The Special Enfrocement Detail was given the green light to assault the store and free the hostages. The hostage-takers then shot one of the male hostages in the leg and threatened to begin executing the remainder of their hostages if their demands were not met immediately. Sacramento Sheriff’s Department Special Enforcement Detail (SED) operators looking for shooting suspect after standoff (Photo: Sacramento Local News) The only constant demanded they issued was for bulletproof vests. They demanded everything from a helicopter to fly them to Thailand to 1,000-year-old Ginseng roots. After several hours of negations with the hostage-takers, their demands and behavior became more and more erratic. The SED immediately to up positions around the store, and the CINT began a dialog with the hostage-takers. The Special Enforcement Detail, which was in the process of preparing to serve a high-risk drug warrant, along with the Department’s Critical Incident Negations Team (CINT), and other local and state law enforcement agencies responded to the incident. That afternoon four-armed Asian males entered “The Good Guys” electronics store, and took approximately 50 customers and staff hostage. 1991 Sacramento hostage crisisĪn example of a Special Enforcement Detail successful mission occurred on April 4, 1991, when the SED became involved in what would become the largest hostage rescue operation in US history, not to mention the team’s best-known operation to date. 37mm gas guns, chemical, and distraction devices are also used. Unit Snipers are equipped with the Remington 700. Colt M4 5.56mm assault rifles are also issued. They are also equipped with the universally popular HK MP-5 series of 9mm sub-machineguns (in both the regular and sound suppressed SD model). SED deputies are known to use Sig-Arms P-220 9mm pistols as either their primary entry weapon or as a backup weapon. The team’s arsenal is well equipped with a wide variety of weapons systems. They have also trained with the San Francisco PD, the LAPD, and the California Highway Patrol. The SED also regularly conducts training with other Sheriff’s Department units such as the CINT, the Explosive Ordnance Unit (EOU), and the Air Operations Unit. SED members are trained in a variety of skills including tactical shooting, tactical entry, the use of distraction devices, chemical agents, helicopter insertions, rappelling, fast roping, and other skills. On a moment’s notice, the team could be called on to respond a tactical situation that involves an armed barricaded subject, a hostage situation, or any other high-risk situation that requires their specialized training and abilities. Team members are on call to respond to incidents 24 hours a day, 7 days a week. They have prior tactical experience and are required to train with the full-time team twice a month to maintain their abilities and knowledge. Auxiliary team members are deputies who have left the full-time team to go to other assignments.
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