Only SWAT?

 

K9 is military police?

 

 

Only SWAT?

 

K9 is military police?

 almost all types of law enforcement agencies (state, local, and federal) in the United States have K-9, K-9 is not only military even though they do have K-9

All departments have specialized units, they are the guys on call 24/7 get the fun training down at the federal training academy but names vary.

In NYPD there are several specialized units but the guys who are trained for just about ever scenario is the Hercules Unit- those are the really bad ass guys with the MP5's and the armor vehicle (established after 9-11),but the are a unit inside the ESU (emergency services unit).Some Federal agencies like the FBI have ERT units (emergency response team) Thebn there are your typical SWAT teams Connecticut has a multi-dept SWAT team which is not only put together with state police but include some city departments.

Hope that answers your question

BTW K-9 unit is not military police although military police do have K9 EOD (explosives ordinace division)

and being a K9 officer does not always make a "special unit officer" some go out on patrol just like everyone else

K9 means a police dog (it's a pun on "canine", which for some odd reason has become universal to refer to police/military/etc. dogs). It has nothing to do with the military police; the military police also have K9s (as do other military units; dogs aren't only used by law enforcement). Whether different units are "specialized" or not depends on the department. Highway Patrol is considered an elite unit in a few cities; SWAT teams are considered specialized; detectives are specialized; so are undercover operations; bomb disposal is specialized, but not necessarily a police-only task (fire departments also can be part of bomb squads); etc. Elite and specialized are different, though - not every officer wants to be SWAT, or a detective, or a bomb tech, or anything of that sort. Also, many of these officers are also standard patrol officers - dogs can be used for bomb detection, drug detection, tracking, rescue, or even just for patrol tasks.

Also, in the US, the military police don't do much outside military bases. In general, it is illegal for members of the Army, Navy, Air Force, or Marines to enforce civilian law (this even prevents a civilian cop from deputizing them temporarily, which civilian cops are generally allowed to do in other cases). The main exception is to handle cases where order needs to be restored (i.e. insurrections and mass riots) (the National Guard *can* enforce laws when acting as a state force, but this is also generally to deal with riots).