An intimate look into the closed world of GSG 9, EKO Cobra, SWAT teams - elite police units are called in whenever the situation is particularly dangerous. Among the tasks of the intervention commandos are the rescue of hostages and deployment against organized crime as well as the fight against terrorism. Special forces from all over the world are meeting more and more often to exchange experiences.

Journalist Judith Grohmann was the first outsider to gain access to this men's association, and thus brings an exclusive report from the private world of the elite units. Describes the most dangerous interventions, training and psychological training. How the best of the best police officers find themselves at the very limit of their psychological and physical capabilities again and again in every event and how they deal with traumatic experiences.