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Security forces
Security forces are statutory organizations with internal security mandates. In the legal context of several nations, the term has variously denoted police and military units working in concert,[1] or the role of military and paramilitary forces (such as gendarmerie or military police) tasked with the internal provision of public security.[2]
List of security forces
Examples of formally designated security forces include:
- Afghan National Security Forces
- Central Industrial Security Force of India
- Central Security Forces of Egypt
- Federal Security Force of Pakistan
- Israeli Security Forces
- Internal Security Forces of Lebanon
- Iraqi Security Forces
- Irish Security Forces
- Kosovo Security Force
- Macau Security Force
- Palestinian National Security Forces
- Public Security Forces of Bahrain
- Puntland Security Force
- Rhodesian Security Forces
- RNZAF Security Forces
- Security Forces Command of Northern Cyprus
- Sri Lanka Civil Security Force
- United States Air Force Security Forces
- United States Marine Corps Security Force
See also
References
- ^ Jacklyn Cock, Laurie Nathan (1989). War and Society: The Militarisation of South Africa. New Africa Books. ISBN 978-0-86486-115-3.
- ^ Alan Bryden, Heiner Hänggi (1989). Reform and Reconstruction of the Security Sector (PDF). Transaction Publishers. ISBN 978-3-8258-7770-5.