List of Special Response Units in the United States

This is a list of Special Response units in the United States. For non-U. S. units, see List of Special Response Units:

Federal agencies

*Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives Special Response Teams (SRT)
*Federal Bureau of Investigation Hostage Rescue Team (FBI) (HRT)
*Federal Bureau of Investigation Special Weapons and Tactics Teams
*Federal Bureau of Prisons Special Operations and Response Teams (SORT)
*Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) Special Response Teams
*United States Department of Energy Office of Safety and Security (OSS) Special Response Teams (SRT)
*United States Department of Energy Special Response Force (SRF)
*United States Department of State Office of Mobile Security Deployments (MSD)
*United States Marshals Service Special Operations Group (SOG) [http://www.usdoj.gov/marshals/duties/ops.htm]
*United States Marshals Service Special Response Teams (SRT)
*United States Mint Police Special Response Teams (SRT) [http://www.usmint.gov/about_the_mint/mint_police/index.cfm?action=special_units]
*United States Naval Criminal Investigative Service Contingency Response Team (CRT) [http://www.ncis.navy.mil/locations/CRFO.asp]
*United States Pentagon Police Emergency Response Team (ERT)
*United States Border Patrol Border Patrol Tactical Unit (BORTAC)
*United States Border Patrol Special Response Teams (SRT)
*United States Park Police SWAT Team [http://www.nps.gov/uspp/swatpag.htm]
*United States Secret Service Counter Assault Team
*United States Secret Service Uniformed Division, Emergency Response Team (ERT)
*United States Army Special Reaction Teams (SRT)
*United States Marine Corps Special Reaction Teams (SRT)
* United States Air Force Security Forces Emergency Services Team (EST)
*Pentagon Force Protection Agency Emergency Response Team (ERT) [http://www.pfpa.mil/ert.html]

tate agencies

*California Highway Patrol Special Weapons and Tactics Teams
*Connecticut State Police Emergency Services Unit, Tactical Team
*Illinois State Police Tactical Response Team
*Kansas Highway Patrol Special Response Team (SRT), http://www.kansashighwaypatrol.org
*Kentucky State Police Special Response Team (SRT)Louisiana Division of Levee District Police Special Response Team, www.leveedistrictpolice.com
*Maine State Prison Correctional Emergency Response Tactical Team(C.E.R.T. Team)
*Maryland State Police Special Tactical Assault Team Element (STATE)
*Massachusetts State Police Special Tactical Operations (STOP) Team
*Michigan State Police Emergency Support Team (ES Team)
*New Jersey State Police Technical Emergency And Mission Specialists (TEAMS) Units
*New York State Police Mobile Response Team
*New York State Department of Correctional Services Correctional Emergency Response Team (CERT)
*North Carolina Department of Correction Prison Emergency Response Team (PERT)
* Oklahoma Highway Patrol Tactical Team
*Pennsylvania State Police Special Emergency Response Team (SERT)
*Rhode Island State Police Special Weapons and Tactics (SWAT) Team
*Tennessee Highway Patrol Special Operations Unit, http://www.state.tn.us/safety/thp/specialop.htm
*Texas Highway Patrol State Police Special Weapons and Tactics (SWAT) Team
*Missouri State Highway Patrol Special Weapons and Tactics (SWAT) Team
*West Virginia State Police Special Response Team (SRT)

