List of protective service agencies

This is a list of government security police and bodyguard organizations.

Albania

• Republican Guard (Albania)^[1]

Australia

• Australian Federal Police^[2]

Austria

• Bundeskriminalamt^[3]
• Bundespolizei^[4]
• EKO Cobra^[5]

Bangladesh

• Special Security Force^[6]
• 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^[7]
• Parliamentary Protective Service^[8]
• Alberta Sheriffs Branch^[9]
• High Sheriff of Newfoundland and Labrador
• Canadian Forces Military Police
• Ministry of Public Security (Quebec) ^[10]

Chile

• Palace Guard and Presidential Escort of Carabineros de Chile

China (PRC)

• Central Security Bureau of the Chinese Communist Party (中共中央办公厅警卫局)
• People's Armed Police^[11]

China (ROC/“Taiwan”)

• Special Service Command Center, National Security Bureau (特種勤務指揮中心)

Cyprus

• Presidential Guard Unit

Czech Republic

• Útvar pro ochranu prezidenta České republiky ^[12]
• Ochranná služba Policie České republiky^[13]

Denmark

• Royal Life Guards
• Politiets Efterretningstjeneste^[14]

Finland

• Dignitary Protection Service, Helsinki Police Department^[15]

France

• Groupe de sécurité de la présidence de la République
• Service de Protection des Hautes Personnalités^[16]
• French Republican Guard

Georgia

• Special State Protection Service^[17]

Germany

• Bundespolizei
  • GSG 9
• Landespolizei
• Bundeskriminalamt
  • Sicherungsgruppe (SG)^[18]
    • Missions Abroad and Special Operations Unit

Greece

• Evzones Presidential Guard
• Hellenic Police

Hong Kong

• VIP Protection Unit (要員保護組)

Hungary

• Counter Terrorism Centre (TEK – Terrorelhárítási Központ) ^[19]
• Készenléti Rendőrség (Operational Police)

India

• Special Protection Group^[20]
• National Security Guard^[21]
• President's Bodyguard^[22]

Indonesia

• Presidential Security Force (Paspampres)

Ireland

• Garda Síochána Crime & Security Branch (CSB)
  • Special Detective Unit (SDU) ^[23]
  • Emergency Response Unit (ERU)
• Defence Forces Army Ranger Wing (ARW)

Israel

• Knesset Guard
• Shin Bet

Italy

• Corazzieri

Japan

• Imperial Guard of Japan
• Security Police, Tokyo Metropolitan Police Department

Malaysia

• Special Actions Unit

Monaco

• Compagnie des Carabiniers du Prince^[24]

Nigeria

• State Security Service

Norway

• Hans Majestet Kongens Garde (HMKG) (His Majesty The King's Guard)^[25]
• Den Kongelige Politieskorte (The Royal Police Escort)
• Politiets Sikkerhetstjeneste (PST)^[26]

Netherlands

• Grenadiers' and Rifles Guard Regiment
• Garderegiment Fuseliers Prinses Irene
• National Expertise and Operations Unit, National Police Corps

New Zealand

• Diplomatic Protection Squad^[27]

North Korea

• Supreme Guard Command^[28] (Korean: 호위사령부; Hanja: 護衛司令部)
• Ministry of State Security (Partially)

Philippines

• Senate of the Philippines^[29]
  • Office of the Sergeant-at-Arms
  • Security Enforcement Service
• Armed Forces of the Philippines
  • Presidential Security Group
  • Philippine Marine Corps
    • Marine Security and Escort Group
• Philippine National Police
  • Police Security and Protection Group^[30]

Poland

• Służba Ochrony Państwa^[31]
• Żandarmeria Wojskowa^[32]

Portugal

• Public Security Police^[33]

Romania

• Serviciul de Protecţie şi Pază^[34]

Russia

• Federal Protective Service
• Ministry of Internal Affairs (Russia)
• GRU
• Federal Security Service (Russia)

Serbia

• Police
  • Unit for the Protection of the Important Persons and Residences
• Military
  • MP Special Operations Detachment "Cobras"

Singapore

• Police Security Command^[35]

Slovenia

• Slovenian Police – Security and Protection Office^[36]

Sri Lanka

• Sri Lanka Army
  • President's Guard
  • Commando Regiment
• Sri Lanka Police Service
  • President's Security Division
  • Prime Minister's Security Division
  • Special Task Force

South Korea

• Presidential Security Service^[37] (Korean: 대통령경호처; Hanja: 大統領警護處)
  • Defense Communication Command (Korean: 국군지휘통신사령부; Hanja: 國軍指揮通信司令部)
    • 90th Communication Group
  • Defense Counterintelligence Command
    • 828th Guards Brigade
  • Ministry of National Defense Service Support Group (Korean: 국방부 근무지원단; Hanja: 國防部 勤務支援團)
    • Military Police Battalion
  • Capital Defense Command (Korean: 수도방위사령부; Hanja: 首都防衛司令部)
    • 33rd Military Police Guards Brigade
    • 55th Security Group
  • Republic of Korea Navy
    • "Cheonghae" Brigade
  • Republic of Korea Air Force
    • 35th Flight Group
  • National Police Agency (South Korea)
    • 101st Security Group
    • 202nd Security Group
    • 22nd Police Guards Brigade
  • National Fire Agency (South Korea)
    • Presidential Security Fire Brigade

Spain

• Spanish Royal Guard^[38]
• Department of Security of the Presidency of the Government

Sweden

• Life Guards
• SÄPO (Säkerhetspolisen)^[39]

Thailand

• Armed Forces Security Center (AFSC) – Personal protective security for the royal family, members of the Royal Thai Government VIPs, and Thai Military VIPs.
• King's Guard – Ceremonial distinction given to various units in the Royal Thai Armed Forces and protective security to members royal family.
• National Intelligence Agency (NIA) – Maintaining civil security for civil government agencies and provides members of the Royal Thai Government protective security.
• Royal Security Command (RSC) – Militarized royal guards under the Monarchy of Thailand and provides personal protective security to the royal family.
• Special Branch Bureau (SBB) – Personal protective security to members royal family, members of the Royal Thai Government VIPs, and members of foreign governments VIPs visiting Thailand.

