Annual Report, Year 2011 - Monroe County Sheriff's Office

during the performance of their duties.
The Sheriff’s SWAT team is a countywide unit answering
to Bureau Chief Lou Caputo. They frequently work with many
other agencies, local, state and federal.
Dive Team
The Monroe County Sheriff’s Office Underwater Search
and Recovery Team, also called the dive team, responds to
any water-related operation and is trained to safely effect any
type of waterborne recovery or rescue operation.
The dive team’s primary responsibility is underwater
search and recovery of persons and/or evidence. The team
consists of deputy sheriffs who are specially trained and
equipped to conduct
such operations.
All members
of the team also
hold other working
positions in the
Sheriff’s Office and
do not receive additional
compensation
for their presence
on the team.
Team members
include Detention
Deputy William
Daniels, Reserve
Lt. Bob Smith,
Inspector Henry Hamilton, Detective Mark Coleman, Detective
David Brummer, Deputy Nelson Sanchez and Detective Dan
Chu.
Bomb Squad
Sheriff’s Office dive team
Members of the Sheriff’s Office dive
team train on a regular basis to maintain
the skills needed to perform their jobs in
underwater search and recovery.
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The Sheriff’s Office bomb squad is the only fully equipped
explosive handling team in the Florida Keys. Bomb squad
members respond to calls involving found explosives, bomb
threats, or suspicious packages.
The squad is made up of two certified bomb technicians,
Detective Sergeant Bobby Randolph and Detective Jason
Madnick, with two deputies waiting for F.B.I. Bomb Technician
training. All members of the squad also hold other working
positions in the Sheriff’s Office and do not receive additional
compensation for their presence on this high-risk, high-liability
squad.
The Bomb Squad also handles the destruction of explo-
Sergeant Bobby Randolph (middle rear) appears at many
community gatherings in the Keys to educate the public about
the bomb squad. Here, he met with Lower Keys boy scouts to
show them the equipment he works with and talk to them about
explosive devices.
sive devices, old outdated ammunition, flares, and other dangerous
items, such as military munitions and other found items
that float into the near shore waters of the Florida Keys.
Citizens who have hazardous items to dispose of should
contact Sgt. Bobby Randolph at 305-292-7060 to discuss safe
handling and disposal.
The Sheriff’s Office bomb squad has state-of-the-art
equipment to handle dangerous situations and has, in the
past, been called upon to dismantle homemade explosive
devices, destroy old dynamite, clear buildings of dangerous
explosives, and search buildings, boats, and other locations
for possible explosives.
Rapid Deployment Force
The Sheriff’s Office Rapid Deployment Force is designed
to provide a rapid and organized response to crowd control
and/or civil disturbances in urban settings. It can be deployed
to restore order, move crowds, rescue victims and isolate
problem areas. The keys to the successful use of a rapid
deployment force are leadership, planning, training, and discipline.
The Rapid Deployment Force is a quick strike team
that can be mobilized quickly to areas that cannot be easily
accessed by a full, field-force team. Their response is
multi-tiered ranging from mere presence to offensive tactics
including the use of riot control agents and less than lethal
munitions.
Sheriff’s Office Rapid Deployment Force