County agencies

*Allegheny County Police Department SWAT team, Allegheny County, Pennsylvania
*Baltimore County Police Department SWAT team, Baltimore County, Maryland
*Bay County Sheriff's Office SWAT Team, Bay County, Florida
*Cattaraugus County Sheriff's Office Special Response Team (SRT), Cattaraugus County, New York
*Clackamas County Sheriffs Office, Special Weapons and Tactics Team, Portland, Oregon
*Cleveland County Sheriff's Office, Sheriff's Emergency Response Team (SERT), Cleveland County, North Carolina
*Cobb County Sheriff's Office Tactical Operations Unit, Cobb County, Georgia
*Cobb County Police Department Tactical Team, Cobb County, Georgia
*Crow Wing County Tactical Response Team, Crow Wing County, Minnesota
*Dane County Sheriff’s Office Tactical Response Team, Dane County, Wisconsin
*Doña Ana County Sheriff's Office Special Response Team (SRT), Doña Ana County, New Mexico
*Dupage County Sheriffs Office Special Operations Team, Dupage County, Illinois
*Dupage County Sheriffs Office Correctional Emergancy Response Team (CERT), Dupage County, Illinois
*Franklin County Sheriff's Office SWAT Unit, Franklin County, Ohio
*Fresno County Sheriff's Department SWAT Team, Fresno County, California
*Gaston County Sheriff's Office ERU, Emergency Response Unit, Gaston County, North Carolina
*Gaston County Police Department ERT, Emergency Response Team, Gaston County, North Carolina
*Gloucester County SWAT Team, Gloucester County, New Jersey
*Goodhue County's Emergency Response Team (ERT), Goodhue County, Minnesota
*Greenville County Sherrif's Office SWAT Team, Greenville, South Carolina
*Jacksonville Sheriff's Office SWAT Team, Duval County, Florida
*Kern County Sheriff's Department SWAT Team, Kern County, California
*Kings County Sheriff's Department TAC-30 Team, Kings County, California
*Lake County Sheriff's Police Tactical Unit, Lake County, Illinois
*Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department Special Weapons and Tactics Team (SWAT), Clark County, Nevada
*Leon County Sheriff's Office SWAT Team, Leon County, Florida
*Lincoln County Sheriff's Department SWAT Team Lincoln County, Fayetteville, Tennessee
*Lorain County Sheriff's Office SWAT Team, Lorain County, Ohio
*Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department Special Enforcement Detail (SED), Special Weapons Teams, Los Angeles County, California
*Maricopa County Sheriffs Department SWAT Team, Maricopa County, Arizona
*Marion County Sheriff's Department Correctional Emergency Response Team (CERT), Marion County, Indiana
*Marion County Inter-agency SWAT Team, Marion County, Oregon
*Marshall County Sheriffs Department Special Response Team, Marshall County, West Virginia
*Medina County Sheriff’s Office SWAT team, Medina County, Ohio
*Mercer County Critical Incident Response Team (CIRT), Mercer County, Pennsylvania
*Mercer County Multi-Jurisdictional SWAT Team, Mercer County, WV
*Milwaukee County House of Correction Emergency Response Team (CERT), Milwaukee County, Wisconsin
*Milwaukee County Sheriff's Office SWAT Team, Milwaukee County, Wisconsin
*Monmouth County Emergency Response Team (MOCERT), Monmouth County, New Jersey
*Placer County Sheriff's Department Special Enforcement Team (SET), Placer County, California
*Putnam County Emergency Response Team (ERT), Putnam County, New York
*Suffolk County Police Department Emergency Service Section (ESS), Suffolk County, New York
*Suffolk County Sheriff's Office Special Emergency Response Team (SERT), Suffolk County, New York
*Sacramento County Sheriff's Department Special Enforcement Detail (SED), Sacramento, California
*St. Louis County Police Department Tactical Operations Unit, St. Louis County, Missouri
*Salt Lake County Sheriff's Office SWAT team, Salt Lake County, Utah
*Suwannee County Sheriff's Office SWAT Team, Suwannee County, Florida
*Suwannee County Sheriff's Office Correctional Special Response Team, Suwannee County, Florida
*Tulsa County Sheriff's Office Special Enforcement Detail (SED) and Long Rifle Detail (LRD) - Both form Special Weapons and Tactics under the TCSO Special Operations Team.
*Wake County Sheriff's Office Special Response Team (SRT), Wake County, North Carolina
*Washington County Sheriff's Office Tactical Negotiations Team, Washington County, Oregon
*Waukesha County Sheriff's Department Tactical Enforcement Unit, Waukesha County, Wisconsin
*White County Sheriff's Office SWAT Team, White County, Georgia
*Will County Sheriff's Office Special Operations Group (S.O.G.), Will County, Illinois
*Worcester County Sheriff's Office Special Operations Group (S.O.G.),Worcester County, Massachusetts
*Yancey County Sheriff's Office Sheriff's Response Team (SRT), Yancey County, North Carolina

