Law Enforcement Detachments
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Law Enforcement Detachments are specialized, deployable maritime law enforcement teams of the United States Coast Guard. First established in 1982, their primary mission is to deploy aboard U.S. and a
Tactical Law Enforcement Team South interdicts illegal drugs in Eastern Pacific Ocean
TACLET Sniper Airborne use of force
Members of LEDET 1 conduct migrant interdiction operations during Operation Able Vigil in September 1994.
Law Enforcement Detachment 203 conducting dockside inspection of suspected smuggling on oil ship during Operation Iraqi Freedom
The Deployable Specialized Forces, formerly the Deployable Operations Group, are part of the United States Coast Guard that provide highly equipped, trained and organized deployable specialized forces
Law Enforcement Detachments
…operations. LEDETs are the operational elements of the Coast Guard’s two Tactical Law Enforcement Teams (TACLETs) which are part of the Coast Guard’s Deployable Specialized Forces (DSF). As of April 2010 there are seventeen LEDETs. The Coast Guard officially established the Law Enforcement Detachment program in 1982. The first…
MSRT West trains for a simulated terrorist threat aboard the vessel
Coast Guard SEAL being pinned with his SEAL Trident
U.S. Coast Guardsmen assigned to Advanced Interdiction Team 4 fast-rope
Maritime Security Response Team members fast-roping out of helicopter