List of protective service agencies
This is a list of government Security Police and Bodyguard organizations.
Albania
- Republican Guard
Austria
- Bundeskriminalamt
- Bundespolizei
- EKO Cobra
Bangladesh
- Special Security Force
- President Guard Regiment
- Special Security and Protection Battalion
- Special Branch
- Ansar Guard Battalion
- Diplomatic Security Division
Belarus
- Belarusian Presidential Security Service
Brazil
- Brazilian Federal Police
- Municipal Guards
Bulgaria
- National Protection Service – A militarized service, legally a part of the armed forces, but outside of Ministry of Defense jurisdiction. Directly subordinated to the Office of the President. Provides close protection for the President and Vice-president of the Republic of Bulgaria, their families, the national residence sites, the Chairman of the parliament, the chairmen of parliamentary factions, the Attorney General, the Prime Minister and the ministers, the previous President and politicians, who are deemed under threat. The service uses ground forces ranks. The Director of the National Protection Service is a Major-General and his deputy is a Brigade General.
Canada
- Royal Canadian Mounted Police
- Parliamentary Protective Service
Chile
- Palace Guard and Presidential Escort of Carabineros de Chile
China
- Central Security Bureau of the Communist Party of China
- People's Armed Police
Colombia
- Dirección de Protección y Servicios Especiales
Czech Republic
- Útvar pro ochranu prezidenta České republiky
- Ochranná služba Policie České republiky
Denmark
- Politiets Efterretningstjeneste
- Danish Army Protection Team
Finland
- Dignitary Protection Service, Helsinki Police Department
France
- Groupe de sécurité de la présidence de la République
- Service de Protection des Hautes Personnalités
- French Republican Guard
Georgia
- Special State Protection Service
Germany
- Landespolizei
- Sicherungsgruppe of the Bundeskriminalamt
Hong Kong
- VIP Protection Unit
- Witness Protection Unit
Hungary
- Counter Terrorism Centre
- Készenléti Rendőrség
India
- President's Bodyguard
- Special Protection Group
- National Security Guards
Indonesia
- Paspampres
Ireland
- Garda Síochána Crime & Security Branch
- *Special Detective Unit
- *Emergency Response Unit
- Defence Forces Army Ranger Wing
Israel
- Knesset Guard
- Shin Bet
Italy
- Corazzieri Regiment
- Reparto Carabinieri Scorte e Sicurezza
- Reparto Scorte Polizia di Stato
Japan
- Imperial Guard of Japan
- Security Police
Monaco
- Compagnie des Carabiniers du Prince
Nigeria
- State Security Service
Norway
- Hans Majestet Kongens Garde , light infantry battalion of the Norwegian Army, tasked with the protection of the Norwegian royal family and the royal residences and defence of the capital Oslo.
- Den Kongelige Politieskorte is a police unit under the Oslo Police district. This force is responsible only for the security of the royal family and can trace its roots back to the return of the King immediately after the end of the Second World War.
- Politiets Sikkerhetstjeneste, security service under the control of the Ministry of Justice and the Police, tasked with the security of members of the Norwegian government, members of parliament and visiting foreign dignitaries.
New Zealand
- Diplomatic Protection Squad
North Korea
- Main Office of Adjutants
- Supreme Guard Command
- State Security Department
Philippines
- Presidential Security Group
- Philippine National Police - Police Security and Protection Group
Poland
- Służba Ochrony Państwa
- Żandarmeria Wojskowa – Oddział Specjalny Żandarmerii Wojskowej w Warszawie
Portugal
- Personal Security Corps of the Public Security Police
Romania
- Serviciul de Protecţie şi Pază
Russia
- Federal Protective Service
- Ministry of Internal Affairs
- GRU
- Federal Security Service
Serbia
- Security Department within the Ministry of Foreign Affairs
- Law enforcement
- *Serbian Police Department for Security
- Military
- *Cobras MP
Slovakia
- Office for the Protection of Constitutional Officials and Diplomatic Missions
Slovenia
- Slovenian Police – Security and Protection Office
Sri Lanka
- Sri Lanka Army
- *President's Guard
- *Commando Regiment
- Sri Lanka Police Service
- * President's Security Division
- * Prime Minister's Security Division
- * Special Task Force
South Korea
- Presidential Security Service
Spain
- Spanish Royal Guard
- Spanish Royal House Security Service
- Department of Security of the Presidency of the Government
Sweden
- SÄPO
Thailand
- Royal Security Command – Militarised royal guards under the Monarchy of Thailand.
- * Royal Thai Aide-De-Camp Department – A division within the command that provides personal protective security to the royal family.
- King's Guard – Ceremonial distinction given to various units in the armed forces.
- Special Branch Bureau – Personal protective security to members of the Royal Thai Government.
Turkey
- General Directorate of Security
- * Department of Presidential Security
- * Department of Prime Minister's Security
- * Department of Grand National Assembly's Security
- * Police Counter Attack Team
- Presidential Guard Regiment
United Kingdom
- Civil Nuclear Constabulary
- Metropolitan Police Service
- * Protection Command
- Ministry of Defence Police
- Northern Ireland Security Guard Service
- Royal Military Police Close Protection Unit
United States of America
- Department of Homeland Security
- * Secret Service
- * Federal Air Marshal Service
- * Federal Protective Service
- * Coast Guard Investigative Service
- Department of State
- *Diplomatic Security Service
- Department of Justice
- * Marshals Service
- * FBI Police
- Department of Defense
- * Air Force Office of Special Investigations
- * Army Criminal Investigation Command
- * Defense Criminal Investigative Service
- * Naval Criminal Investigative Service
- * Pentagon Force Protection Agency
- Department of the Treasury
- *Mint Police
- Department of Veterans Affairs
- *Veterans Affairs Police
- Department of the Interior
- *Park Police
- *National Zoological Park Police
- United States Postal Service
- *Postal Inspection Service
- Congress of the United States
- * Capitol Police
- other
- *District of Columbia Protective Services Division
- *Amtrak Police
- *Supreme Court Police
Vatican
- Swiss Guard
Vietnam
- High Command of Protective Guard of Vietnam, part of the Ministry of Public Security
Historical
- Praetorian Guard
- Jovians and Herculians
- Varangian Guard
- Janissaries
- Ghilman
- Imperial Guard
- Imperial Guard
- Schutzstaffel
- :hu:Köztársasági Őrezred Until 1 July 2012
- BM Kormányőrség from 1957 to 1990
- Magyar Királyi Testõrség from 1920 to 1945
- Magyar Királyi Darabont Testőrség from 1904 to 1918
- :de:K.u. Leibgarde|cs. kir. csendőr-testőrség 1850–1918
- Magyar Királyi Nemes Testőrség from 1760 to 1850
- Republican Guard
- Shinsengumi
Iran under the Pahlavi dynasty
Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth
Second Polish Republic
- Kompania Zamkowa 1926–1939
- Biuro Ochrony Rządu 1956–2018
Great Britain