riot squad

noun

1. a group of police officers having special training and equipment for quelling riots and other public disturbances.

Word History and Origins

Origin of riot squad¹

First recorded in 1945–50

Example Sentences

One month after Mahsa Amini’s death, Kosar was shot at in her genital area by a riot squad officer with a paintball gun.

From BBC

Riot Squad, one of four supporter groups that agreed to not to attend home games as long as Chris Klein remained the team’s president.

From Los Angeles Times

But they have been regularly accused of arbitrarily beating people, drawing comparisons with “Les Voltigeurs,” a motorcycle riot squad that was disbanded in 1986 after three of its members beat a French-Algerian student to death.

From New York Times

Petro has promised to reform or even dismantle the police riot squad, which is implicated anti-government protest deaths last year.

From Reuters

In the wake of a protest in spring 2020 at Prison 15 in Angarsk, near the city of Irkutsk, the authorities sent in the riot squad.

From BBC