snatch squad
Quick arrest unit
A snatch squad is a group of police or soldiers trained to move quickly into a crowd to seize specific individuals—typically protest leaders or suspects.
The tactic aims to extract targets before the crowd can react: The snatch squad grabbed three organizers before anyone knew what was happening.
The term is chiefly British.
- swatHit something sharply
- grab and goQuick pickup format
- detainmentEnforced holding of someone
- mass arrestSimultaneous detention of many
- riot policeOfficers deployed for civil unrest
riot gear · plainclothes · apprehension · kettling · capture · strikeforce · extraction · law enforcement · undercover cops · incursion · protesters · street protest · civil unrest · police brutality · SWAT team · tactical unit · special forces · public order
snatch squadcrowd control
Regulating gathered masses
shield wall · police line · defensive perimeter · defensive formation · kettle
snatch squadrescue team
Group saving endangered people
protection detail · extraction team · humanitarian corridor · evacuation team · negotiation team
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