# Emergency In addition to the standard ops and treasury multisigs, Ambient governance includes an *emergency authority* reserved for unexpected cases when user funds are in immediate danger of loss. Emergency authority is delegated at the `CrocPolicy` contract and has the following powers: * Force the DEX contract into *safe mode*, where all user operations (including swaps, mints, burns, deposits and withdraws) are frozen until treasury authority disables safe mode. * Forcibly uninstall a policy oracle * Standard ops multisig abilities Emergency authority power is delegated to the treasury multisig and has the ability to execute with a 30 second timelock for the ability to execute near immediately. --- # Agent Instructions: Querying This Documentation If you need additional information that is not directly available in this page, you can query the documentation dynamically by asking a question. Perform an HTTP GET request on the current page URL with the `ask` query parameter: ``` GET https://docs.ambient.finance/governance-and-policy/emergency.md?ask= ``` The question should be specific, self-contained, and written in natural language. The response will contain a direct answer to the question and relevant excerpts and sources from the documentation. Use this mechanism when the answer is not explicitly present in the current page, you need clarification or additional context, or you want to retrieve related documentation sections.