The Mission of the Brunswick Police Department Special Response Team (SRT) is to bring a successful conclusion to high-risk situations, through the use of specially equipped and highly trained personnel, in such a fashion as to minimize the risk of harm to the citizens of our community, law enforcement personnel, and suspects.

The unit is prepared to assume full control of specific tactical situations which, by nature, would be considered excessively dangerous and complex, or which would require the use of a specialized team effort, rather than independent action by individual officers.

The tactical team has the responsibility of answering to sensitive, potentially life-threatening situations utilizing specialized equipment and tactics to resolve them in as peaceful a manner as possible. This responsibility requires a great deal of training and readiness. Some situations may include: high-risk search and arrest warrant service, hostage rescue, and building searches for dangerous suspects.

The SRT consists of a team commander, team leader, assistant team leader and the remaining team members that make up entry personnel, perimeter personnel and a marksmen team. The Brunswick Police Department maintains trained hostage/crisis negotiators in a separately assigned function.

The members of the SRT are assigned to different divisions of the department as their primary duty assignment. The SRT is a secondary assignment for which all members must pass a bi-annual physical agility test, firearms proficiency qualification course at a higher standard than that of a regular member of the police department.

Officers wishing to apply to SRT, must be extremely experienced in law enforcement, demonstrate excellent job skills prior to their selection to the team, and pass a physical fitness test, firearms qualification course, and successfully pass an oral review board, held by all current members of the team.  All team members are volunteers and are on call twenty-four hours a day, seven days a week.