The Sheriff’s Response Team (SRT) is comprised of a group of highly trained deputy sheriffs who serve on the team voluntarily. SRT members all have collateral functions throughout the agency and can be called out at any time to provide a specialized response to various types of emergency situations.
Qualifying for the Sheriff’s Response Team is a demanding and highly competitive process. Each member must pass a rigorous physical assessment, a structured interview and demonstrate expert proficiency with multiple firearms. New team members must also successfully complete a Basic SWAT Operator’s Training Course to learn the fundamentals of room clearing, distraction device deployment and certification, mechanical breaching, planning, scouting, mirror techniques and ballistic shields.
SRT members receive basic and advanced training in hostage rescue, barricaded subjects, high risk warrant service, vehicle take downs, team and individual movements and woodland operations and are certified in the deployment of specialty impact munitions and the air taser.
SRT deployments depend on the type of situation that calls for specialized skills and tactics to ensure the safety of all involved and to minimize the risks associated with tactical operations such as high-risk search warrants, barricaded persons, hostage taking incidents, suicidal incidents and surveillance operations.
Active shooter, civil disturbances and restoring order in our detention facilities are just a few examples of the types of incidents the Sheriff’s Response Team is prepared to handle.
**SCAM ALERT**:
If you receive a call/message from 704-445-9833 stating "You have reached the Warrants/Citation Division of the Mecklenburg County Sheriff's Department" it is a #scam and not from MCSO.
MCSO and local criminal justice partners have worked with the North Carolina Administrative Office of the Courts to prepare for the state’s launch of its new electronic warrant system. The NCAOC has encountered challenges with its new system that have impacted local justice systems, processes and access to data. MCSO is continuously working with County IT to circumvent these challenges. All arrest/warrant inquiries can be submitted to the Public Information Office mcsopublicinformation@mecknc.gov and will be processed as soon as data is available or Individuals can call Arrest Processing to look up and verify warrants until the online system is restored, 980-314-5100. We appreciate your patience as we work to modernize and expand access to justice in Mecklenburg County.
On September 19, 2022, the Mecklenburg County Sheriff’s Office (MCSO) adopted a new policy to end regulatory stops for non-moving violations in its most recent amendment to the MCSO Uniform Traffic Enforcement Policy. In collaboration with North Carolina Forward Justice the policy change serves to focus more on hazardous traffic violations and move away from regulatory offenses that have been shown to create disparities and disproportionality in our criminal justice system.
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Our office has received several complaints from Mecklenburg County registered sex offenders asking them to submit payment to avoid being arrested for failure to provide a DNA sample. Our agency will never ask for money to avoid a warrant being issued or for an arrest of any offender. If you receive a call from anyone requesting money, please know this is a scam and you should not submit any payment.
SCAM ALERT: We have have received information that individuals identifying themselves as MCSO Deputies are calling citizens and informing them that have warrants for missing jury duty. These calls have come from numbers 704-247-1286 and 404-907-1935. Please be advised that this is a SCAM. MCSO will never call and solicit money in order to avoid arrest. Please stay aware and don’t become a victim.