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Tactical Police Operations

Photographs of officers in tactical gear and crowd control scenarios, capturing urban law enforcement activities across different settings.

Three officers in tactical gear hold helmets in an urban environment. Mexico City, Mexico
Three officers in tactical gear hold helmets in an urban environment. Mexico City, Mexico
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Politie, police tape in front of Belgian riot squad forming a protective barrier with riot shields in Belgium
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Police officer with tear gas spray in his hand
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Casalpusterlengo; waiting for the removal of police checkpoints in the red zone, cluster of Casalpusterlengo; the trade of goods continue at the border of the still-active red zone
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09/12/2001. New York...13..9..01......World Trade Center Attack the National Guard Patrolling the Streets...Photo Corina Arranz...Archdc.
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Rassemblement du mouvement pro-democratie hongkongais.Rally of the Hong Kong pro-democracy movement.
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Riot police member fire tear gas at demostrators in Pasto Narino on May 5, 2021 after killings perpetrated by police rise up to at least 19 since the strike started.
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Policemen in riot gear and AK-47s during a demonstration against the re-opening of the Lekki toll plaza in Lagos. Activists had called for a renewed protest following a judicial panel authorization of the reopening the city's toll gate, the flash point of the #EndSARS protests against police brutality, where the military shot at peaceful protesters on 20th October 2020. The protestors were met with heavy-handed crackdown by security forces who are trying to prevent a repeat of the protests that went on for weeks in major cities in Nigeria last year. Lagos, Nigeria. (Photo by: Adeyinka Yusuf/Majority World/UIG)
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Police action against protesters during the G-8 summit, Rostock, Heiligendamm, Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania, Germany, Europe
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Operational exercise, training for new SWAT officers, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany, Europe
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Sylhet, Bangladesh. 18th July 2024. Students protesting by blocking the Sylhet-Sunamganj highway demanding quota reforms. Police thereafter tried to stop and block the protestors.
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Man dressed as a soldier with a flower in the barrel of his gun during the Juwenalia student festival, Krakow, Poland, Europe
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010926-F-4177H-010. Base: RAF Lakenheath State: East Anglia Country: England / Great Britain (ENG) Scene Major Command Shown: USAFE
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Photo essay with a mobile assistance team of a social humanitarian emergency service (Samusocial) in France.
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Riot police on duty during protest
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Belgian police on Grote Markt in Brussels
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DN-ST-88-06281. Base: Naval Air Station, Sigonella State: Sicily Country: Italy (ITA)
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A police officer loads ammunition to disperse protesters
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HONG KONG - PROTEST - NIGHT RIOTS - MB
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Indian soldier running during gun battle with militants inside Taj Mahal Hotel terrorist attack by Deccan Mujahideen Bombay Copyright: xManoejxPaateel/DinodiaxPhotox
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Members of the special unit Zentrale Unterstuetzungsgruppe Zoll (ZUZ) during the welcoming ceremony of the new ZKA President Tino Ingelmann by Federal Minister of Finance Christian Lindner in Berlin, 03.05.2023. Leon Kuegeler photothek.de, Berlin, Germany, Europe
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Exercise of a Police SWAT Team, Germany
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STAFF Sergeant Micheal T. Socey, 52d Security Forces Squadron, with his canine, increases security measures at the front gate during a base force protection exercise at Spangdahlem AB, Germany. Base: Spangdahlem Air Base State: Rheinland-Pfalz Country: Deutschland / Germany (DEU) Scene Major Command Shown: USAFE
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National Guard troops secure Washington, DC on Inauguration Day, 2021.
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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. Lateral thinking head Marcus Fuchs from Bautzen gives an interview
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DF-ST-85-13243. Subject Operation/Series: REFORGER '85 Base: Langgons Country: West Germany (FRG)
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Police training in North Rhine-Westphalia, NRW, task forces consisting of 100 police officers each in exercise area, practicing police operations for use during large-scale demonstrations, Bielefeld, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany, Europe
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A first responder assigned to the 51st Security Forces Squadron, relocates Kwangpil Pak, 51st Medical Group simulated trauma victim, to a safe extraction point during a mass casualty response training at Osan Air Base, Republic of Korea, Sept. 15, 2022. After being moved to safety, victims were treated on-scene using basic lifesaving techniques known as tactical combat casualty care.
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BELMOPAN, Belize (May 11, 2022) Police officers and service members from various partnering nations conduct public order and counter petrol bomb training, led by the Royal Bermuda Regiment, at the Belmopan Police Training Academy during Exercise Tradewinds 2022, May 11, 2022. Tradewinds 2022 is a multinational exercise designed to expand the Caribbean regions capability to mitigate, plan for, and respond to crises; increase regional training capacity and interoperability; develop new and refine existing standard operating procedures (SOPs); enhance ability to defend exclusive economic zones (EEZ); and promote human rights and adherence to shared international norms and values; fully integrate women into defense, peace and security missions; and increase maritime domain awareness to deter illegal, unregulated and unreported fishing activities.
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Northern Ireland, Derry Or Londonderry. Mural Homage To The Dead Persons During The Fighting Of 1968.
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Two Security Officers Maintained Itself, During You in a Revitalize Pedestrian Zone Patrol, Generated With Ki 1127143784
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Demonstrations, riots and clashes on New Year's Eve in Mong Kong. Hong Kong on 2019-12-31.Manifestations, émeutes et affrontements durant la nuit du nouvel an à Mong Kong. Hong Kong le 2019-12-31.
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031007-M-5977R-296. Base: Marine Corps Base, Camp Lejeune State: North Carolina (NC) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Major Command Shown: 2d Battalion 2d Marines
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060510-N-9898L-196. Base: USS Abraham Lincoln (CVN 72)
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Report from the Idomeni camp located in Greece, on the border with Macedonia.
