Police and SWAT Operations

Images feature law enforcement officers in tactical gear during crowd control, arrests, and SWAT operations, reflecting police readiness and response.

Military policeman aiming guns from behind a police riot shield.

Police action against the demonstration against the reformed Infection Protection Act by Corona sceptics, taken in Berlin, 18.11.2020., Berlin, Germany, Europe

German SWAT team arresting a man who threatened his wife with a gun, Leinfelden-Echterdingen, Baden-Wuerttemberg, Germany, Europe

Military policeman aiming guns from behind a police riot shield.

DEU Germany: Exercise of a SWAT Team Hemer on a special police training ground.

SWAT Team Officer Rappelling and Aiming Gun

Riot police on duty during crowd protest or demonstration

Politie, police tape in front of Belgian riot squad forming a protective barrier with riot shields in Belgium

HONG KONG - PROTEST - RASSEMBLEMENT DE SOUTIEN AU OUIGOURSRassemblement du mouvement pro-democratie hongkongais en soutien aux ouigours rapidement écourté par une intervention policiere et des affrontements.HONG KONG - PROTEST - UIGUR SUPPORT RALLYRally of the pro-democracy movement in Hong Kong in support of the Uighurs quickly cut short by police intervention and clashes.

1st May rally, police officers holding leftist protesters at bay at the railway station, Heilbronn, Baden-Wuerttemberg, Germany, Europe

German SWAT team arresting a man who threatened his wife with a gun, Leinfelden-Echterdingen, Baden-Wuerttemberg, Germany, Europe

Special police forces on duty during street protest

1st May rally, a police officer from the special task forces, Heilbronn, Baden-Wuerttemberg, Germany, Europe

Rennes - Neither Macron nor Le pen. Rennes, April 27, 2017, following the result of the first round of the presidential elections, a demonstration took place with the motto "Neither Macron or Le Pen". Rennes - Ni Macron ni Le pen. Rennes, 27 Avril 2017, suite au résultat du premier tour des élections présidentielle, un manifestation a eu lieu avec comme mot d'ordre "Ni Macron, ni Le Pen".

BWTEX exercise, police and Bundeswehr rehearse the fight against terrorists together. 2, 500 people took part in the largest anti-terror exercise in Baden-Wuerttemberg. A fictitious attack is simulated, symbol photo, Stetten am kalten Markt, Baden-Wuerttemberg, Germany, Europe

U.S. Marines with Marine Corps Air Station Iwakuni Provost Marshals Office Special Reaction Team and Japan Ground Self-Defense Force members conduct a structure clearing exercise at MCAS Iwakuni, Japan, October 28, 2022. During the training, the Marines taught and practiced with JGSDF members structure clearing techniques, breaching and communication skills in preparation for Exercise Active Shield.

HONG KONG - PROTEST - EMEUTES NOCUTURNESDans le cadre du mouvement pro-democratie hongkongais, emeutes nocturnes à Mong Kok sur Kowloon.HONG KONG - PROTEST - NIGHT RIOTSAs part of the Hong Kong pro-democracy movement, night riots in Mong Kok on Kowloon.

Operational rehearsal, officers of the spezialeinsatzkommando, SEK, a special response unit of the German state police force, storming the perpetrators during a hostage situation following a bank robbery, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany, Europe

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Riot police in uniform in front of fans, Relegation, Nuremberg, Bavaria, Germany, Europe

HONG KONG - PROTEST - MARCHE DES CONSULATSA Hong Kong, le mouvement pro-democratie manifeste de consulat en consulat pour demander le soutien de la communauté internationale.HONG KONG - PROTEST - MARCH OF THE CONSULATESIn Hong Kong, the pro-democracy movement is demonstrating from consulate to consulate asking for support from the international community.

Police officers in protective clothing during operations due to corona virus infections, Rosenheim, Bavaria

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Police, special squad, SWAT Teams, Germany

DEU Germany: Exercise of a SWAT Team Hemer on a special police training ground.

