Sheriff’s Emergency Response Team
The Sheriff’s Emergency Response Team is a group of Deputies who have received additional tactical training in order to more effectively respond to non-standard community emergency incidents such as:

• High-risk arrest and search warrant service
• Barricaded subjects and hostage situations
• Active shooting incidents
• Correctional facility incidents
• High-risk prisoner transportation
• Tactical woodland operations

Mission
The mission of the S.E.R.T Team is to provide a highly trained and skilled tactical team as a resource for Washington County in handling critical incidents in order to reduce the risk of injury or loss of life to citizens, Deputies, and suspects.