Critical Incident Response Team

Critical Incident Response Team
Critical Incident Response Team
Active	2004–present
Country	Australia
Agency	Victoria Police
Type	Police tactical unit
Role	Law enforcement
Part of	Security Services Division
Headquarters	Melbourne
Structure
Sworn officers	185

The Critical Incident Response Team (CIRT) is a specialist unit of the Victoria Police that provides assistance to general duties police, including a negotiator capability, to resolve high risk incidents utilising specialist tactics and equipment.^[2] CIRT was formed to conduct regular patrols of metropolitan Melbourne 24-hours, seven-day-per-week, ready to rapidly respond to incidents in Melbourne, and if necessary, in regional Victoria, by a small team of officers.^[3] CIRT has evolved to include conducting planned operations for high risk searches and arrests.^[4]

^ Independent Broad-based Anti-corruption Commission 2022, p. 17.
^ "Specialist Roles". Victoria Police. Retrieved 12 October 2017.
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[FOOTNOTEIndependent_Broad-based_Anti-corruption_Commission202217-1] Independent Broad-based Anti-corruption Commission 2022, p. 17.

[Careerspec17-2] "Specialist Roles". Victoria Police. Retrieved 12 October 2017.

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