A police officer from the mobile riot squad (ESMAD) points a traumatic gun at clashes as new day of anti-government protest in Bogota, Colombia against the government of President Ivan Duque and police brutality on June 2, 2021.Daniel Romero/Long Visual Press via Getty Images)

German SWAT team arresting a man who threatened his wife with a gun, Leinfelden-Echterdingen, Baden-Wuerttemberg, Germany, Europe

Marine Safety Unit Baton Rouge - New Orleans Flood Operations - Personnel - 26-HK-379-35. Hurricane Katrina

A Hong Kong, le mouvement pro-democratie manifeste de consulat en consulat pour demander le soutien de la communauté internationale.In Hong Kong, the pro-democracy movement is demonstrating from consulate to consulate asking for support from the international community.

A member of the Special Support Units (SSU) of Bosnia-Herzegovina State Investigation Protection Agency (SIPA) signals the rest of the team before checking the bus storage spaces during a raid as part of exercise Brutalist Tornjak in Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina Oct. 19, 2022. The SIPA SSU and the U.S. Army 10th Special Forces Group (Airborne) trained together with elements of the Armed Forces of Bosnia and Herzegovina in an interagency joint exercise focusing on direct action in close environments to secure high value targets.

HONG KONG - PROTEST - RASSEMBLEMENT DE SOUTIEN AU OUIGOURSRassemblement du mouvement pro-democratie hongkongais en soutien aux ouigours rapidement écourté par une intervention policiere et des affrontements.HONG KONG - PROTEST - UIGUR SUPPORT RALLYRally of the pro-democracy movement in Hong Kong in support of the Uighurs quickly cut short by police intervention and clashes.

Arm band on the uniform of a military policeman.

EAST CHINA SEA (Nov. 13, 2020) Fire Controlman (Aegis) 1st Class Jonathan Deconte, right, from Hilo, Hawaii, Fire Controlman (Aegis) 2nd Class Steven Wai, from Hercules, Calif., and Fire Controlman 2nd Class Maria Noyola, from Azusa, Calif., prepare to breach a space aboard the Ticonderoga-class guided-missile cruiser USS Shiloh (CG 67) during a visit, board, search and seizure exercise. Shiloh is forward deployed to the U.S. 7th Fleet area of operations in support of security and stability in the Indo-Pacific region.

Exercise of a Police SWAT Team, Germany

DEU Germany: Exercise of a SWAT Team Hemer on a special police training ground.

Police special task forces, SEC, during a practical rehearsal, capturing 2 perpetrators in a car, Duesseldorf, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany, Europe

DEU Germany: Exercise of a SWAT Team Hemer on a special police training ground.

Rally of the pro-democracy movement in Hong Kong in support of the Uighurs quickly cut short by police intervention and clashes.Rassemblement du mouvement pro-democratie hongkongais en soutien aux ouigours rapidement écourté par une intervention policiere et des affrontements.

DF-ST-87-07192. Subject Operation/Series: REFORGER '86 Base: Ramstein Air Base State: Rheinland-Pfalz Country: Deutschland / Germany (DEU)

Kyiv, Ukraine - January 24 2014: Cameraman in a protective helmet and bulletproof vest with marked Press TV filming an event with professional camera at Hrushevsky street during Euromaidan

British armed police officer London England

Police show presence, control in Stuttgart city centre, Baden-Wuerttemberg, Stuttgart

Lima, Peru, South America

Exercise of a Police SWAT Team, Germany, Europe

Anefo photo collection. Eighth day hostage school above Milde; Armored cars. May 31, 1977. Bovensmilde

An activist is taken away by the police during the occupation of the courtyard of the Free University of Berlin by pro-Palestinian activists. Some of the approximately 150 activists began to set up tents. The occupation is linked to the advance of the Israeli army (Israel Defence Forces, IDF) in the southern Gaza Strip near the city of Rafah. The management of the FU Berlin has ordered an evacuation. Berlin, 07.05.2024

National Guard troops secure Washington, DC on Inauguration Day, 2021.

Security, justice and back of policeman in the city working to patrol protest or march. Law enforcement, public service and safety guard or officer in uniform for protection in town street in Denmark

May 2016 (off). Social movement against the Labour Act in Rennes. Mai 2016 (off). Mouvement social contre la Loi Travail à Rennes.

