Thunder Squad

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Thunder Squad
霹靂小組
Pīlì Xiǎozǔ
Arm patch of Thunder Squad
Arm patch of Thunder Squad
Agency overview
Formed1985
Employees200 personnel
Jurisdictional structure
Operations jurisdictionRepublic of China
General nature
  • Civilian police
Specialist jurisdiction
  • Counter terrorism, special weapons operations. Protection of internationally protected persons, other very important persons, and-or of state property of significance.
Operational structure
Parent agencyNational Police Agency, ROC (Taiwan)

Thunder Squad (Chinese: 霹靂小組; pinyin: Pīlì Xiǎozǔ) is a special services unit of the National Police Agency in Taiwan,[1] a highly trained SWAT counter-terrorism Special Forces tactical unit established in 1985 to conduct high-risk arrests and other dangerous law enforcement duties. This 200 man group is organized into small four-man elements, three of which make up an operating group.[citation needed]

Thunder Squad is also the name given to the SWAT tactical units of the county level police departments in the ROC (Taiwan).[2]

History[]

In 2020 the NPA Thunder Squad participated in the annual Han Kuang exercise alongside special forces formations from the Military Police and Coast Guard as well as regular military.[1]

See also[]

References[]

  1. ^ Jump up to: a b Chen, Kelvin. "Special forces teams to conduct joint drill during 36th Han Kuang exercise". www.taiwannews.com.tw. Taiwan News. Retrieved October 13, 2020.
  2. ^ Charlier, Phillip. "Cop shot and injured attempting to disarm suspect during SWAT raid". Taiwan English News. Taiwan English News. Retrieved October 13, 2020.

External links[]

  • [1] - Thunder Squad Training video


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