SWAT (Bangladesh)
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The Special Weapons And Tactics (SWAT) (Bengali: বিশেষ অস্ত্র ও কৌশল, সোয়াট) is the Police tactical unit of the Dhaka Metropolitan Police of the Bangladesh Police. They operate under the Special Action Group of the Counter Terrorism and Transnational Crime.[3] The SWAT was formed to recover illegal arms and arrest hardcore terrorists and has a vital role in neutralizing any and all threats.[4][2]
Special Weapons And Tactics | |
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বিশেষ অস্ত্র ও কৌশল (Bengali) | |
Active | 28 February 2009 – present[1] |
Country | Bangladesh |
Agency | Dhaka Metropolitan Police |
Type | Police tactical unit |
Role | |
Part of | Counter Terrorism and Transnational Crime |
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Structure | |
Officers | 50[2] |
The SWAT has been regularly deployed outside of Dhaka to respond to terrorist incidents.[5][6] The Bangladesh Police plans to establish anti-terrorism operational units similar to SWAT in all of the Metropolitan Police.[7] A Crisis Response Team (CRT) has been established in Chittagong, Sylhet and in Rajshahi that were trained in the United States and in Jordan.[8]