1800 policemen on duty for a demonstration of approximately 60 supporters of the anti-Islamic minor political party Pro Deutschland in front of a mosque in Berlin-Neukoelln, Berlin, Germany, Europe

220416-N-NK931-825 PACIFIC OCEAN (April 16, 2022) - Lt. Jason Calata, left, and Lt. Ashley Clavette, both assigned aboard Independence-variant littoral combat ship USS Montgomery (LCS 8) monitor a fire drill during routine underway operations in the Eastern Pacific. LCS is a fast, agile, mission-focused platform designed to operate in near-shore environments, winning against 21st-century coastal threats. LCS is capable of supporting forward presence, maritime security

Zoom effect, policeman patrol

Vintage Photograph. Tactical team advancing through smoke during training exercise.

Corona deniers wanted to organise a demonstration in Dresden, which was banned by the city of Dresden. However, up to 500 people ignored this. Units of the Saxon riot police and Berlin police stopped them. A total of 780 police officers were deployed. Police forces from Berlin at the Terrassenufer

Customs check on the Strasse des 17. Juni in Berlin, 09.02.2021. (For editorial use only.) Berlin, Germany, Europe

A detail shot shows USCGC Hamilton (WMSL 753) crew members opening a fresh case of ammunition next to a pile of discharged shell casings while underway in the Atlantic Ocean, Sept. 27, 2022. Hamilton is on a scheduled deployment in the U.S. Naval Forces Europe area of operations, employed by U.S. Sixth Fleet, to defend U.S., allied and partner interests.

Spec ops police officers SWAT in black uniform in action. Spec ops police officer SWAT

Helpers pack relief supplies and food into shelters. The city is preparing for war here as well. Tank crosses are also there.

British armed police officer London England

Rothenburg Police School

Demostrators fight riot police in the city centre in Pasto Narino on May 5, 2021 after killings perpetrated by police rise up to at least 19 since the strike started.

Toledo, Ohio, Protected by hundreds of police, the neo-Nazi National Socialist Movement held a rally on the steps of the government office building. Several hundred people turned out to protest the Nazis.

North-Rhine Westphalian SWAT police during a practice, pyrotechnics, North-Rhine Westphalia, Germany

Midsection of unknown man standing in the woods in nature wearing black special forces military police uniform playing laserwar lasertag airsoft game holding grenade replica infrared sensor laser tag

Operational exercise, training for new SWAT officers, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany, Europe

Mural police officer patrol

Water cannon and police in the city centre, demonstration of the AfD party, Stuttgart, Baden-Wuerttemberg, Germany, Europe

Special operation at Potsdamer Platz, traffic control by police officers of the motorised traffic squadron, Berlin, Germany, Europe

May 2016 (off). Social movement against the Labour Act in Rennes. Mai 2016 (off). Mouvement social contre la Loi Travail à Rennes.

U. S. Marines, with Fleet Anti-Terrorism Security Team Company Europe (FASTEUR), participate in a room clearing exercise with the Spanish National Police's Grupo Especial de Operaciones (GEO), May 16, 2022. FASTEUR, under Task Force 61/2, is in the U.S. Naval Forces Europe area of operations, employed by U.S. Sixth Fleet to defend U.S., allied and partner interests.

Israel. Jerusalem. Military service. Soldiers of Israel's military visiting the Western Wall.

In Al Tabqah, Syria on January 18, 2026, a convoy of Syrian Government forces deploys throughout the city following the withdrawal of SDF forces. Local civilians are seen gathering in the streets to welcome the troops with celebrations, marking the return of government control to this strategic city in northeast Syria, Raqqa, Tabqah, Syria

Bundeswehr and Albanian soldiers participate in a culminating event known as Bronze Shield during Kosovo Force 33 (KFOR) Mission Rehearsal Exercise (MRE) at the Joint Multinational Readiness Center in Hohenfels, Germany, Feb. 10, 2024. KFOR MRE is a multinational training event to prepare NATO forces for their deployment to Kosovo NATO Peacekeeping missions. Army

Hundreds of people take part in a pro-Palestine demonstration in Frankfurt am Main on 14.10.2023. The rally is accompanied by a massive police contingent. Following Hamas' terrorist attack on Israel, there were numerous reactions throughout Germany., Goetheplatz, Frankfurt am Main, Hesse, Germany, Europe

Motorcycle police in formation riding in Rose Parade, Pasadena, California

Haitian fire fighters transport the remains of an earthquake victim to a vehicle to be taken away. Department of Defense assets have been deployed to assist in the Haiti relief effort following a magnitude 7 earthquake that hit the city on Jan. 12, 2010.

Detail of Police officer wearing body armour and holding Hand Cuffs.

