Security forces

Security forces are statutory organizations with internal security mandates.

In the legal context of several countries, the term has variously denoted police and military units working in concert,[1] or the role of irregular military and paramilitary forces (such as gendarmerie) tasked with public security duties.

[2] Examples of formally designated security forces include:

Afghan Local Police , Afghan National Army , and United States Army personnel during a presence patrol in Logar Province , Afghanistan in 2013