Mobile Brigade (Indonesia)

Korps Brigade Mobil (English: Mobile Brigade Corps) also known as BRIMOB POLRI or simply BRIMOB is the main special police operations force and Paramilitary of Indonesia. It is also known as for being one of the oldest unit in the Indonesian National Police. Its duties are for counter terrorism, dealing with high threat armed criminals and robbery, close protection, riot control, Search and Rescue, anti-anarchist, and explosive disposal operations in urban settings.

History

Formed in the late 1945 as a special police corps named Pasukan Polisi Istimewa (Special Police Troops) with the task of disarming remnants of the Japanese Imperial Army and protecting the chief of state and the capital city. Under the Japanese, it was called Tokubetsu Keisatsutai (特別警察隊). It fought in the revolution and was the first military unit to engage in the Battle of Surabaya under the command of Police Inspector Moehammad Jasin.

On 14 November 1946, Prime Minister Sutan Sjahrir reorganised the Polisi Istimewa into the Mobile Brigade (Mobrig). This day is celebrated as the anniversary of this Blue Beret Corps. This Corps was reconstituted to suppress military and police conflicts and even coup d'etats.