The history of police special operations in Poland dates back to 1976, when the first formation of this type was created. Currently, special operations police system contains 16 anti-terrorist units, which carry out their tasks in the various voivodeships, and the central anti-terrorist unit – Antiterrorist Operations Bureau of the Police Headquarters. Service in the anti-terror subdivision is extremely cumbersome and requires special predisposition, which is verified in the selecting candidates process. Their training takes place both at the central trainings, which are held at police colleges, as well as locally. It also fills the daily hours of service and encompasses a wide variety of specialized fields. Special tasks require equipment in special measures, also. It includes individual equipment, means of specialist outfit and team equipment resources. Police anti-terrorist subunits tasks include carrying out combat and reconnaissance, aimed at eliminating the terrorist attacks, and preventing such incidents as well. They act in cases of particular complexity. Police anti-terrorist formations do not have a mass character and their equipment, comprehensive training and special skills predispose them to perform specific tasks, significantly diverges from conventional police forces.