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Bosnia

IPTF: International Police Task Force, run by United Nations

France

Police Nationale: subject to local prefect and Interior Ministry (include CRS riot police)
Gendarmerie: police in barracks, are Defence Ministry personnel (Algeria and Turkey also have gendarmerie forces)
Gardiens de la Paix: municipal and traffic police

Germany

Federal Crime Office

Ireland

Garda

Italy

Carabinieri, Corps of: military-like police housed in barracks
Guardia di Pubblica Sicurezza: military-like police in barracks
Guardia di Finanza: polices smuggling, illegal entry, tax fraud
Vigili Urbani: municipal police
translations: carabinieri, public security guards or plain police

Russia

Militia: uniformed local police
OMON: interior ministry forces, quasi military

Spain

Guardia Civil: police run on military lines
Policia Armada y de Trafico: urban police, also run on military lines

United States

U.S. federal police (policemen or agents):
Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms
Federal Bureau of Investigation

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