The Specialeinstazkommandos (SEK) handle SWAT duties and were created as a direct result of terrorist activity such as the kidnapping and shooting of Israeli athletes at the 1972 Olympic Games. The Mobileinsatzkommandos (MEK) are well funded and conduct secretive operations such as surveillance, intelligence gathering, and the serving of arrest warrants for dangerous fugitives. The Prazision- Schutzen-Kommandos (PSK), who are trained as police snipers, represent a new concept in Germany, which does not have a history of urban criminal armed combat such as that experienced by the United States. These special police forces, along with their unique weapons, training, leadership, and tactics, have taken German law enforcement into new directions. The ruthless actions of bank robbers, kidnappers, and other criminals made their establishment necessary. In all 16 German states, detailed information about these special police forces is classified. Photographs