Regional agencies and multi-agency mutual aid systems

*Belknap Regional Special Operations Group {Lakes Region New Hampshire} BRSOG
*Central New Hampshire Special Operations Unit (SOU)
*Dickson County Special Operations Response Team (S.O.R.T.) Dickson County, Tennessee
*Lake Area Critical Incident Team (CIT), Milwaukee metropolitan area (Wisconsin; five member agencies)Louisiana Division of Levee District Police Marine Special Response Team, US Homeland Security-Coast Guard Area Maritime Security Committee Ouachita/Red
*Northern Illinois Police Alarm System (NIPAS) Emergency Services Team (EST), suburbs of Chicago, not including the city (Illinois; 99 member agencies)
*Red River Valley SWAT Team, Eastern North Dakota and western Minnesota (five member agencies)
*Southern New Hampshire Special Operations Unit (eight member agencies)
*West Dakota SWAT team, North Dakota (four member agencies)
*North County SWAT (California); cities of Brea/Yorba Linda; Fullerton; California State University Fullerton; La Habra; Placentia; La Palma
*West County SWAT (Orange County, California); cities of Cypress; Fountain Valley; Los Alamitos; Westminster; Seal Beach
* South Orange County Agencies Response Team (California) Irvine, Tustin, UC Irvine, Laguna Beach, Newport Beach.
*Grand Forks Regional SWAT Team, Northeastern North Dakota and Northwestern Minnesota (4 member agencies)
*Felony Investigative Assistance Team (FIAT) SWAT, DuPage County, Illinois, (16 member agencies)
* MSWAT - Metro Special Weapons and Tactics - Pierce County, Washington - 9 member agencies: Bonney Lake, Fife, Milton, Lakewood, Puyallup, Steilacoom, DuPont, Sumner and Buckley, Washington Police Departments.
*MAMA-DERT Multi-Agency Mutual Aid Drug Enforcement Response Team, US 321 corridor, Gaston, Lincoln, Catawba, Burke, Caldwell, and Watauga Counties, North Carolina, incorporates DEA, and other Federal Agencies, as well as all Special Response units within these counties, whether Sheriff's Office or County Police
*Southwest Regional Emergency Response Team, South Western Connecticut. Consists of Trumbull, Darien, Wilton, Easton and Monroe
*Western Wayne County Special Operations Team, Michigan

Non-municipal police departments

*Ohio University Police Department SWAT Team, Athens, Ohio
*BART Police Department SWAT Team, San Francisco Bay Area Rapid Transit District (California)
*Los Angeles Airport Police Emergency Services Unit (ESU), Los Angeles International Airport - LAX (California)
*Los Angeles School Police Department Special Response Team (SRT), Los Angeles Unified School District (California) [http://laspd.com/specUnitSRT.htm]
*Miami-Dade Schools Police Department Special Weapons and Tactics team (SWAT), Miami-Dade Public School District (Florida) [dadeschools.net]
*Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority Police Special Operations Team [http://www.transitpolice.us/Special%20Operations.htm]
*Metro Transit Police Department Special Response Team (Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority)
*Secretary of State Police, Emergency Response Team, Secretary of State of Illinois
*University of Massachusetts Police Department Special Operations Unit, University of Massachusetts Amherst
*Antelope Valley College District Police Department Emergency Response Team (ERT), Antelope Valley College District Police Department (Lancaster, California) [www.avcpolice.org]

