# List of protective service agencies

This is a list of government security police and bodyguard organizations.

## Albania

* Republican Guard (Albania)

## Australia

* Australian Federal Police

## Austria

* Bundeskriminalamt
* Bundespolizei
* EKO Cobra

## Bangladesh

* Special Security Force
* President Guard Regiment
* Special Security and Protection Battalion
** Armed Police Battalion
* Special Branch
* Bangladesh Ansar

## Belarus

* Belarusian Presidential Security Service

## Brazil

* Institutional Security Bureau

## Bulgaria

* National Protection Service

## Canada

* Royal Canadian Mounted Police
* Parliamentary Protective Service
* Alberta Sheriffs Branch
* High Sheriff of Newfoundland and Labrador
* Canadian Forces Military Police
* Ministry of Public Security (Quebec)

## Chile

* Palace Guard and Presidential Escort of Carabineros de Chile

## China (PRC)

* Central Security Bureau of the Chinese Communist Party (中共中央办公厅警卫局)
* People's Armed Police

## China (ROC/“Taiwan”)

* Special Service Command Center, National Security Bureau (特種勤務指揮中心)

## Cyprus

* Presidential Guard Unit

## Czech Republic

* Útvar pro ochranu prezidenta České republiky
* Ochranná služba Policie České republiky

## Denmark

* Royal Life Guards
* Politiets Efterretningstjeneste

## 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

* Bundespolizei
** GSG 9
* Landespolizei
* Bundeskriminalamt
** Sicherungsgruppe (SG)
*** Missions Abroad and Special Operations Unit

## Greece

* Evzones Presidential Guard
* Hellenic Police

## Hong Kong

* VIP Protection Unit (要員保護組)

## Hungary

* Counter Terrorism Centre (TEK – Terrorelhárítási Központ)
* Készenléti Rendőrség (Operational Police)

## India

* Special Protection Group
* National Security Guard
* President's Bodyguard

## Indonesia

* Presidential Security Force (Paspampres)

## Ireland

* Garda Síochána Crime & Security Branch (CSB)
** Special Detective Unit (SDU)
** Emergency Response Unit (ERU)
* Defence Forces Army Ranger Wing (ARW)

## Israel

* Knesset Guard
* Shin Bet

## Italy

* Corazzieri

## Japan

* Imperial Guard of Japan
* Security Police, Tokyo Metropolitan Police Department

## Malaysia

* Special Actions Unit

## Monaco

* Compagnie des Carabiniers du Prince

## Nigeria

* State Security Service

## Norway

* Hans Majestet Kongens Garde (HMKG) (His Majesty The King's Guard)
* Den Kongelige Politieskorte (The Royal Police Escort)
* Politiets Sikkerhetstjeneste (PST)

## Netherlands

* Grenadiers' and Rifles Guard Regiment
* Garderegiment Fuseliers Prinses Irene
* National Expertise and Operations Unit, National Police Corps

## New Zealand

* Diplomatic Protection Squad

## North Korea

* Supreme Guard Command (Korean: 호위사령부; Hanja: 護衛司令部)
* Ministry of State Security (Partially)

## Philippines

* Senate of the Philippines
** Office of the Sergeant-at-Arms
** Security Enforcement Service
* Armed Forces of the Philippines
** Presidential Security Group
** Philippine Marine Corps
*** Marine Security and Escort Group
* Philippine National Police
** Police Security and Protection Group

## Poland

* Służba Ochrony Państwa
* Żandarmeria Wojskowa

## Portugal

* Public Security Police

## Romania

* Serviciul de Protecţie şi Pază

## Russia

* Federal Protective Service
* Ministry of Internal Affairs (Russia)
* GRU
* Federal Security Service (Russia)

## Serbia

* Police
** Unit for the Protection of the Important Persons and Residences
* Military
** MP Special Operations Detachment "Cobras"

