SWAT (Bangladesh)

Special Weapons And Tactics
Special Weapons And Tactics
বিশেষ অস্ত্র ও কৌশল (Bengali)
	SWAT officers during Mangal Shobhajatra
Active	28 February 2009 – present
Country	Bangladesh
Agency	Dhaka Metropolitan Police
Type	Police tactical unit
Role	Counter-terrorism; Law enforcement;
Part of	Counter Terrorism and Transnational Crime
Abbreviation	SWAT; সোয়াট (Bengali);
Structure
Officers	50

The Special Weapons And Tactics (SWAT) (Bengali: বিশেষ অস্ত্র ও কৌশল, সোয়াট) is the Police tactical unit of the Dhaka Metropolitan Police of the Bangladesh Police. They operate under the Special Action Group of the Counter Terrorism and Transnational Crime.^[3] The SWAT was formed to recover illegal arms and arrest hardcore terrorists and has a vital role in neutralizing any and all threats.^[4]^[2]

The SWAT has been regularly deployed outside of Dhaka to respond to terrorist incidents.^[5]^[6] The Bangladesh Police plans to establish anti-terrorism operational units similar to SWAT in all of the Metropolitan Police.^[7] A Crisis Response Team (CRT) has been established in Chittagong, Sylhet and in Rajshahi that were trained in the United States and in Jordan.^[8]

^ "S W A T - Special Weapons And Tactics". Facebook. Bangladesh Police. 19 October 2016. Retrieved 10 July 2019.
^ ^a ^b Alam, Niloy; Al Hasnat, Mahadi (6 November 2016). "DMP: SWAT team will root out militancy and terrorism". Dhaka Tribune. Retrieved 10 July 2019.
^ Jamil Khan, Mohammad (16 September 2017). "Special Police, RAB Units: Home considers risk allowance". The Daily Star. Retrieved 10 July 2019.
^ "US-trained SWAT more powerful than RAB underway". The New Nation. Archived from the original on 14 June 2011. Retrieved 22 February 2009.
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^ "Strategic Plan 2018-2020" (PDF). Bangladesh Police. 1 January 2018. Retrieved 10 July 2019.
^ সিলেটে যাত্রা শুরু করল পুলিশের ক্রাইসিস রেসপন্স টিম. Kaler kantho (in Bengali). 29 August 2018. Retrieved 10 July 2019.