History
The Special Operations Group was formed in October 1977. Its main function was to provide a response to politically motivated and criminal terrorist activity. Today, this remains the number one priority for the Special Operations Group. The SOG is the Victoria Police equivalent of a full-time tactical (SWAT) team. Victorian SOG officers assisted the Tasmanian Special Operations Group during the infamous Port Arthur massacre in 1996. SOG are currently equipped with an armoured vehicle known as the 'Armet Balkan Mk7 tactical response vehicle' for responding to potential terrorist threats or armed sieges. SOG took delivery of this vehicle in 2009 to replace their previous ageing armoured Land Rover. The previous armoured Land Rover was initially acquired in 1995 and is still is used with the critical incident response teams.
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