Special forces of the Belgian Federal Police
The Special Forces of the Belgian Federal Police (CGSU: Commissariaat-Generaal / Commissariat-Général Special Units) is the anti-terrorist unit of the Belgian police .
The predecessor of today's special forces is the Diane group , named after the Roman goddess of the hunt. The special forces of the Belgian Gendarmerie were set up in 1972 after the Olympic attack in Munich . It initially consisted of 120 police officers and was renamed SIE / ESI in 1976. Until the police reform in Belgium in 2007, the special units of the Belgian Federal Police were grouped under the name DSU (direction des unités spéciales / Direktion der Spezialformen). The unit had 400 members. After restructuring and name changes, the forces are now combined in the CGSU (Direction Special Units, Commissioner-General of the federal police, CGSU).
The units are members of the ATLAS network .
organization
Since 2012 the CGSU has consisted of 450 police officers and over 60 civilian employees.
The CGSU is divided into several units with different tasks.
- Intervention (access, arrest, hostage rescue)
- Observation
- Chiens
- National Technical Support Unit (NTSU)
- Team Undercover (UCT)
- Disaster Victim Identification Team
- POSA - Pelotons Protection, Observation, Appui et Arrestation
- Collaboration international (international cooperation)
Calls
The CGSU was used in the anti-terrorist operation in January 2015 to arrest Islamist terrorists. In Verviers , the suspects immediately opened fire on the special forces. The suspects used automatic weapons and Kalashnikovs . Two suspects were shot dead by the CGSU during the operation.