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.