Soldiers of 2-151st Infantry Battalion Task Force Nighthawk continue the third day of crowd riot control training as they react to molotov cocktails being thrown at their feet, during a Kosovo Force (KFOR) mission rehearsal exercise, at the Joint Multinational Readiness Center, in Hohenfels, Germany, Oct. 8, 2022. KFOR 31 is a multinational training event conducted to prepare units for their deployment to the Kosovo Regional Command East. (U.S. Army photos by Staff Sgt. Anna Pongo)

Police at an emergency mission, Madrid, Spain

France. Ile De France. Paris. Police

A police officer from the mobile riot squad (ESMAD) points a traumatic gun at clashes as new day of anti-government protest in Bogota, Colombia against the government of President Ivan Duque and police brutality on June 2, 2021.Daniel Romero/Long Visual Press via Getty Images)

Germany, Weeze : Police exercise of german and dutch police units, action against violent football fans, Europe

Police man, van and security in the city of Denmark for street safety, service or law enforcement patrol. Back of male officer standing ready to fight crime for justice or riot control in urban town

Milan, Coronavirus Covid 2019 emergency, police checks in Corso Venezia to enforce the strict quarantine provisions (Milan - 2020-03-28, Massimo Alberico). The photo can be used in compliance with the context in which it was taken, and without the defamatory intent of the decorum of the people represented.

Marine Safety Unit Baton Rouge - New Orleans Flood Operations - Personnel - 26-HK-380-57. Hurricane Katrina

Toronto police at a free Palestine Rally and the protest march in Toronto - TORONTO, CANADA - APRIL 15, 2024 Toronto police at a free Palestine Rally and the protest march in Toronto - TORONTO, ONTARIO CANADA - APRIL 15, 2024 Copyright: xZoonar.com/ÊrikxLattweinx 21644178

EASA emergency exercise at BER Airport, emergency services rehearsed an emergency in the aviation security area. The airport company rehearsed for an emergency together with the federal police and fire brigade as part of an emergency exercise, 11 October 2022

Bulgarian and Serbian soldiers don riot-control gear and prepare to face-off with an unruly crowd of Marines during a Platinum Wolf 15 training scenario at South Base, Serbia Nov. 19. Platinum Wolf is a peacekeeping operations training exercise focused on non-lethal systems and basic infantry skills.

HONG KONG - PROTEST - NIGHT RIOTS - MB

A police in the night of Madrid, Spain

Police with shield Bombay Mumbai Maharashtra India Copyright: xAkellaxSrinivas/DinodiaxPhotox

Riots and protests occurred regularly in Athens, against economic austerity measures during the financial crisis of 2012

U.S. Navy Aviation Maintenance Administrationman 3rd Class Victor Fast, from Boston, front, and U.S. Navy Aviation Support Equipment Technician Airman Alex Morales, from San Antonio, both assigned to the aircraft carrier USS John C. Stennis (CVN 74), defend their team position during the Captains Cup Paintball Tournament, in Hayes, Virginia, Sep. 29, 2022. The John C. Stennis is in Newport News Shipyard working alongside NNS, NAVSEA and contractors conducting Refueling and Complex Overhaul as part of the mission to deliver the warship back in the fight, on time and on budget, to resume its duty of defending the United States.

Police clearing a road blockade during a mass counter demonstration directed against the rally of the NPD party and the right-wing movement Pro NRW, Duisburg-Marxloh, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany, Europe

Counter Protestors at the Million MAGA March

Members of the Special Support Units (SSU) of Bosnia-Herzegovina State Investigation Protection Agency (SIPA) assess the storage units under the bus before searching them during a raid as part of exercise Brutalist Tornjak in Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina Oct. 19, 2022. The SIPA SSU and the U.S. Army 10th Special Forces Group (Airborne) trained together with elements of the Armed Forces of Bosnia and Herzegovina in an interagency joint exercise focusing on direct action in close environments to secure high value targets.

Policeman with his badge of rank

Recruits of division 109 pass shipmates through a scuttle during the Forestal Escape scenario of Battle Stations at Recruit Training Center Great Lakes. The object of the scenario is for all the recruits to pass through the scuttle without touching the wood surrounding them. Base: Recruit Trng Ctr, Great Lakes State: Illinois (IL) Country: United States Of America (USA)

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