Special Squad is an Australian television series made by Crawford Productions for Network Ten in 1984.
The series focused on an elite division of the Victoria Police, which handled crimes either too sensitive or specialist for regular squads.
Don Anderson (Alan Cassell), with his main operatives being Det.
Special Squad was seen by some as an Australian answer to the British series The Professionals both for its focus on action and violence, and the fact that both programs were produced by Raymond Menmuir;[1] story consultant Gerry O'Hara also worked on both shows.
In January 2023 Crawford Productions announced that the series would be released on DVD in March 2023.