The PTJ's responsibilities included: resolving hostage situations, anti-terrorist operations, high-profile arrests and bomb disposal.

[2] Candidates were selected from the Žandarmerija, who underwent rigorous physical evaluations before tactical training could begun.

PTJ training centres were located at Petrovo Selo near Kula and Goč near Vrnjačka Banja.

Weapons used include:[5] In 13 operations across eight cities in Serbia, the PTJ arrested numerous members of the so-called "Customs Mafia".

They detained known organized crime leaders such as Sreten Jocić from the Netherlands; Dejan Milenković from Greece; Ridvan Rašitija from Switzerland; and extradited Abdelmajid Bouchar, (a member of "Al-Qaeda" suspected in connection with the 2004 Madrid train bombings), to Spain.