Emergency Response Team
The Georgetown Police Department's Emergency Response Team (ERT) is in its seventh year of existence. During the past year, the team served numerous search warrants related to narcotics cases.
Over the course of the year, ERT conducted monthly training including dynamic entry tactics, vehicle assaults, team movement, covert entry and team movement tactics, response to active shooters, and use of distraction devices on dynamic entries.
The ERT serves high-risk arrest and search warrants and responds to and resolves hostage situations, barricaded subjects and other calls for service calling for a specialized tactical response. The ERT also trains for and serves as the Georgetown Police Department's Dignitary Protection element.
The ERT trains each month in topics including dynamic and covert entries, dynamic vehicle assaults, hostage situations, barricaded subjects, search warrant entry, sniper/counter-sniper tactics, deployment of specialized tactical equipment, scouting techniques, active shooter response, dignitary protection, bus assaults, physical agility, team building exercises and crowd control.
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