[Gendarmerie (Romania)|Romanian Gendarmerie]] (1893 {{ndash}} 1948 and again since 1990) * [[Russia]] – [[OMON]], [[National Guard of Russia]] * [[Serbia]] – [[Gendarmery (Serbia)|Gendarmerie]], Policijska Brigada, in extremely tough situations special forces units may be called, such as the [[Special Anti-Terrorist Unit (Serbia)|Special Anti-Terrorist Unit]] * [[Spain]] – [[Policía Nacional (Spain)#Specialist units|Unidad de Intervención Policial (UIP)]], [[Policía Nacional (Spain)#Specialist units|Unidad de Prevención y Reacción (UPR)]], [[Guardia Civil (Spain)|Grupos de Reserva y Seguridad (GRS)]], * [[Singapore]] – [[Police Tactical Unit (Singapore)]] * [[Slovenia]] – [[Posebna Policijska Enota|PPE SWAT Riot Unit]] * [[South Africa]] – Public Order Police<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.csvr.org.za/index.php/publications/1483-the-policing-of-public-gatherings-and-demonstrations-in-south-africa-1960-1994.html |title=The Policing of Public Gatherings and Demonstrations in South Africa 1960-1994 |first1=J. |last1=Rauch |first2=D. |last2=Storey |publisher=The Commission on Truth and Reconciliation (TRC) |year=1998}}</ref> * [[Seychelles]] – Public Security Support Wing (PSSW) * [[South Korea]] – Combat Police, division of [[National Police Agency (South Korea)|National Police Agency]] * [[Taiwan]] – [[Special Police]], [[NPASOG]] * [[Tajikistan]] – [[Tajik Internal Troops]] * [[Texas]] (USA) – [[Texas Ranger Division]] * [[Thailand]] – [[Protection and Crowds Control Division]] * [[Turkey]] – ''[[Çevik Kuvvet]]'' * [[Turkmenistan]] – ''[[Turkmen Internal Troops|Türkmenistanyň içeri işler edaralarynyň işgärlerine]]'' (Internal Troops) * [[Ukraine]] – [[Berkut (Ukraine)|Berkut]] (1992 {{ndash}} 2014), [[National Police of Ukraine#Structure and branches|Patrol Police]] (since 2015) * [[United Kingdom]] – [[Territorial Support Group]] (Metropolitan Police area) * [[Uzbekistan]] – Internal Troops of the [[Ministry of Internal Affairs (Uzbekistan)|Ministry of Internal Affairs]] * [[Venezuela]] – [[Bolivarian National Guard]] and [[Bolivarian National Police]] * [[Vietnam]] – [[Vietnam Mobile Police|Mobile Police]] ==See also== * [[Crowd control]] * [[Internal Troops]] * [[List of riots]] * [[Mobile Field Force]] * [[Police riot]] * [[Riot control]] ==References== {{reflist}} {{types of law enforcement agencies}} [[Category:Riot control]] [[Category:Law enforcement units]]'