Municipal police departments

*Anchorage Police Department, Special Weapons and Tactics team (SWAT), Anchorage, Alaska
*Aurora Police Department, Special Response Team (SRT), Aurora, Illinois
*Austin Police Department, SWAT team, Austin, Texas
*Bakersfield Police Department, Special Weapons and Tactics team (SWAT), Bakersfield, California
*Baltimore Police Department, Quick Response Team (QRT), Baltimore, Maryland
*Baldwin Borough Police Department, Emergency Response Team (ERT), Baldwin, Pennsylvania
*Baytown Police Department, SWAT Team, Baytown, Texas
*Berkeley Police Department, Barricade Suspect Hostage Negotiation Team (BSHNT), Berkeley, California
*Billings Police Department, SWAT, Billings, Montana
*Boston Police Department, Special Operations Unit, Boston, Massachusetts
*Brunswick Police Department, SRT, Special Response Team, Brunswick, Maine
*Bullhead City Police Department, SWAT, Bullhead City, Arizona
*Carmel Police Department, Emergency Response Team (ERT), Carmel, Indiana
*Chattanooga Police Department, SWAT Team, Chattanooga, Tennessee
*Cheltenham Police Department, SWAT Team Cheltenham, Pennsylvania
*Chicago Police Department, Hostage/Barricaded/Terrorist (HBT) Team, Chicago, Illinois
*Columbus Division of Police, SWAT Team, Columbus, Ohio
*Cumberland Police Department, Cumberland Emergency Response Team (CERT), Cumberland, Maryland
*Dallas Police Department, SWAT team, Dallas, Texas
*Delray Beach Police Department, SWAT Team, Delray Beach, Florida
*Detroit Police Department, Special Response Team (SRT), Detroit, Michigan
*Downers Grove Police Department, SWAT Team, Downers Grove, Illinois
*Elyria Police Department, Special Response Team (SRT), Elyria, Ohio
*Escondido Police Department, Tactical Operations Unit (TOU), Escondido, California
*Eufaula Police Department, Tactical Team, [http://www.bcdtf.org Website ] Eufaula, Alabama
*Eugene Police Department, SWAT/CNT, Eugene, Oregon
*Fond du Lac Police Department, Critical Response Team (CRT), Fond du Lac, Wisconsin
*Forest Police Department, Direct Action Response Team (DART), Forest, Mississippi
*Franklin Police Department SWAT Team, (Franklin, Tennessee)
*Fresno Police Department, Special Weapons and Tactics team (SWAT), Fresno, California
*Gainesville Police Department, SRT, Gainesville, Florida
*Gilbert Police Department, Emergency Response Unit, Gilbert, Arizona
*Gastonia Police Department, SWAT Team Gastonia, North Carolina
*Hartford Police Department, Emergency Response Team, Hartford, Connecticut
*Hendersonville Police Department, Hendersonville Essential Action Team (HEAT), Hendersonville, Tennessee
*Hoboken Police Department, SWAT, (Hoboken, New Jersey)
*Houston Police Department, SWAT team, Houston, Texas
*Huntington Beach Police Department, Special Weapons and Tactics team (SWAT), Huntington Beach, California
*Huntington Park Police Department, SERT, Huntington Park, California
*Hyattsville Police Department, Hard Entry and Tactics (HEAT) Team, Hyattsville, Maryland
*Independence Police Department, Special Response Team (SRT), Independence, Missouri
*Jersey City Police Department, Emergency Services Unit (ESU), Jersey City, New Jersey
*Johnstown Police Department, Special Emergency Response Team (SERT), Johnstown, Pennsylvania
*Kansas City, Missouri Police Department, SWAT, Kansas City, Missouri
*Lansing Police Department, Special Tactics and Rescue Team (START), Lansing, Michigan
*Laurel Police Department, Emergency Response Team (ERT), Laurel, Maryland
*Lincoln Police Department, Emergency Response Team (ERT) [http://www.lincolnpolice.us/ert] , Lincoln, Illinois
*Lincoln Police Department, SWAT team, Lincoln, Nebraska
*Long Beach Police Department, Special Weapons and Tactics team (SWAT), Long Beach, California
*Longview Police Department, Tactical Response Unit, Longview, Washington
*Lorain Police Department, SWAT, Lorain, Ohio
*Los Angeles Police Department, Special Weapons and Tactics team (SWAT), Los Angeles, California
*Madison Police Department, Special Weapons and Tactics (SWAT), Madison,Wisconsin
