The Operations Response Unit (ORU) was formed on 1 March 2010 to provide assistance to police service areas throughout the state with public safety, road policing and crime issues and had a total strength of 229 officers. The ORU assumed many of the FRU roles, displaced during the evolution of the CIRT concept, and of which Victoria Police had identified a need for a dedicated large unit from the Black Saturday bushfires. In June 2011, the ORU established PORT with 42 officers trained in crowd control and riot formations and equipped with specially designed uniforms and highly visible police vehicles. In 2012, the ORU had a total strength of 289 officers of which 105 officers had received PORT training. In 2014, PORT had 65 qualified officers.