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

## Albania

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* Republican Guard (Albania)[1]

## Australia

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* Australian Federal Police[2]

## Austria

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* Bundeskriminalamt[3]
* Bundespolizei[4]
* EKO Cobra[5]

## Bangladesh

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* Special Security Force[6]
* President Guard Regiment
* Special Security and Protection Battalion
* Armed Police Battalion
* Special Branch
* Bangladesh Ansar

## Belarus

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* Belarusian Presidential Security Service

## Brazil

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* Institutional Security Bureau

## Bulgaria

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* National Protection Service

## Canada

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* 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

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* Palace Guard and Presidential Escort of Carabineros de Chile

## China (PRC)

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* 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”)

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

## Cyprus

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* Presidential Guard Unit

## Czech Republic

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

## Denmark

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* Royal Life Guards
* Politiets Efterretningstjeneste[14]

## Finland

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* Dignitary Protection Service, Helsinki Police Department[15]

## France

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

## Georgia

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* Special State Protection Service[17]

## Germany

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

## Greece

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* Evzones Presidential Guard
* Hellenic Police

## Hong Kong

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* VIP Protection Unit (要員保護組)

## Hungary

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

## India

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

## Indonesia

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* Presidential Security Force (Paspampres)

## Ireland

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

## Israel

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* Knesset Guard
* Shin Bet

## Italy

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* Corazzieri

## Japan

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

## Malaysia

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* Special Actions Unit

## Monaco

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* Compagnie des Carabiniers du Prince[24]

## Nigeria

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* State Security Service

## Norway

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

## Netherlands

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

## New Zealand

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* Diplomatic Protection Squad[27]

## North Korea

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

## Philippines

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* 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

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* Służba Ochrony Państwa[31]
* Żandarmeria Wojskowa[32]

## Portugal

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* Public Security Police[33]

## Romania

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* Serviciul de Protecţie şi Pază[34]

## Russia

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

## Serbia

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

## Singapore

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* Police Security Command[35]

## Slovenia

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* Slovenian Police – Security and Protection Office[36]

## Sri Lanka

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* 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

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* 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

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

## Sweden

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* Life Guards
* SÄPO (Säkerhetspolisen)[39]

## Thailand

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* 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

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

## Ukraine

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* State Security Administration (Ukraine)

## United Kingdom

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* 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

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* 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

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* Swiss Guard[59]
* Gendarmerie Corps of Vatican City State

## Vietnam

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

## Historical

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### Roman Empire

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Main article: Roman Empire

* Praetorian Guard
* Jovians and Herculians

### Byzantine Empire

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Main article: Byzantine Empire

* Varangian Guard

### Tsarist Bulgaria

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Main article: Tsardom of Bulgaria (1908–1946)

* Life Guards

### Ottoman Empire

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Main article: Ottoman Empire

* Janissaries

### Ethiopian Empire

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Main article: Ethiopian Empire

* "Kebur Zabagna" Imperial Guards

### Egypt

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Main article: Egypt Eyalet

* Ghilman

### First French Empire

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Main article: First French Empire

* Imperial Guard (Napoleon I)

### Second French Empire

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Main article: Second French Empire

* Imperial Guard (Napoleon III)

### Nazi Germany

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* Schutzstaffel (SS)

### Hungary

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

### Austria-Hungary

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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

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Main article: Ba'athist Iraq

* Iraqi Special Security Organization

### Edo Japan

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Main article: Edo period

* Shinsengumi

### Imperial Japan

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Main article: Empire of Japan

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

### Achaemenid Empire

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Main article: Achaemenid Empire

* Persian Immortals

### Iran under the Pahlavi dynasty

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Main article: Iran under the Pahlavi dynasty

* Iranian Imperial Guard

### Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth

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Main article: Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth

* Gwardia Piesza Koronna

### Kingdom of Laos

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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

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Main article: Second Polish Republic

* Kompania Zamkowa 1926–1939

### Poland

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* Biuro Ochrony Rządu 1956–2018[31]

### Tsarist Russia

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Main article: Russian Empire

* Russian Imperial Guard

### Kingdom of Serbia/Yugoslavia

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Main articles: Kingdom of Serbia and Kingdom of Yugoslavia

* Royal Serbian/Yugoslav Guards

### Great Britain

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Main article: Kingdom of Great Britain

* Royal Horse Guards

### Kingdom of Romania

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Main article: Kingdom of Romania

* 1st Royal Guard "Vânători" Battalion

### Republic of Vietnam

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Main article: Republic of Vietnam

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

## See also

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* 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

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