Spezialeinsatzkommando
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Spezialeinsatzkommandos (SEK) (previously also known as Sondereinsatzkommando) are the SWAT units of the German federal states. Most states have one or two SEK units which can be requested by the local police or other departments such as the Landeskriminalamt (LKA). SEK units operate in uniform, are heavily armed and are deployed for high-risk arrests, hostage situations, hijackings etc. The comparable unit of the German Federal Police is the GSG 9.
The North Rhine-Westphalia Police, the biggest force in Germany, has six SEKs, while most other states only have one. The Bavarian State Police and Hessen State Police have two SEKs each, one covering the north and one covering the south of the state. The SEK can be attached to the Bereitschaftspolizei or to a big regional police headquarters. The trend in most states is, however, to have the SEK subordinate to the LKA, whenever possible in a unit also comprising the Mobiles Einsatzkommando (MEK). The internal organisation of SEKs varies from state to state.
Mobile operational units (mobile Einsatzkommandos) are plain-clothed units used for special surveillance and search missions against organized crime and in blackmail cases. SEKs and MEKs are made up of volunteers.
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- Polizei.de (German)
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