Turkey

• General Directorate of Security
  • Police Counter Attack Team
• Presidential Guard Regiment

Ukraine

• State Security Administration (Ukraine)

United Kingdom

• Household Division
• Civil Nuclear Constabulary^[40]
• Metropolitan Police Service
  • Protection Command
• Ministry of Defence Police^[41]
• Northern Ireland Security Guard Service
• Royal Military Police Close Protection Unit^[42]
• Police Scotland

United States

• Department of Homeland Security
  • Secret Service^[43]
  • Federal Air Marshal Service^[44]
  • Federal Protective Service^[45]
  • Coast Guard Investigative Service^[46]
• Department of State
  • Diplomatic Security Service (DSS) ^[47]
• Department of Justice
  • Marshals Service^[48]
  • FBI Police^[49]
• Department of Defense
  • Air Force Office of Special Investigations
  • Army Criminal Investigation Command^[50]
  • Defense Criminal Investigative Service^[51]
  • Naval Criminal Investigative Service
  • Pentagon Force Protection Agency^[52]
• Department of the Treasury
  • Mint Police^[53]
• Department of Veterans Affairs
  • Veterans Affairs Police^[54]
• Department of the Interior
  • Park Police^[55]
  • National Zoological Park Police
• United States Postal Service
  • Postal Inspection Service^[56]
• Congress of the United States
  • Capitol Police
• other
  • District of Columbia Protective Services Division
  • Amtrak Police^[57]
  • Supreme Court Police^[58]

Vatican

• Swiss Guard^[59]
• Gendarmerie Corps of Vatican City State

Vietnam

• Ministry of Public Security (Bộ Công an) - High Command of Protective Guard of Vietnam (Bộ Tư lệnh Cảnh vệ Việt Nam)

Historical

Roman Empire

Main article: Roman Empire

• Praetorian Guard
• Jovians and Herculians

Byzantine Empire

Main article: Byzantine Empire

• Varangian Guard

Tsarist Bulgaria

Main article: Tsardom of Bulgaria (1908–1946)

• Life Guards

Ottoman Empire

Main article: Ottoman Empire

• Janissaries

Ethiopian Empire

Main article: Ethiopian Empire

• "Kebur Zabagna" Imperial Guards

Egypt

Main article: Egypt Eyalet

• Ghilman

First French Empire

Main article: First French Empire

• Imperial Guard (Napoleon I)

Second French Empire

Main article: Second French Empire

• Imperial Guard (Napoleon III)

Nazi Germany

• Schutzstaffel (SS)

Hungary

• Köztársasági Őrezred [hu] Until 1 July 2012
• BM Kormányőrség from 1957 to 1990
• Magyar Királyi Testõrség from 1920 to 1945

Austria-Hungary

Main article: Austria-Hungary

• Magyar Királyi Darabont Testőrség from 1904 to 1918
• cs. kir. csendőr-testőrség (Leibgarde-Gendarmerie) 1850–1918
• Magyar Királyi Nemes Testőrség from 1760 to 1850

Iraq

Main article: Ba'athist Iraq

• Iraqi Special Security Organization

Edo Japan

Main article: Edo period

• Shinsengumi

Imperial Japan

Main article: Empire of Japan

• "Konoe Shidan" Imperial Guards (近衛師団)

Achaemenid Empire

Main article: Achaemenid Empire

• Persian Immortals

Iran under the Pahlavi dynasty

Main article: Iran under the Pahlavi dynasty

• Iranian Imperial Guard

Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth

Main article: Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth

• Gwardia Piesza Koronna

Kingdom of Laos

Main article: Kingdom of Laos

• Royal Lao Army, Laotian Royal Guard
• Royal Lao Police, Laotian Gendarmerie
• Royal Lao Police; Directorate of National Coordination, 1st Special Mobile Group (Groupement Mobile Speciale 1 – GMS 1)

Second Polish Republic

Main article: Second Polish Republic

• Kompania Zamkowa 1926–1939

Poland

• Biuro Ochrony Rządu 1956–2018^[31]

Tsarist Russia

Main article: Russian Empire

• Russian Imperial Guard

Kingdom of Serbia/Yugoslavia

Main articles: Kingdom of Serbia and Kingdom of Yugoslavia

• Royal Serbian/Yugoslav Guards

Great Britain

Main article: Kingdom of Great Britain

• Royal Horse Guards

Kingdom of Romania

Main article: Kingdom of Romania

• 1st Royal Guard "Vânători" Battalion

Republic of Vietnam

Main article: Republic of Vietnam

• Presidential Guard
• Republic of Vietnam National Police VIP Protection Service

See also

• Border guard
• Coast guard
• Home guard
• Imperial guard
• List of intelligence agencies
• List of law enforcement agencies
• List of secret police organizations
• National Guard
• Republican guard
• Royal guard
• State defense force