- The Nigeria Police Special Forces were trained in the Republic of Belarus in 2014 to handle rigorous and specialized task with sophisticated weapons.
- Nine-seven (97) Personnel of the Nigeria Police Special Forces were drawn from the Police Mobile Force (PMF), Counter Terrorism Unit (CTU) and the Special Protection Unit (SPU).
- The screening exercise was conducted at the Presidential Guards Brigade, Abuja with the Armed Forces, DSS and NIA.
- The unit is specially designed, organized, trained and equipped to handle militarized operations with special skills in Combat Communication; Ranger, Sniper, Combat medic, Combat diverse
- Rappeller, Optic intelligent
- Drone operation
- etc
- The Nigeria Special Forces is saddled with special roles which include;
- Combat search
- Hostage rescue operation
- Offensive and Defensive actions
- Foreign Internal Defense
- Support to counter insurgency operation
- Recon and patrolling
- Etc
- Some of the special Operations the Nigeria Police Special Forces have actively participated include;
- Quelling the Kafanchan Herders Farmers Crises in 2017
- Suppressing he Herders – Farmers clash in Benue in 2018
- Operation Puff Adder
Several kidnap rescue operations
