Federal Police Special Units

Directorate of the special units of the federal police
Dutch: *Directie van de speciale eenheden*
French: *Direction des unités spéciales*
Directorate of the special units of the federal police; Dutch: Directie van de speciale eenheden; French: Direction des unités spéciales
	Gray DSU patch.
Agency overview
Preceding agency	Directorate of Special Units (DSU), Special Intervention Squadron (SIE/ESI), Group Diane;
Employees	540 operators (50 in the intervention unit)
Jurisdictional structure
Federal agency	Belgium
Operations jurisdiction	Belgium
General nature	Federal law enforcement; Civilian police;
Specialist jurisdiction	Counter terrorism, special weapons operations. Protection of internationally protected persons, other very important persons, and/or of state property of significance.;
Operational structure
Parent agency	Belgian Federal Police

The Directorate of special units (DSU) (Dutch: Directie van de speciale eenheden; French: Direction des unités spéciales; German: Direktion der Sondereinheiten) is the police tactical unit of the Belgian Federal Police. In total, DSU consists of about 500 highly trained police officers. The centralized 50 operator small assault team of the intervention unit of the DSU is deployed in cases of terrorism, kidnappings, hostage taking and other forms of serious crime. DSU performs emergency responses, high-risk arrests and searches, observation operations, undercover operations and more.

Chief commissioner Eric Liévin, one of the DSU's former commanders, states that "a criminal dealing with the DSU, has a better chance of surviving than another; they try to use a minimal level of violence/force, and yet try to attain a maximum level of efficiency."