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SRS are part of the Australian Government's National Anti-Terrorism Plan which requires, since 1978 each State/Territory Police Force to maintain a specialist counter-terrorist and hostage rescue unit with specialist capabilities. The SRS fulfils this role within the Australian Capital Territory. Originally known as the Special Operations Team (SOT) the unit underwent significant changes in 2002 and was renamed to reflect the changes in early 2003 to Specialist Response and Security .

Currently commanded by Superintendent Brett McCann the Specialist Response and Security (SRS) section of ACT Policing provides a full time tactical operations unit who also perform search and rescue
Search and rescue

Search and rescue is the search for and provision of aid to people who are in distress or imminent danger....
 and riot control
Riot control

Riot control refers to the measures used by police, military, or other forces to Formal social control, disperse, and arrest civilians that are involved in a riot, Demonstration , or protest....
 duties, a K9 section and bomb squad.






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History


SRS are part of the Australian Government's National Anti-Terrorism Plan which requires, since 1978 each State/Territory Police Force to maintain a specialist counter-terrorist and hostage rescue unit with specialist capabilities. The SRS fulfils this role within the Australian Capital Territory. Originally known as the Special Operations Team (SOT) the unit underwent significant changes in 2002 and was renamed to reflect the changes in early 2003 to Specialist Response and Security .

Currently commanded by Superintendent Brett McCann the Specialist Response and Security (SRS) section of ACT Policing provides a full time tactical operations unit who also perform search and rescue
Search and rescue

Search and rescue is the search for and provision of aid to people who are in distress or imminent danger....
 and riot control
Riot control

Riot control refers to the measures used by police, military, or other forces to Formal social control, disperse, and arrest civilians that are involved in a riot, Demonstration , or protest....
 duties, a K9 section and bomb squad. The unit also commands the AFP's Police Negotiation Team, Water Police, Police Divers and Major Events Planning Team.

Role


SRS officer undertake the following duties within the ACT:

  • Resolving siege
    Siege

    A siege is a military blockade of a city or fortress with the intent of conquering by Battle of attrition and/or assault. The term derives from sedere, Latin for "to sit." A siege occurs when an attacker encounters a city or fortress that cannot be easily taken by a coup de main and refuses to surrender ....
     and hostage
    Hostage

    A hostage is a person or entity which is held by a captor. The original definition meant that this was handed over by one of two belligerent parties to the other or seized as security for the carrying out of an agreement, or as a preventive measure against certain acts of war....
     situations, as well as armed offender situations;
  • Providing a negotiation
    Negotiation

    Negotiation is a dialogue intended to Dispute resolution, to produce an agreement upon courses of action, to bargain for individual or Collective bargaining, or to craft outcomes to satisfy various interests....
     service in high risk and critical situations;
  • Undertaking searches of premises in high risk situations;
  • The arrest of armed and dangerous offenders;
  • Escorting and securing dangerous prisoners in high risk situations;
  • Providing support services for major operations;
  • Rescue
    Rescue

    Rescue refers to operations that usually involve the saving of life, or prevention of injury.Tools used might include search dogs, search and rescue horses, helicopters, and the "Jaws of Life" and other hydraulic cutting and spreading tools used to vehicle extrication individuals from wrecked vehicles....
     and bomb disposal
    Bomb disposal

    Bomb disposal is the process by which hazardous explosive devices are rendered safe. "Bomb disposal" is an all encompassing term to describe the separate, but interrelated functions in the following fields:...
     operations;
  • Counter-terrorism
    Counter-terrorism

    Counter-terrorism refers to the practices, Military tactics, techniques, and strategies that governments, military, police departments and corporations adopt in response to terrorism, both real and imputed....
     and hijacking operations;
  • The escort and security of VIPs, internationally protected persons, Heads of State;
  • Testing and evaulation of specialist less than lethal weapons/devices


SRS officers also provide support to international AFP deployments overseas as part of the Joint Task Force as the AFP's Operational Response Team (ORT). Such deployments as that were seen recently in East Timor
East Timor

East Timor, also known as Timor-Leste is a country in Southeast Asia. It comprises the eastern half of the island of Timor, the nearby islands of Atauro Island and Jaco , and Oecussi-Ambeno, an exclave on the northwestern side of the island, within Indonesian West Timor....
 2006 and the Regional Assistance Mission to the Solomon Islands
Regional Assistance Mission to the Solomon Islands

The Regional Assistance Mission to Solomon Islands , also known as Operation Helpem Fren, was created in 2003 in response to a request for international aid by the Governor-General of the Solomon Islands of the Solomon Islands....
 (RAMSI) in 2003 .

