Special Assault Team
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The Special Assault Team (特殊急襲部隊, Tokushu Kyūshū Butai, SAT) is a police tactical unit maintained by individual Japanese prefectural police forces and supervised by the National Police Agency.[1] It is a national-level counterterrorism unit that cooperates with territorial-level Anti-Firearms Squads and Counter-NBC Terrorism Squads.[1] Most information on the unit has been confidential, its existence officially revealed only in 1996.
Special Assault Team | |
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特殊急襲部隊 (Japanese) Tokushu Kyūshū Butai (Japanese) | |
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Country | Japan |
Agency | Prefectural police |
Type | Police tactical unit |
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Abbreviation | SAT |
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Operatives | Approx. 300 |
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Significant operation(s) | Neomugicha incident |
The SAT is officially known in Japanese as simply Special Unit (特殊部隊, Tokushu Butai) and individual teams officially take the name of the police to which they are assigned; an example would be the Tokyo Metropolitan Police Department Special Unit (警視庁特殊部隊, Keishicho Tokushu Butai, Metropolitan Police Department Special Unit) for the SAT unit assigned to the Tokyo Metropolitan Police Department.