Central Security Forces

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Central Security Forces قوات الأمن المركزي Quwwāt al-Amn al-Markazī
Central Security Forces Emblem
Agency overview
Formed	1977
Annual budget	$2.44 billion (2003)+ $1.3 billion of U.S military aid annually 3.4% percentage of GDP (2004)
Jurisdictional structure
National agency	Egypt
Operations jurisdiction	Egypt
General nature	Civilian police
Specialist jurisdictions	Protection of international or domestic VIPs, protection of significant state assets.
Operational structure
Parent agency	Ministry of Interior (Egypt)
Notables
Significant operation	1986 Egyptian conscripts riot Egyptian Revolution of 2011 Egyptian Crisis Sinai insurgency

The General Security and Central Security Forces (Arabic: قوات الأمن العام و الأمن المركزي, romanized: Quwwāt al-Amn al- Amm wa Quwwāt al-Amn al-Markazī, often shortened to Arabic: الأمن المركزي, romanized: Al-Amn al-Markazī) is an Egyptian SWAT force which is responsible for assisting the Egyptian National Police (ENP) for the security of governmental fixed sites, foreign embassies & missions, riots & crowds control, publicly crowded events, high risk arrests, disaster response and SWAT operations. ^[1] They are a vital arm of Egypt's National Security apparatus.