Lions (police unit)
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Unit for Fast Interventions "Lions" Единица за брзи инервенции ,,Лавови" Edinica za brzi intervencii "Lavovi" |
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| Motto | „Подобро еден ден лав, отколку цел живот овца!“ "Better one day a lion, than a whole life as a sheep!" |
| Agency overview | |
| Formed | 2001 |
| Dissolved | 2004 |
| Legal personality | Governmental: Government agency |
| Jurisdictional structure | |
| National agency | Republic of Macedonia |
| Governing body | Republic of Macedonia |
| General nature |
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| Specialist jurisdiction | Counter terrorism, special weapons and tactics, protection of VIPs. |
| Operational structure | |
| Overviewed by | Ministry of Internal Affairs |
| Headquarters | Skopje |
| Agency executive | Goran Stojkov, Police general |
The Lions was a special police unit for fast interventions formed by the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Macedonia in 2001. It was dissolved in 2004. Its motto was based on the fascist leader Benito Mussolini's quote.
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