Security forces
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Security forces are statutory organizations with internal security mandates. In the legal context of several countries, the term has variously denoted police and military units working in concert,[1] or the role of irregular military and paramilitary forces (such as gendarmerie) tasked with public security duties.[2]
List of security forces
[edit]Examples of formally designated security forces include:
- Afghan National Security Forces
- Airports Security Force of Pakistan
- Border Security Force of India
- Central Industrial Security Force of India
- Central Security Forces of Egypt
- Federal Security Force of Pakistan
- Israeli Security Forces
- Internal Security Forces of Lebanon
- Iraqi Security Forces
- Kurdistan Region Security Forces
- Irish Security Forces
- Kosovo Security Force
- Macau Security Force
- National Public Security Force of Brazil
- Palestinian National Security Forces
- Public Security Forces of Bahrain
- Puntland Security Force
- Galmudug Security Force
- Rhodesian Security Forces
- RNZAF Security Forces
- Security Forces Command of Northern Cyprus
- Social Security Forces of North Korea
- Sri Lanka Civil Security Force
- United States Air Force Security Forces
- United States Marine Corps Security Force
See also
[edit]- Airport security force
- Air Force Security Forces
- Internal Troops
- Naval Security Forces
- Public Security Force (disambiguation)
References
[edit]- ^ Jacklyn Cock, Laurie Nathan (1989). War and Society: The Militarisation of South Africa. New Africa Books. ISBN 978-0-86486-115-3.
- ^ Alan Bryden, Heiner Hänggi (1989). Reform and Reconstruction of the Security Sector (PDF). Transaction Publishers. ISBN 978-3-8258-7770-5.