page_title: Victoria Police Public Order Response Team
section_title: Roles
hierarchical_section_title: Victoria Police Public Order Response Team / Roles
caption_attribution_description: Victoria Police Public Order Response Team officers in training
context_page_description: The Public Order Response Team is the full-time public order and riot response for Victoria Police. PORT was formed in June 2011 and is part of the Operations Response Unit.
context_section_description: The Public Order Response Team specialises in:
  Crowd control  
  Riot response and control
  Search warrants  
  Alcohol related anti-social behavior
  Liquor Licensing enforcement
  Out of control parties and brawls.
  Assisting other police units where a large coordinated response is required at short notice
  PORTs roles includes: attending large public demonstrations; protests and industrial disputes; assisting with search warrants; and situations that require a highly visible police presence.
  PORT has previously been involved in the removal of Occupy Melbourne from City Square, The GROCON Dispute   and the East West Link Tunnel Protests.
  PORT regularly deploys large numbers of officers to A-League football matches held within Victoria.
  Each summer PORT is also utilized for Bushfire Response duties as part of Operation Firesetter.
  PORT provides core assistance each weekend to Operation Safe Streets conducted on a Friday and Saturday night. Their focus is on visiting licensed premises and other popular late night venues and also assist with out of control parties as well as generalised public order policing. The Safe Streets Taskforce is a highly visible police operation conducted in areas with alcohol related public order issues.
  Officers from PORT and the ORU have previously been deployed the following emergency situations:
  Early 2011 Victorian floods
  2010–11 Queensland floods
  2011 Christchurch earthquake
  Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting 2011
  2011 US President Barack Obama visit to Darwin
  In 2013 the Victoria Police Blue Ribbon Foundation released a ‘Constable T. Bear’ based on the Public Order Response Team.
caption: PORT in training
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