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interventna brigada

English translation: riot police

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Serbo-Croat term or phrase:interventna brigada
English translation:riot police
Entered by: Bogdan Petrovic

12:27 Mar 25, 2010
Serbo-Croat to English translations [PRO]
Law/Patents - Government / Politics / police
Serbo-Croat term or phrase: interventna brigada
interventna brigada MUP-a
Bogdan Petrovic
Serbia
Local time: 13:09
riot police
Explanation:
Има, као, некакав рјечник на овој страници:

http://users.beotel.net/~wolfe/
Selected response from:

Dejan Škrebić
Bosnia and Herzegovina
Local time: 13:09
Grading comment
hvala!
4 KudoZ points were awarded for this answer



Summary of answers provided
5Sweeney
John Farebrother
3 +1riot police
Dejan Škrebić
5 -1SWAT team
Aleksandar Stanković
3 +1intervention squad
Gordana Sujdovic


  

Answers


8 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5 peer agreement (net): +1
riot police


Explanation:
Има, као, некакав рјечник на овој страници:

http://users.beotel.net/~wolfe/

Dejan Škrebić
Bosnia and Herzegovina
Local time: 13:09
Native speaker of: Serbian
PRO pts in category: 8
Grading comment
hvala!

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Gordana Sujdovic: riot police brigade (brigada), riot police squad (odred) interventne policije
2 days 10 hrs
neutral  Larisa Djuvelek-Ruggiero (X): u Americkim police depts zapravo nema posebne jedinice koja se iskljucivo bavi interventnim poslovima, u svim intervencijama regular police is called in
3 days 12 hrs
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2 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 5/5 peer agreement (net): -1
SWAT team


Explanation:
A special group of police trained to deal with unusually dangerous or violent situations, and having special weapons, such as rifles more powerful than those carried by regular police officers. They are employed, for example, in situations when hostages are being held, or heavily armed persons need to be captured. Called also SWAT or S.W.A.T..


    Reference: http://www.thefreedictionary.com/SWAT+team
    Reference: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SWAT
Aleksandar Stanković
North Macedonia
Local time: 13:09
Specializes in field
Native speaker of: Native in MacedonianMacedonian, Native in SerbianSerbian

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
neutral  Dejan Škrebić: SWAT снажно асоцира на искључиво америчке јединице.
51 mins
disagree  Larisa Djuvelek-Ruggiero (X): nazalost, ne u ovom kontestu...
3 days 9 hrs
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2 days 4 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5 peer agreement (net): +1
intervention squad


Explanation:

IJP, Interventne Jedinice Policije, Intervention Police Units, Serbia
http://patches.puslingar.se/swatinfo.htm

Made up of elite athletes, the specialist intervention squad is responsible, ... Well-versed in all public-order techniques,
www.prefecturedepolice.interieur.gouv.fr › ... › English › Police missions



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Note added at 2 days19 hrs (2010-03-28 07:34:35 GMT)
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Reference na guglu daju različite mogućnosti, s tim što je *intervention brigade* češće u vojnom kontekstu. Mnogo je više referenci za *riot police brigade* i *riot police squad* (odgovor kolege Dejana).

As police awaited the arrival of an intervention squad, a patrol went to his ... www.flanderstoday.eu/content/three-dead-following-shoot-out...

The riot police brigade blocking the way to the police station ...
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The riot police squad was called out, and hundreds of officers formed a perimeter four or five blocks away. Rioters vandalized a fire ...
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Gordana Sujdovic
Serbia
Native speaker of: Serbian

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Larisa Djuvelek-Ruggiero (X): iako prilikom svih intervencija regular police is called in ( bar u USA), ja bi se slozila s vama ponajvise ovdje i nazvala ih tako.. :)
1 day 7 hrs
  -> Hvala, ostaje pitanje šta uraditi ako kolega u kontekstu ima i brigadu i odred:)
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4847 days   confidence: Answerer confidence 5/5
Sweeney


Explanation:
Tj Flying Squad, kako se to kaže kod nas

John Farebrother
United Kingdom
Works in field
Native speaker of: English
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