Role
SRS officers undertook the following duties within the ACT:
- Resolving siege and hostage situations, as well as armed offender situations;
- Providing a negotiation 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 and bomb disposal operations;
- Counter-terrorism 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;
On occasion, SRS officers also provided support to international AFP deployments overseas prior to the formation of the Operational Response Group .
Their role on such operations included:
- 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.
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