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Zuerich-City: The police is getting ready for the labour day on May 1st at the headquarter in Kaserne
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The Argentinean team members ruck during the water and land course of the Fuerzas Comando 2022 competition in La Base Naval de Amapala, Honduras on June 20, 2022. Fuerzas Commando is a multinational SOF skills competition that showcases the diversity of the SOF community in the western hemisphere, strengthens our regional partnerships, and demonstrates readiness and interoperability across regional boundaries.
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MAY 2016. Trade unionists under the teargas. MAI 2016. Le mouvemet social du mois de Mai à Rennes, capitale de la Bretagne. Les syndicalistes sous les gaz lacrymogène.
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Police Patrol
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U.S. Soldiers from the Pennsylvania National Guard provide security at traffic control points in Washington, D.C. Jan. 16, 2021. National Guard Soldiers and Airmen from several states have traveled to Washington to provide support to federal and district authorities leading up to the 59th Presidential Inauguration.
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HONG KONG - PROTEST - RASSEMBLEMENT A LAI CHI KOKRassemblement du mouvement pro-democratie hongkongais à Lai Chi Kok devant le centre de détention où sont emprisonnes les militants arretes.HONG KONG - PROTEST - RALLY AT LAI CHI KOKRally of the pro-democracy movement in Lai Chi Kok in front of the detention centre where the arrested activists are imprisoned.
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Republican National Convention 2004 in New York City
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Covering an event with a video camera
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Shop burning in riot Copyright: xMukeshxParpiani/DinodiaxPhotox
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Milan. The deserted city center on Palm Sunday due to security measures against the spread of the coronavirus, covid-19. Cathedral Square being controlled by law enforcement and military.
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Marines from the 2d Battalion 2d Marine Regiment 2d Marine Division, Camp Lejeune, N.C., walk down the street with their M-16A2 rifles and M-249 squad automatic weapons (SAW) during Operation Uphold Democracy. They are escorted by a 5 ton truck loaded with soldiers and weapons. They are traveling from the hospital to the port facility through Cap Haitien streets. Exact Date Shot Unknown. Subject Operation/Series: UPHOLD DEMOCRACY Base: Cap Haitien Country: Haiti (HTI)
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Bologna. 03/20/2020. Armed military controls in Bologna central station for Coronavirus emergency. From today the Army patrols will join the other police forces to verify compliance with the orders issued to contain Covid-19 throughout Italy. (Bologna - 2020-03-20, Michele Lapini). 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.
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Zuerich-City: The police is getting ready for the labour day on May 1st at the headquarter in Kaserne
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Fire Brigade trying extinguish fire wing Taj Mahal hotel terrorist attack Deccan Mujahedeen 26th November 2008 in Bombay Copyright: xDinodiaxPhotox
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Marseille city hall, police in uniformed line in front of a public building, Marseille, Departement Bouches-du-Rhone, Provence-Alpes-Cote d'Azur region, France, Europe
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AIRMAN 1ST Class Kenneth Liddle and his canine partner move along parallel to protesters marching outside the perimeter fence. The protesters are demonstrating peacefully against NATO's decision to deploy Pershing II and cruise missiles in Western Europe. Base: Rhein-Main Air Base Country: Deutschland / Germany (DEU)
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Japan Ground Self-Defense Force (JGSDF) members participate in the Sasebo JSDF Parade in Sasebo, Japan Nov. 5, 2022. The parade is held annually through downtown Sasebo to commemorate Self-Defense Forces Day and to recognize local JSDF units and their host citys support.
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DF-ST-85-11247. Subject Operation/Series: BRIM FROST '85 Base: Fort Wainwright State: Alaska (AK) Country: United States Of America (USA)
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A volunteer firefighter participating in the protest as firefighters of Bogota, and across the country join in the anti-goverment protests against the tax and health reforms and the deaths caused by police brutality that rise to at least 40. In Bogota, Colombia on May 14, 2021.
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Under the watchful eyes of the local Carabineri, Muslims move into their new neighborhood in the Sarajevo suburb of Grbavica. Apartments and houses once occupied by Bosnian Serbs are the last group to be turned over to the Muslims as required by the recent Dayton Peace accord which produced a cease fire and permanent borders. Subject Operation/Series: JOINT ENDEAVOR Base: Grbavica State: Sarajevo Country: Bosnia And/I Herzegovina (BIH)
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Two firemen wearing futuristic helmets, Paris, France
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U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry looks inside the guardhouse at Checkpoint Charlie while touring Berlin, Germany, on October 22, 2014, following an event to commemorate the 25th anniversary of the fall of the Berlin Wall, and before holding a bilateral meeting with German Chancellor Angela Merkel.
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Local police officers with the Iwakuni police station are staged in their vehicles during the Crime Prevention Campaign Kickoff Ceremony in Iwakuni, Japan, Oct 11, 2022. The ceremony was held to strengthen the collaboration with the local police force and Provost Marshal's Office.
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Truck in Brussels demanding justice following the Mumbai bombings in 2018. Brussels on 2020-11-26.Camion a Bruxelles demandant justice suite aux attentats de Mumbai en 2018. Bruxelles le 2020-11-26.
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Police cordon in front of apartment building, family drama, 4 dead persons, in Eislingen, district of Goeppingen, Baden-Wuerttemberg, Germany, Europe
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Increased danger situation SEK, special task force, police car, police in front of Bundesliga match, terror threat, terror warning, German Classico FC Bayern Munich FCB vs. Borussia Dortmund BVB, Allianz Arena, logo, Munich, Bavaria, Germany, Europe
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Policeman in uniform in Old Havana.