It was made in response to needing to protect Tanzania's borders, escalating terrorist threats in East Africa, and a deficit in tactical capability to address those issues.
The first wave of chosen recruits were sent to the United States to receive training on variety of topics which include responding to an active shooters, border patrol interdiction, and mitigating explosives.
This included breaching entry tools, medical kits, flashlights, vests with trauma plates, helmets, ballistic shields, targets, handcuffs, realistic training weapons, explosive IED training replicas, binoculars, and gas masks.
[2] Oversight of the force is shared by the Principal Secretary of the Ministry of Home Affairs and the Inspector-General of Police.
[4] According to World Bank data, crime rates in Tanzania have shown a consistent decline, decreasing by 3.51% between 2018 and 2019, and by 18.42% between 2019 and 2020.