*Maumee Police Division, Special Response Unit, Maumee, Ohio http://maumee.org/residential/mpdw/sru.htm
*Medina Police Department, Emergency Services Unit, Medina, Ohio
*Meriden Police Department, Tactical & Special Operations Unit, Meriden, Connecticut
*Mesa Police Department, SWAT Mesa, Arizona
*Metropolitan Nashville Police Department SWAT, Nashville, Tennessee, http://www.police.nashville.org/
*Miami Police Department, Special Weapons and Tactics team (SWAT), Miami, Florida
*Milwaukee Police Department, Tactical Enforcement Unit (TEU, 700's, Tac Squad or The Unit), Milwaukee, Wisconsin
*Minneapolis Police Department, SWAT Team, Minneapolis, Minnesota
*Mobile Police Department, Tactical Response Unit, Mobile, Alabama
*Modesto Police Department, SWAT Modesto, California
*Napa Police Department, SWAT, Napa, California
*Hoboken Police Department, SWAT (Hoboken, New Jersey)
*City of Newburgh Police Department, SWAT Team, Newburgh, New York
*New York City Police Department, Emergency Services Unit(s) (ESU), New York, New York
*North Myrtle Beach Public Safety, Special Response Team (SRT), North Myrtle Beach, South Carolina
*Ocean City Police, Department Quick Response Team (QRT), Ocean City, Maryland
*Olympia Police Department, SWAT Team, Olympia, Washington
*Omaha Police Department, Emergency Response Unit, Omaha, Nebraska
*Oro Valley Police Department, SWAT, Oro Valley, Arizona
*Oxnard Police Department, SWAT Team, Oxnard, California
*Palm Springs Police Department, SWAT Team, Palm Springs, California
*Panama City Police Department, SWAT Team, Panama City, Florida
*Pasadena Police Department, SWAT team, Pasadena, Texas
*Philadelphia Police Department, SWAT Team, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
*Phoenix Police Department, Special Assignments Unit, Phoenix, Arizona
*Pittsburgh Bureau of Police, Special Emergency Response Team (SERT), Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
*Portland Police Bureau, Special Emergency Reaction Team (SERT), Portland, Oregon
*Portland Police Department, Special Reaction Team, Portland, Maine
*Providence Police Department, Special Weapons and Tactics Team (SWAT), Providence, Rhode Island
*Raleigh Police Department, Special Weapons and Tactics Team (SWAT), Raleigh, North Carolina, http://www.raleighnc.gov/portal/server.pt/gateway/PTARGS_0_0_306_204_0_43/http;/pt03/DIG_Web_Content/dept/public/Police/Dept-AboutUs-Police-SpclOps.html
*Roseville / St.Anthony Police Department, Tactical Response Unit (TRU) Roseville, Minnesota
*Roswell Police Department, Special Weapons and Tactics, Roswell, Georgia
*Round Rock Police Department, SWAT Team, Round Rock, Texas
*Sacramento Police Department, SWAT Team, Sacramento, California
*Saint Paul Police Department, SWAT Team, Saint Paul, Minnesota
*Salt Lake City Police Department, SWAT Team Salt Lake City, Utah
*San Antonio Police Department, SWAT Team, San Antonio, Texas
*San Francisco Police Department, Tactical Unit, San Francisco, California
*San Jose Police Department, Mobile Emergency Response Group and Equipment unit (MERGE), San Jose, California
*Santa Clara Police Department, SWAT Team, Santa Clara, California
*Seattle Police Department, Special Weapons and Tactics team (SWAT), Seattle, Washington
*Seymour Police Department, Emergency Service Unit, Seymour, Connecticut
*South Bend Police Department, SWAT Unit, South Bend, Indiana
*South Tucson Police Department, SWAT Team, South Tucson, Arizona
*Spokane Police Department, SWAT Team, Spokane, Washington
*Ventura Police Department, SWAT Team, Ventura, California
*Warwick Police Department, SWAT Team, http://www.warwickpd.org/swat.htm Warwick, Rhode Island

Associations

*Florida S.W.A.T. Association
*National Tactical Officers Association
*Tennessee Tacical Police and Paramedics Association, http://ttppa.com/
*Texas Association of Hostage Negotiators
*Texas Tactical Police Officer's Association
*Illinois Tactical Officers Association, http://www.itoa.org
*Rhode Island Tactical Officers Association , http://www.ritoa.com/
*Wisconsin Association of SWAT Personnel, http://www.asp-wi.org/