| Agency Name: | Special Security Forces Command |
| Nativename A: | قيادة قوة الأمن الخاصة |
| Formed: | 1930 |
| Jurisdiction: | Government of Bahrain |
| Headquarters: | Diwan Fort, Manama |
| Region Code: | BH |
| Coordinates: | 26.2229°N 50.5761°W |
| Motto: | Special Security Forces, Always Forward! |
| Chief1 Name: | Major General Waleed Al-Shamsi |
| Chief1 Position: | Commander of Special Security Forces |
| Parent Department: | Ministry of Interior |
| Website: | http://www.interior.gov.bh/default_en.aspx |
The Special Security Force Command (Arabic: قيادة قوة الأمن الخاصة) (SSFC) is a paramilitary law enforcement body in Bahrain under the command of the Ministry of the Interior. The SSFC is more commonly referred to as the "Special Security Forces", the "Special Forces", "Bahrain Special Security Forces (BSSF) or as the "riot police" (Arabic: الشغب).
See also: Human rights in Bahrain. The Special Security Forces have been accused of human rights abuses while trying to suppress pro-democratic activity in Bahrain. The SSFC has been at the frontline of the Bahrain government's crackdown on pro-democracy protesters during the 2011 Bahraini uprising in the Arab Spring.[1]
In November 2007, Bahrain signed a cooperation agreement with France under which French police officers working in the Compagnies Républicaines de Sécurité have provided training to Bahrain's SSFC.[2] A SSFC company was deployed to Afghanistan to provide base security at the United States's Camp Leatherneck.[3] [4]