In 1977, the Lake County Sheriff’s Department formed a Tactical Response Team (TRT) in response to the death of Deputy Gary D. Murphy, killed in the line of duty. TRT is a professionally trained and highly equipped team of deputies prepared to safely manage or assist in potentially hazardous incidents. Hazardous incidents include, but are not limited to, the delivery of barricaded subjects, hostage situations, high-risk warrant service and suicidal subjects.
The TRT includes 2 command officers and 18 tactical officers, including 8 hostage negotiation team members, referred to as HNTs.