## Singapore

* Police Security Command

## 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 (Korean: 대통령경호처; Hanja: 大統領警護處)
** Defense Communication Command (Korean: 국군지휘통신사령부; Hanja: 國軍指揮通信司令部)
*** 90th Communication Group
** Defense Counterintelligence Command
*** 828th Guards Brigade
** Ministry of National Defense Service Support Group (Korean: 국방부 근무지원단; Hanja: 國防部 勤務支援團)
*** Military Police Battalion
** Capital Defense Command (Korean: 수도방위사령부; Hanja: 首都防衛司令部)
*** 33rd Military Police Guards Brigade
*** 55th Security Group
** Republic of Korea Navy
*** "Cheonghae" Brigade
** Republic of Korea Air Force
*** 35th Flight Group
** National Police Agency (South Korea)
*** 101st Security Group
*** 202nd Security Group
*** 22nd Police Guards Brigade
** National Fire Agency (South Korea)
*** Presidential Security Fire Brigade

## Spain

* Spanish Royal Guard
* Department of Security of the Presidency of the Government

## Sweden

* Life Guards
* SÄPO (Säkerhetspolisen)

## Thailand

* Armed Forces Security Center (AFSC) – Personal protective security for the royal family, members of the Royal Thai Government VIPs, and Thai Military VIPs.
* King's Guard – Ceremonial distinction given to various units in the Royal Thai Armed Forces and protective security to members royal family.
* National Intelligence Agency (NIA) – Maintaining civil security for civil government agencies and provides members of the Royal Thai Government protective security.
* Royal Security Command (RSC) – Militarized royal guards under the Monarchy of Thailand and provides personal protective security to the royal family.
* Special Branch Bureau (SBB) – Personal protective security to members royal family, members of the Royal Thai Government VIPs, and members of foreign governments VIPs visiting Thailand.

## Turkey

* General Directorate of Security
** Police Counter Attack Team
* Presidential Guard Regiment

## Ukraine

* State Security Administration (Ukraine)

## United Kingdom

* Household Division
* Civil Nuclear Constabulary
* Metropolitan Police Service
** Protection Command
* Ministry of Defence Police
* Northern Ireland Security Guard Service
* Royal Military Police Close Protection Unit
* Police Scotland

## United States

* Department of Homeland Security
** Secret Service
** Federal Air Marshal Service
** Federal Protective Service
** Coast Guard Investigative Service
* Department of State
** Diplomatic Security Service (DSS)
* 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
* Gendarmerie Corps of Vatican City State

## Vietnam

* Ministry of Public Security (Bộ Công an) - High Command of Protective Guard of Vietnam (Bộ Tư lệnh Cảnh vệ Việt Nam)

## Historical
### Roman Empire

* Praetorian Guard
* Jovians and Herculians

### Byzantine Empire

* Varangian Guard

### Tsarist Bulgaria

* Life Guards

### Ottoman Empire

* Janissaries

### Ethiopian Empire

* "Kebur Zabagna" Imperial Guards

### Egypt

* Ghilman

### First French Empire

* Imperial Guard (Napoleon I)

### Second French Empire

* Imperial Guard (Napoleon III)

### Nazi Germany

* Schutzstaffel (SS)

### Hungary

* Köztársasági Őrezred [hu] Until 1 July 2012
* BM Kormányőrség from 1957 to 1990
* Magyar Királyi Testõrség from 1920 to 1945

### Austria-Hungary

* Magyar Királyi Darabont Testőrség from 1904 to 1918
* cs. kir. csendőr-testőrség (Leibgarde-Gendarmerie) 1850–1918
* Magyar Királyi Nemes Testőrség from 1760 to 1850

### Iraq

* Iraqi Special Security Organization

### Edo Japan

* Shinsengumi

### Imperial Japan

* "Konoe Shidan" Imperial Guards (近衛師団)

### Achaemenid Empire

* Persian Immortals

### Iran under the Pahlavi dynasty

* Iranian Imperial Guard

### Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth

* Gwardia Piesza Koronna

### Kingdom of Laos

* Royal Lao Army, Laotian Royal Guard
* Royal Lao Police, Laotian Gendarmerie
* Royal Lao Police; Directorate of National Coordination, 1st Special Mobile Group (Groupement Mobile Speciale 1 – GMS 1)

### Second Polish Republic

* Kompania Zamkowa 1926–1939

### Poland

* Biuro Ochrony Rządu 1956–2018

### Tsarist Russia

* Russian Imperial Guard

### Kingdom of Serbia/Yugoslavia

* Royal Serbian/Yugoslav Guards

### Great Britain

* Royal Horse Guards

### Kingdom of Romania

* 1st Royal Guard "Vânători" Battalion

### Republic of Vietnam

* Presidential Guard
* Republic of Vietnam National Police VIP Protection Service