Their role on such operations includes:

  • effect high risk searches, search warrants and arrests
  • support to public order policing remote rural patrols
  • protection of people in high risk situations
  • support to the security of members deployed to mission.


Units


The section consists of a number of units including:

  • Water operations team
  • Canine (K9) operations team
  • Bomb response team
  • Tactical Response Team (SRS-TR)


The section also provides close personal protection to important dignitaries and heads of state visiting Australia .

See also


  • Australian Federal Police
    Australian Federal Police

    The Australian Federal Police is the federal police agency of the Commonwealth of Australia. Although the AFP was created by the amalgamation in 1979 of three Commonwealth law enforcement agencies, it traces its history from Commonwealth law enforcement agencies dating back to federation in 1901....
  • Australian Capital Territory Police
    Australian Capital Territory Police

    In 1911 the Australian Capital Territory was proclaimed as the seat of Australian government. Until 1927 the New South Wales Police patrolled what was mostly rural bushland, except for a small and slowly expanding capital city of Canberra....
Police Tactical Group
Police Tactical Group

Police Tactical Groups , formerly known as "Police Assault Groups", are part of the Australian government's National Anti-Terrorism Plan which, since 1978, has required each state and territory police force to maintain a specialised counter-terrorist and Hostage crisis unit jointly funded by the federal government and respective state/terri...
 Australian Federal Police
Australian Federal Police

The Australian Federal Police is the federal police agency of the Commonwealth of Australia. Although the AFP was created by the amalgamation in 1979 of three Commonwealth law enforcement agencies, it traces its history from Commonwealth law enforcement agencies dating back to federation in 1901....
 - Specialist Response and Security Team
Specialist Response and Security

HistorySRS are part of the Australian Government's National Anti-Terrorism Plan which requires, since 1978 each State/Territory Police Force to maintain a specialist counter-terrorist and hostage rescue unit with specialist capabilities....
  • - Tactical Operations Unit
    State Protection Group

    The State Protection Group is part of the Specialist Operations of the New South Wales Police Force. The State Protection Group was established in 1991 to deal with a wide range of extraordinary policing responses to situations, which are beyond the scope, or capacity, of police generally....
  • - Territory Response Group
    Territory Response Group

    The Territory Response Group is the Police Tactical Group of the Northern Territory Police. Part of the Territory Response Section the TRG is tasked to provide general and specialist support to other units of the Northern Territory Police....
  • - Special Emergency Response Team
    Special Emergency Response Team (Queensland)

    Special Emergency Response Team is the Police Tactical Group of the Queensland Police, Australia. SERT is part of the Specialist Response Branch which incorporates Explosive Operations Response Team and the Negotiator Coordination Unit....
  • - Special Tasks and Rescue Group
    Special Tasks and Rescue

    Special Tasks and Rescue is the Police Tactical Group of the South Australia Police....
  • - Special Operations Group
    Special Operations Group of the Tasmania Police

    The Special Operations Group is the Police Tactical Group of the Australian Tasmania Police.SOG is a highly trained group within the Tasmania Police Service, made up of current serving Tasmania Police members from varied sections and branches....
  • - Special Operations Group
    Victoria Police Special Operations Group

    The Special Operations Group is the Police Tactical Group of the Victoria Police....
  • - Tactical Response Group
  • Armed Offenders Squad
    Armed Offenders Squad

    The Armed Offenders Squad is a specialist unit of the New Zealand Police designed to "cordon, contain and appeal to" armed and dangerous offenders....
     (AOS), New Zealand
    New Zealand

    New Zealand is an island country in the south-western Pacific Ocean comprising two main landmasses , and numerous Islands of New Zealand, most notably Stewart Island/Rakiura and the Chatham Islands....
  • Special Tactics Group
    Special Tactics Group

    Previously known as the Anti-Terrorist Squad, the Special Tactics Group is the full-time tactical and Counter-terrorism group of the New Zealand Police....
     (AOS), New Zealand
    New Zealand

    New Zealand is an island country in the south-western Pacific Ocean comprising two main landmasses , and numerous Islands of New Zealand, most notably Stewart Island/Rakiura and the Chatham Islands....
  • Tactical Assault Group
  • National Anti Terrorism Exercise
  • SWAT
    SWAT

    SWAT are elite tactical units in American police departments. Similar organizations in other areas are South Australian Special Tasks and Rescue, London's Specialist Firearms Command and Thunder Squad....
  • Counter-terrorism
    Counter-terrorism

    Counter-terrorism refers to the practices, Military tactics, techniques, and strategies that governments, military, police departments and corporations adopt in response to terrorism, both real and imputed....