Special Security Response Team

The SeRT was established on April 1, 2019, at the grounds of the Tokyo Detention House. On June 3, 2019, the unit was awarded the commander's flag by Minister of Justice Takashi Yamashita.{{cite web|url=https://www.moj.go.jp/hisho/kouhou/hisho06_00676.html|title=「法務省矯正局特別機動警備隊」の発足に伴い，山下法務大臣から特別機動警備隊隊長に対し，「指揮官旗」が授与されました。（令和元年６月３日（月））|language=Japanese|publisher=Japanese Ministry of Justice}} The SeRT allowed the Correction Bureau to have a full-time anti-riot response unit as the CB formerly used temporary anti-riot teams consisting of CB guards and to ensure security of CB-staffed correctional facilities.{{cite web|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20210511175934/https://www.nikkei.com/article/DGXMZO44699620S9A510C1CR8000/|url=https://www.nikkei.com/article/DGXMZO44699620S9A510C1CR8000/|title=法務省が特別機動警備隊 災害や暴動、テロに対応|date=2019-05-12|accessdate=2022-01-20|archivedate=2021-05-11|publisher=Nikkei|language=Japanese}}

In the aftermath of the 2021 Atami landslide, a humanitarian operation was underway in Atami, Shizuoka.{{cite web|url=https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-57704967|title=Japan landslide: 20 people missing in Atami city|date=2021-07-04|accessdate=2022-01-20|publisher=BBC}} 19 officers were dispatched to work with Atami City officials and the Atami Police Station on July 18 to provide support in traffic duties and protection of restricted areas.{{cite web|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20210720090954/https://www.jiji.com/jc/article?k=2021072000762&g=soc|url=https://www.jiji.com/jc/article?k=2021072000762&g=soc|title=法務省が特別警備隊派遣 交通規制を支援―熱海土砂災害|date=2021-07-20|archivedate=2021-07-20|accessdate=2022-01-20|publisher=Jiji|language=Japanese}} After Typhoon Hagibis made landfall at Izu Peninsula in Shizuoka Prefecture,{{cite web|url=https://reliefweb.int/report/japan/japan-typhoon-19-typhoon-hagibis-situation-report-1-period-covered-october-12-14-2019|title=Japan Typhoon 19 / Typhoon Hagibis: Situation Report 1 – period covered: October 12-14, 2019|accessdate=2022-01-20|date=2019-10-13|publisher=OCHA Services}} 13 SeRT officers were deployed to Suzaka, Nagano to provide assistance for waste disposal and provide facility security from October 19 to 23.{{cite web|url=https://www.moj.go.jp/KANBOU/KOHOSHI/no67/9.html#reporterGo|title=記者が行く！～法務省矯正局特別機動警備隊が被災地での支援に当たりました～|language=Japanese|accessdate=2022-01-20|publisher=Japanese Ministry of Justice}} From October 23, 14 SeRT officers were deployed to the city up to October 27.

On December 2, 2021, SeRT has publicly shown a Mazda CX-8 that would serve as a commander vehicle, equipped with red emergency lights, front sensor, radio and loudspeaker microphone. It was previously delivered to the Ministry of Justice in November 2021.

On April 19, 2022, SeRT held an induction ceremony to welcome new officers into the unit.

In January 2024, SeRT officers were dispatched in search and rescue (SAR) operations at the Noto Peninsula after the earthquake.{{cite web|url=https://www.cas.go.jp/jp/seisaku/kokudo_kyoujinka/kouhou/pdf/r6jirei1-6.pdf|title=特別機動警備隊の派遣による避難所運営等支援|language=Japanese|author=Cabinet Secretariat}}{{cite web|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20240113002517/https://www.nnn.co.jp/articles/-/217832|url=https://www.nnn.co.jp/articles/-/217832|title=仮設シャワーで癒やしを|publisher=Net Nihonkai|accessdate=2024-01-13|archivedate=2024-01-13|language=Japanese}}

SeRT is composed of 56 officers, including the captain in charge.{{cite web|url=https://www.moj.go.jp/hisho/kouhou/191005hounohifesta1.html|title=特別機動警備隊（Special Security Readiness Team 略称「SeRT」）によるワークショップ|language=Japanese|accessdate=2022-01-20|publisher=Japanese Ministry of Justice}}

On April 19, 2022, 58 officers are assigned to SeRT.

SeRT is tasked with the following responsibilities:

1. Riots and other serious incidents such as prison breaks and attacks inside prisons, detention centers and juvenile training schools.
2. Anti-terrorist operations in and around prisons, detention centers and juvenile training schools.
3. Dispatch to disaster areas for humanitarian operations, including operation of emergency shelters.
4. Conduct disaster relief operations in correctional facilities after a tsunami or an earthquake under scale intensity of six or higher.

SeRT officers are equipped with tear gas, anti-riot shields and tear gas grenade launchers.{{cite web|url=https://www.moj.go.jp/content/001180660.pdf|title=刑務官の職務執行に関する訓令の運用について（依命通達}}

File:SeRT officer briefing.jpg|SeRT officers in a briefing prior to participating in humanitarian operations in Atami, Shizuoka after the landslides

File:SeRT anti-riot demonstration.jpg|Kids throw fake stones at SeRT officers during an anti-riot demonstration.

File:Mazda CX-8 of the SeRT.jpg|Mazda CX-8 as a Commander's vehicle

File:Personal Equipment of the SeRT.jpg|Personal equipment

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