Southern Regional Response Group - SRRG Heath Penwarden, Lieutenant
TEAM BACKGROUND
CORE VALUES
Uncompromising Model of Tactical Excellence
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Discipline
2021 yielded new challenges while still dealing with the national COVID pandemic. While most of the country was shutting down due to the COVID pandemic, the SRRG team was open and busy. We added the City of Waxahachie to our list of agen- cies and we had to deal with several types of po- tential riot situations in several cites. Since this team started 13 years ago we have grown to support the following cities: DeSoto, Lancaster, Midlothian, Glenn Heights, Cedar Hill, Red Oak, Seagoville, Ovilla, Highland Park,
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Accountability
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Competence
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Leadership
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Perseverance
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Teamwork
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Commitment
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Integrity
Hutchins and Waxahachie. Regionalizing the SWAT team has lead to a better tactical capacity within the DFW region. We are now able to pull from the most capable officers in 11 cities to form a robust SWAT team that is truly capable of managing multiple types of events including: Hostage rescue, High Risk Warrants, Barricaded Person ’ s and even Riot Situations.
TEAM STRUCTURE
At the conclusion of 2021, SRRG had an operating strength of 35 personnel. This includes Command, Operators and Negotiators. The SRRG organization is lead by a board that consists Chief ’ s of the participating agencies. The team Commander is Lt Heath Penwarden of DeSoto. Mike Lewis of Waxahachie is the Assistant Command- er. Sgt. Justin Rivette is the Team Leader for Special Response Team (SRT), who has 2 Assistant Team Leaders, 22 Operators and 3 Medics. The Crisis Negotiation Team is lead by Team Leader, Lt. Melissa Franks, from DeSoto and she has 4 Negotiators.
2049 is the badge number of Lancaster Police Officer and original SRRG member Craig Shaw. While on duty in Lancaster, Craig was responding to a shooting at an apartment complex where a man had just been murdered. Craig was killed trying to stop the suspect and he paid the ultimate sacrifice protecting the citizens of Lancaster on June 20, 2010. Craig was 37 years old, married, and the father of two. - The wicked flee when no man pursueth: but the righteous are bold as lion.
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