Special Support Unit

Special Support Unit Посебна Единица за Поддршка
Patch of Rapid Deployment Unit
Abbreviation	SSU (Macedonian: (ПЕП))
Agency overview
Formed	June 5, 1989
Employees	115
Jurisdictional structure
Operations jurisdiction	North Macedonia
Legal jurisdiction	Ministry of Internal Affairs
Governing body	Government of North Macedonia
Operational structure
Overviewed by	Ministry of Internal Affairs
Headquarters	Skopje
Elected officer responsible	Oliver Spasovski, Ministry of Internal Affairs
Parent agency	Government of North Macedonia
Website
www.mvr.gov.mk

Special Support Unit is a special police unit in North Macedonia.^[1]

The Special Support Unit is made up of regular police officers who, when necessary, support other units like the Rapid Deployment Unit, SAU Tigers, Alpha, etc.

Physical fitness is a requirement for PEP, more so than for other police officers. They don't have a base; instead, they work as regular police officers in the stations, wearing camouflage as necessary. They are more trained than regular police officers, but not as well as Rapid Deployment Unit, SAU Tigers and Alpha. PEP members are physically fitter than ordinary police officers, which is the fundamental distinction between the PEP and the police. When their service is complete, a significant portion of the members from Rapid Deployment Unit, SAU Tigers and Alpha transfer to this unit.

Notable domestic missions

2015 Kumanovo shootings

See also

Special Operations Unit - Tigers

Lions (police unit)

Alpha (Police Unit)

Border Police

Rapid Deployment Unit

Ministry of Internal Affairs

Police of North Macedonia

Lake Patrol

External links

• Patches of SSU

References

This page was last edited on 22 December 2023, at 17:23