SA Railways Police

On 24 October 1975, a new unit within SARP was formed, the South African Railways Police Special Task Force, its mission to end hostage takeovers in ships, buses, aircraft, buildings, and trains.[1] They were train at the South African Infantry School with the trained embers dispersed around the country.[1] In 1980, a reorganisation of the unit and further special forces training was organised under Brigadier A.F. Horak, with unit spread around the country.[1] The only operation the unit was known to be involved in was the ending of the Air India hijacking in Durban in 1981.[1] The unit was disbanded in 1986 and integrated into the police service.[1]