DASO's SRT Academy

Each year, the Dona Ana County Sheriff's Department Special Response team hosts a basic SRT school entitled "SWAT/SRT: Structure, Tactics and Training." The school is accredited through the New Mexico Department of Public Safety for 80 hours of advanced level training and is open to tactical law enforcement operators and military police and/or special operations personnel. Topics include (to name only a few): Intelligence Gathering Techniques, Operations Planning, Breaching Techniques, Use of Body Bunker, Chemical Munitions, Light Sound Diversionary Devices, M26 Taser, Impact Munitions, SWAT/K9 Operations, Armored Vehicle Operations, Shooting Exercises and Tactical Shooting, Building Clearing Exercises, Tactical Helicopter Operations, and Vehicle/Bus Assaults.
DASO-SRT also hosts a NMDPS-accredited 40-hour Advanced SWAT/SRT School. Topics covered in the Advanced School include: Rappelling, Hostage Rescue, Vehicle Assaults, and multiple live-fire exercises. The 2005 Advanced SWAT/SRT School will be held March 14 through March 18. (Details) Thus far, personnel from the following agencies have attended the DASO SRT Schools:
- Dona Ana County (NM) Sheriff's Department - Luna County (NM) Sheriff's Dept. SWAT - Deming (NM) Police Dept. SRT - Costa Rican Judicial Police - Sierra Vista (AZ) SWAT	- Southern New Mexico Correctional Facility - El Paso County (TX) SWAT - New Mexico State University Police - Johnson (AR) Police Department - Holloman AFB SWAT	- U.S. Immigration and Naturalization Services - Las Cruces (NM) Police Department - Dona Ana County Detention Center - Alamogordo (NM) DPS SWAT - Hobbs (NM) Police Department SWAT
We will be having our next Basic SWAT/SRT class during the summer of 2004 and would invite any tactical law enforcement or military organization to attend. The class will be filled on a first come, first served basis and the class size will be limited. Stay tuned to this web site for more information! Below are a few of the images that we captured during past schools: