The Brigade Speciale Beveiligingsopdrachten found its origin as the Dutch counterpart to the German GSG9, basing its structure on the German unit. It was created in 1976 due to the risk of the Netherlands being a terrorist target in the 1970s.
The task
The BSB was established as a bridge between the Special Assistance Unit from the Marine Corps and the SWAT team of the police. The BSB, which is part of the military police and therefore a military organization consists only of soldiers. These are recruited from its own ranks of the military police, regional police and various special defense units. All BSB'ers follow the BSB training and then further specialization. Also follow the candidate BSB'ers who do not come from the Royal Military Constabulary and police training for General Investigation Officer. The official job title is "Sergeant special assignments". The BSB will in all cases act as a unit and never come out as an individual. From protecting the privacy of its members, the BSB does not comment on personal details. The BSB has four divisions:
Close Protection
Observation
Special Assignments
Arrest Team
Personal security This mainly concerns the security of embassy personnel; include foreign attachés. This VIPpers works closely the DKDB of the National Police. Observation Like any OT is the IP BSB deployed after a charge for systematic observation was issued by a prosecutor. The legal frameworks for this are given in the Code of Criminal Procedure and the Law Special powers. Systematic observation loves nothing more or less than the secretly observing people in order to to gain insight into his private life. Often this is accompanied by 'tapping' of the phone of the subject. The duration of the observation says nothing about whether or not systematic. The depth and purpose though. Observation Teams use the BSB in dynamic observation nondescript cars to follow, from photographing or filming. Static observation often happens from one fixed objects from which a subject is viewed. This usually happens in so-called driving and follow teams of 7 to 10 members. At major events mixing members of the surveillance team is among the spectators or they take place strategic locations. Observing 'dangerous' activists is also a task of the BSB. This is done regularly on request include the AIVD. The observation teams from the AIVD indeed are not armed, which the BSB however. Special Missions Under the mandate of special missions department under other securing POLADS. Also, Special Assignments task to perform special assignments for the state. Arrest Team The SWAT team of the BSB will be deployed to take action in life-threatening and tactically difficult situations, such as the maintenance of armed and dangerous criminals, the overpowering of jumpers, performing specific work at height and negotiate or act during a hostage situation. The AOT BSB is widely used against foreign criminals to be arrested in the Netherlands or to be overpowered. The AOT BSB will also perform arrests of soldiers when necessary, since the BSB is part of the Royal Military Police.
Vehicles The BSB has various types of vehicles, some of which are armored. The following vehicles are known as BSB vehicles, but for security reasons no official announcements have been made:
