Editing Special Anti-Robbery Squad (section)

{{Mature}}{{Evil Organization
|Box title    = Evil Organization
|image        = SARS-3.png
|size   = 
|fullname = Special Anti-Robbery Squad 
|alias = SARS<br>"The police unit with license to kill"
|origin = Nigeria
|foundation = 1992
|dissolution = October 11, 2020
|headquarters = Lagos, Nigeria 
|commanders = 
|agents = 
|skills = 
|goals = Enforce the law (partially successful)<br>Continue using their brutal tactics (failed)
|crimes = [[Police brutality]]<br>Extrajudicial [[murder]]<br>[[Torture]]<br>[[Kidnapping]]<br>[[Rape]]<br>Extortion<br>Blackmail<br>Bribery<br>Human rights abuses
|type of villains = Corrupt Officials
}}The '''Special Anti-Robbery Squad (SARS)''' was a Nigerian Police Force unit created in late 1992 to deal with crimes associated with robbery, motor vehicle theft, [[kidnapping]], cattle rustling, and firearms. It was part of the Force Criminal Investigation and Intelligence Department (FCIID), headed by Deputy Inspector General of Police Anthony Ogbizi.

SARS was controversial for its links to extrajudicial killings, extortion, [[torture]], framing, blackmail, kidnapping, illegal organ trade, armed robbery, home invasions, rape of men and women, child arrests, the invasion of privacy, and [[Pollution|polluting]] bodies of water by illegally disposing of human remains. These brutal tactics have lead some to describe the SARS as a [[death squad]].

After widespread protests in Nigeria and worldwide under the motto "End SARS", the unit was disbanded on 11 October 2020. Inspector General of Police M.A. Adamu said that a new unit, the Special Weapons and Tactics (SWAT), would replace the SARS. He said that SARS personnel would report to police headquarters for debriefing and examination. Within hours of the announcement, some Nigerians took to Twitter with the hashtag #EndSWAT, and demonstrations continued amid fears that police reform will not materialize.