Quick Response Team
About Us
Mumbai city is vulnerable to terrorist attacks. A well-equipped team comprising trained, fit, skilled and dedicated officers and personnel was required to respond quickly to terrorist attacks and bring the situation under control.
After the terrorist attacks on Mumbai on 26/11/2008, The 'Quick Response Team' was established on the lines of the NSG and Force One forces as a first responder to terrorist attacks and other major security threats, as per a government decision dated 31 August 2009.
The Quick Response Team (RRT) is a unit that responds to terrorist attacks in a very short time. It also neutralizes potential terrorist attacks by gathering tactical information at the scene and brings the situation under control by rescuing hostages. It also assists NSG and Force One forces during operations in the event of such terrorist attacks.
The Quick Response Team is prepared to respond to future terrorist attacks by periodically conducting reconnaissance, familiarization, and mock drills of sensitive establishments in Mumbai that have previously been the scene of terrorist attacks and those that are likely to be the target of terrorist attacks.
The Quick Response Team is divided into the Main Quick Response Team and five regional QRTs. The headquarters of the Quick Response Team is at Kalina and the teams of the other five regional QRTs are deployed in the Region control rooms namely South, Central, West, East and North Region. The control of the Quick Response Team is under the Hon. Joint Commissioner of Police (Intelligence), Mumbai and the supervision is with the Hon. Additional Commissioner of Police (Protection and Security). The officers and staff selected in the Quick Response Team work as an organized team and their work is under the administrative control of the Deputy Commissioner of Police (Quick Response Team) as the unit head.