Special Support Unit Посебна Единица за Поддршка
Patch of Rapid Deployment Unit
Abbreviation	SSU (Macedonian: (ПЕП))
Agency overview
Formed	June 5, 1989
Employees	115
Jurisdictional structure
Operations jurisdiction	North Macedonia
Legal jurisdiction	Ministry of Internal Affairs
Governing body	Government of North Macedonia
Operational structure
Overseen by	Ministry of Internal Affairs
Headquarters	Skopje
Elected officer responsible	Oliver Spasovski, Ministry of Internal Affairs
Parent agency	Government of North Macedonia
Website
www.mvr.gov.mk

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Special Support Unit (SSU) is a paramilitary police unit of the Police of North Macedonia, Ministry of Internal Affairs in the Republic of North Macedonia.^[1]

The Special Support Unit is made up of regular paramilitary police officers who, when necessary, support other units like the Alpha, Rapid Deployment Unit (EBR), Special Operations Unit (aka Tigers), etc.

Physical fitness is a requirement for SSU, more so than for other police officers. They don't have a base; instead, they work as regular police officers in the stations, wearing camouflage as necessary. They are more trained than regular paramilitary police officers, but not as well as Alpha, Rapid Deployment Unit, and Special Operations Unit. SSU members are physically fitter than ordinary police officers, which is the fundamental distinction between the SSU and the police. When their service is complete, a significant portion of the members from Alpha, Rapid Deployment Unit, and Special Operations Unit transfer to this unit.

Although the SSU is not as well trained as main paramilitary polices units like the Alpha, Rapid Deployment Unit, and Special Operations Unit which spearhead about commando style raids on key targets, counterinsurgency, executive protection, high-risk tactical law enforcement situations, operating in difficult to access terrain, providing security in areas at risk of attack or terrorism, special reconnaissance, support crowd control and riot control, and tactical counterterrorism missions, but they are trained to be capable of combat with small unit tactics to against dangerous criminals and irregular military in urban and hard-to-reach areas.

2015 Kumanovo shootings

Special Operations Unit - Tigers

Lions (police unit)

Alpha (Police Unit)

Border Police

Rapid Deployment Unit

Ministry of Internal Affairs

Police of North Macedonia

Lake Patrol

• Patches of SSU