• Special Branch is a label customarily used to identify units responsible for matters of national security and intelligence in British, Commonwealth, Irish...
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  • RUC Special Branch was the Special Branch of the Royal Ulster Constabulary, and was heavily involved in the British state effort during the Troubles,...
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  • The Special Branch (SB) is an intelligence agency of Bangladesh Police, being a part of the Bangladeshi intelligence community. The chief of the SB has...
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    The Special Branch or SB (Malay: Cawangan Khas) is an intelligence agency attached to the Royal Malaysia Police. The SB is empowered to acquire and develop...
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    Special Branch was a unit in the Metropolitan Police in London, formed as a counter-terrorism unit in 1883 and merged with another unit to form Counter...
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  • Special Branch (Pakistan) (Urdu: سپیشل برانچ ) are an intelligence unit in the Police Service of Pakistan. It is a specialized unit responsible for collecting...
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    agency under Ministry of Home Affairs. It was founded in 1887 as Central Special Branch, and is reputed to be the oldest such organization in the world. Until...
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  • Special Investigation Branch (SIB) was the name given to the detective branches of all three British military police arms: the Royal Navy Police, Royal...
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  • Special Branch is a British television series made by Thames Television for ITV and shown between 1969-1970 and 1973-1974. A police drama series, the action...
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  • The Special Branch Bureau or SBB (Thai: กองบัญชาการตำรวจสันติบาล) is a Law enforcement agency under the Royal Thai Police Headquarters. Special Branch Bureau...
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  • Crime & Security Branch (CSB). It is the primary counter-terrorism and counter-espionage investigative unit within the state. The Special Detective Unit...
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    Special Branch (Chinese: 政治部; lit. 'Political Department'), abbreviated as SB, was established in 1934 under the Crime Department of the Royal Hong Kong...
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    Intelligence Directorate led by Special Branch's Sir Basil Thomson in January 1919. The powerful partnership of MI5 and Special Branch had managed counterintelligence...
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  • Kingdom and many Commonwealth nations. A force's CID is distinct from its Special Branch (though officers of both are entitled to the rank prefix "Detective")...
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    domestic and foreign intelligence agency of Kenya. It had its origins in "Special Branch" a department of the national police that was created in 1952 under...
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    The command was formed in 2007 and is the fourth military branch of the SZ RP. The Special Troops Command (Dowództwo Wojsk Specjalnych) is based in Kraków...
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  • "Father of Indian CID". In 1929, the CID was split into Special Branch, CID and the Crime Branch (CB-CID). Some states use different names for their CID...
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    Special Branch of the Metropolitan Police, the service was responsible for overall direction and the identification of foreign agents, while Special Branch...
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    Army Special Forces (SF), colloquially known as the "Green Berets" due to their distinctive service headgear, is the special operations branch of the...
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    The Role of the Special Branch in the Malayan Emergency, 2008—the history of Malaysian Special Branch, written by former Special Branch officer, and a...
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    branch has a Branch Chief who is the Head of the Branch and usually serves as the respective branch school commandant or director. Special branches -...
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  • include all combat, combat support (CS), combat service support (CSS), special branches, and training battalions in the Regular Army, Army National Guard,...
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  • (South) Pahang – 2 December 1960 Special Branch Staff Officer, Bukit Aman, Kuala Lumpur – 16 January 1962 Selangor Special Branch Staff Officer – 8 August 1966...
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    structure comprises units like Law & Order, Crime Branch, Armed Police Battalions, State Special Branch, Kerala Police Academy, Coastal Police, State Crime...
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  • The Special Operations Forces Branch (SOFB, French: Branche des forces d'opérations spéciales, BFOS) is a personnel branch of the Canadian Armed Forces...
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    postal censorship, led to Special Branch underestimating the threat. In spite of these problems, and although Special Branch was wholly inexperienced in...
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  • (NSI) Special Security Force – Intelligence Bureau (SSF-IB) Cabinet Division National Security Affairs Cell Ministry of Home Affairs Special Branch (SB)...
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  • 1918 after the Sepoy Mutiny of 1915. In 1933, the CID was renamed as Special Branch. In 1939, it was restructured into the Malayan Security Service (MSS)...
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    denote membership in a particular area of military specialism and series of functional areas. Army branch insignia is similar to the line officer and staff...
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    when diplomacy and military action are not feasible. The Ground Branch of the Special Operations Group has been known to operate alongside the United...
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