A cikin Amurka, ƙungiyar SWAT (makamai na musamman da dabaru) ƙungiya ce ta tilasta bin doka wacce ke amfani da kayan aiki na musamman ko na soja da dabaru. An fara kirkirar ta ne a cikin shekarun 1960 don magance rikice-rikice ko tashin hankali tare da masu laifi, adadi da amfani da ƙungiyoyin SWAT sun ƙaru a cikin shekarun 1980 da 1990 a lokacin Yaƙin kan Magunguna kuma daga baya bayan hare-haren 11 ga Satumba. A cikin Amurka har zuwa 2005, an tura ƙungiyoyin SWAT sau 50,000 a kowace shekara, kusan kashi 80% na lokacin da za su yi aiki da umarnin bincike, galibi don narcotics.
(makamai na musamman da dabaru)