The Central Reserve Forces (CRP) (Arabic: قوات الاحتياطي المركزي), also known as Abu Tira (Arabic: أبو طيرة) due to the eagle on its logo,[2] is a militarised police unit in Sudan known for committing atrocities during the War in Darfur[3] and the Sudanese revolution.

[8] Since 1992,[9] the CRF officially falls under the Ministry of Interior and operates under the mandate of the 1992 Police Force Law.

However, in practice, the CRP has operated as an auxiliary force to the National Intelligence and Security Services (NISS) under former president Omar al-Bashir, and this arrangement survived NISS's transition to the General Intelligence Service (GIS) in 2019, following al-Bashir's ouster from office.

[15] For instance, on 17 January 2022, the CRP and the anti-riot police were deployed to suppress demonstrations across Khartoum, where it used live ammunition.

[15][17] During the war in Sudan that started on 15 April 2023 between the Rapid Support Forces (RSF) and Sudanese Armed Forces (SAF), the CRP announced it would be deploying officers to the streets of Khartoum to "secure public and private property",[18] as one of several paramilitary groups intervening on the side of the SAF.