Special Tactical Assault Team Element (STATE Team)
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The Special Tactical Assault Team Element (STATE Team) is the Maryland State Police’s elite tactical unit responsible for high-risk operations such as hostage rescues, armed barricades, and counterterrorism responses.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Special Tactical Assault Team Element (STATE Team) canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1285614 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Special Tactical Assault Team Element (STATE Team) Context triple: [Maryland State Police, hasUnit, Special Tactical Assault Team Element (STATE Team)]
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A.
Special Emergency Reaction Team
The Special Emergency Reaction Team is the Portland Police Bureau’s specialized tactical unit responsible for handling high-risk incidents such as armed standoffs, hostage situations, and other critical emergencies.
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B.
Tactical Police Wing
Tactical Police Wing is a specialized unit of the Royal Air Force Police responsible for providing deployable military policing and security support to RAF operations.
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C.
Task Force 67
Task Force 67 was a U.S. Navy surface combat group in the Pacific Theater of World War II, noted for its involvement in the Guadalcanal campaign and related naval battles.
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D.
Tactical Support Unit
The Tactical Support Unit is a specialized division of the Bermuda Police Service responsible for high-risk operations, crowd control, and other advanced tactical law enforcement duties.
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E.
Special Operations Division
The Special Operations Division is a specialized unit of the United States Capitol Police responsible for handling high-risk security operations, tactical responses, and protective missions around the U.S. Capitol complex.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Special Tactical Assault Team Element (STATE Team) Target entity description: The Special Tactical Assault Team Element (STATE Team) is the Maryland State Police’s elite tactical unit responsible for high-risk operations such as hostage rescues, armed barricades, and counterterrorism responses.
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A.
Special Emergency Reaction Team
The Special Emergency Reaction Team is the Portland Police Bureau’s specialized tactical unit responsible for handling high-risk incidents such as armed standoffs, hostage situations, and other critical emergencies.
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B.
Tactical Police Wing
Tactical Police Wing is a specialized unit of the Royal Air Force Police responsible for providing deployable military policing and security support to RAF operations.
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C.
Task Force 67
Task Force 67 was a U.S. Navy surface combat group in the Pacific Theater of World War II, noted for its involvement in the Guadalcanal campaign and related naval battles.
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D.
Tactical Support Unit
The Tactical Support Unit is a specialized division of the Bermuda Police Service responsible for high-risk operations, crowd control, and other advanced tactical law enforcement duties.
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E.
Special Operations Division
The Special Operations Division is a specialized unit of the United States Capitol Police responsible for handling high-risk security operations, tactical responses, and protective missions around the U.S. Capitol complex.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (41)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
law enforcement unit
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police tactical unit ⓘ special weapons and tactics team ⓘ |
| alternativeName | STATE Team ⓘ |
| basedIn | Maryland ⓘ |
| commandedBy | Maryland State Police command staff ⓘ |
| country |
United States
ⓘ
linked to:
United States of America
|
| describedAs | elite tactical unit of the Maryland State Police ⓘ |
| field |
law enforcement
ⓘ
public safety ⓘ |
| hasAbbreviation | STATE Team ⓘ |
| hasCapability |
counterterrorism tactical response
ⓘ
crisis negotiation support ⓘ dynamic entry ⓘ hostage rescue ⓘ sniper and observer operations ⓘ |
| hasTrainingIn |
breaching techniques
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close-quarters battle ⓘ counterterrorism tactics ⓘ firearms proficiency ⓘ hostage rescue tactics ⓘ tactical medicine ⓘ |
| hasType | SWAT-type unit ⓘ |
| jurisdiction |
State of Maryland
ⓘ
linked to:
Maryland
|
| language | English ⓘ |
| notableFor | handling high-risk incidents in Maryland ⓘ |
| operatedBy | Maryland State Police ⓘ |
| partOf | Maryland State Police ⓘ |
| primaryMission | resolution of critical incidents beyond the capability of routine patrol units ⓘ |
| responsibleFor |
armed barricade incidents
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counterterrorism responses ⓘ crisis response ⓘ high-risk warrant service ⓘ hostage rescue operations ⓘ supporting other Maryland State Police units ⓘ |
| role | high-risk law enforcement operations ⓘ |
| sector | state law enforcement ⓘ |
| uses |
armored vehicles
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breaching tools ⓘ special weapons ⓘ specialized tactical equipment ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
The pipeline generated the facts above by prompting gpt-5.1 with this entity's name + description and the instruction below.
Instruction
You are a knowledge base construction expert. Given a subject entity and a description of it, return factual statements that you know for the subject as a JSON list of dictionaries(triples), where keys must be "subject", "predicate" and "object". The number of facts may be very high, between 25 to 50 or more, for very popular subjects. For less popular subjects, the number of facts can be very low, like 5 or 10. # Requirements - If you don't know the subject at all, return an empty list. - If the subject is not a named entity, return an empty list. - Include at least one triple where predicate is "instanceOf". - Do not get too wordy. - Separate several objects into multiple triples with one object.
Input
Subject: Special Tactical Assault Team Element (STATE Team) Description of subject: The Special Tactical Assault Team Element (STATE Team) is the Maryland State Police’s elite tactical unit responsible for high-risk operations such as hostage rescues, armed barricades, and counterterrorism responses.
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.