Mobile Brigade Corps

Mobile Brigade Corps
Korps Brigade Mobil (Indonesian)
Emblem of the Mobile Brigade Corps
Active	14 November 1945; 78 years ago (1945-11-14)
Country	Indonesia
Agency	Indonesian National Police
Type	Police tactical unit
Headquarters	Mako Brimob, Cimanggis, Depok, West Java
Motto	Jiwa Ragaku Demi Kemanusiaan (My life and soul is for the sake of humanity) Sekali Tampil Harus Berhasil (Once we perform we must succeed)
Common name	Brimob
Structure
Officers	34,250[1] (2008)
Commanders
Current commander	Pol. Com. Gen. Imam Widodo[2]
Notables
Significant operation(s)	Battle of Surabaya Madiun affair Darul Islam rebellion Insurgency in East Timor May 1998 riots of Indonesia Operation Madago Raya 2016 Jakarta attacks November 2016 Jakarta protests May 2019 Jakarta protests and riots September 2019 Indonesian protests and riots Papua conflict
Anniversaries	14 November
Website
korbrimob.polri.go.id

The Mobile Brigade Corps (Indonesian: Korps Brigade Mobil) abbreviated Brimob is the special operations, paramilitary, and tactical unit of the Indonesian National Police (Polri). It is one of the oldest existing units within Polri. Some of its main duties are counter-terrorism, riot control, high-risk law enforcement where the use of firearms are present, search and rescue, hostage rescue, and bomb disposal operations. The Mobile Brigade Corps is a large component of the Indonesian National Police trained for counter-separatist and counter-insurgency duties, often in conjunction with military operations.^[1]

The Mobile Brigade Corps consists of 2 (two) branches, namely Gegana and Pelopor. Gegana is tasked with carrying out more specific special police operations tasks such as: Bomb Disposal, CBR Handling (Chemistry, Biology, and Radioactivity), Anti-Terror (Counter Terrorism), and Intelligence. Meanwhile, the Pelopor are tasked with carrying out broader and paramilitary special police operations tasks, such as: Riot control, Search and Rescue (SAR), security of vital installations, and guerrilla operations. The Mobile Brigade Corps are capable of other operations that support the performance of general police units. The Brimob Corps is classified as a Police Tactical Unit (PTU) and is operationally a Police Special Weapons and Tactics (SWAT) unit (including Densus 88 and Gegana Brimob). Each regional police (Polda) in Indonesia has its own Mobile Brigade unit.