Special Task Force (Sri Lanka)

Special Task Force
Active	1983; 41 years ago (1983)
Country	Sri Lanka
Branch	Sri Lanka Police
Type	Police tactical unit
Size	~8000 (2017)[1]
Nickname(s)	STF
Motto(s)	නියතයි ජය (Sinhala: Victory Assured)
Colours	Marine Green; Gold
Anniversaries	1 March
Engagements	Sri Lankan Civil War Second JVP insurrection
Commanders
Commandant	Waruna Jayasundara
Inspector General of Police	C. D. Wickramaratne
Insignia
Ensign

The Special Task Force (STF) (Sinhala: විශේෂ කාර්ය බලකාය Visesha Karya Balakaya; Tamil: சிறப்பு அதிரடிப் படை) is an elite police tactical unit of the Sri Lanka Police specialising in clandestine and covert operations, combat and patrolling in urban areas, combat search and rescue, counterinsurgency and counterterrorism operations, crowd control, executive protection, forward observer, hostage rescue, indirect fire, irregular warfare, jungle and mountain warfare, parachuting, psychological warfare, search and rescue people who are in distress or imminent danger from disaster. serving high-risk arrest and search warrants, special reconnaissance, support military operations, tactical emergency medical, tracking, and unconventional tactics. It was formed in 1983 not as a military force, but rather as a highly specialised armed police unit.