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The Special Units of the Federal Police (CGSU: Commissariaat-Generaal/Commissariat-Général Special Units) is the Belgian Federal Police's Counter-Terrorism unit. The CGSU is deployed in cases of terrorism, kidnappings, hostage taking and other forms of serious crime. ==Organisation== As the unit's commander, Eric Liévin, said, "a criminal dealing with the CGSU, has a better chance of surviving than another; they try to use a minimal level of violence/force, and yet try to attain a maximum level of efficiency."(). The CGSU consists of an intervention unit, observation unit and a technical unit all stationed in the Police caserne in Etterbeek, also the home of the Mounted Police (Politie te Paard/Police à Cheval) and the Specialized Intervention service (dienst Gespecialiseerde Interventie/service Intervention Spécialisée). The unit is believed to employ about 50 officers, all of which have a background as a sharpshooter. Overall control of the CGSU lies with the Ministry of Internal Affairs, but depending on circumstances the unit can be deployed under operational control of the Ministry of Justice. Prior to 1994 the unit was commanded by the Ministry of Defense. Two more specialised units also exist, one team has six trained police dogs for detecting the presence of explosive materials or ammunition, the other one is the Disaster Victim Identification (DVI) team, which was created in 1978 after the Los Alfaques Disaster. Four decentralized CGSU platoons exist in Antwerp, Ghent, Charleroi and Liege; the so-called POSA (Protection, Observation, Support, Apprehension) platoons. ==Tasks== CGSU provides ongoing support to the federal and local levels in the areas of: * Intervention and arrest (hostagesituations and barricaded suspectsituations) * Provision of expertise and advice * Special investigative techniques * Specialized technical support * Support of specialised means (divers, climbers, snipers, maritime operation, etc.) * Support of the European Anti-terrorism organisation 'Atlas' with the possibility of deployment abroad 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Federal Police Special Units」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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