1. Special Branch - Noun
2. Special Branch - Proper noun
a government police department dealing with political security
Source: WordNetA 2007 Police Ombudsman report revealed that UVF members had been allowed to commit a string of terrorist offences, including murder, while working as informers for RUC Special Branch. Source: Internet
At present, counter-terrorism efforts are spearheaded by the SAA (Strategic Services Agency) and Special Branch, two branches of the state that do not always cooperate effectively and openly with each other. Source: Internet
As many as seven officials from Kumram Bheem Asifabad and six each from Mancherial and Nirmal districts won the awards, including the retired Nirmal Special Branch Inspector Karim. Source: Internet
Orwell's research for The Road to Wigan Pier led to him being placed under surveillance by the Special Branch in 1936, for 12 years, until one year before the publication of Nineteen Eighty-Four. Source: Internet
“All the intelligence given to me suggested that this man was here to assassinate Boris,” his Special Branch protection officer told BuzzFeed News. Source: Internet
Canada replicates this system, with the Canadian Security Intelligence Service as MI5 and the storied Mounties acting as Police Special Branch. Source: Internet