The Washoe County Sheriff's
Office is concerned with keeping the community informed about the
operation of the Sheriff's Office. One of the ways to accomplish
this is by regularly keeping the news media, and thereby the public,
informed of events involving the Sheriff's Office and its personnel.
The Public Information Officer (P.I.O.) coordinates this by acting
as a liaison between the Sheriff's Office and media representatives.
Duties include assisting reporters assigned to cover news stories
and providing them with general information at the scene of major
incidents. Our goal is to provide timely and factual information
to the community we serve.
The P.I.O.
is available 24 hours a day to respond to the scene of major incidents.
MEDIA ADVISORY December 9, 2009
PHOTO OPPORTUNITY
WHAT: Washoe County Sheriff’s Office Detention Response Team (DRT) gifts to seniors event
WHEN: December 11th, 2009 at 2:30 to 3:30pm
WHERE: The Life Care Center of Reno,
445 Holcomb Ranch Lane, Reno
CONTACT: PIO Deputy Brooke Keast
911 Parr Blvd Reno, NV 89512
Office 328-6370, cell 771-8252, (after hours) pager 858-2569
www.washoesheriff.com
The Washoe County Detention Response Team (DRT Team) will be passing out gifts to seniors who reside at the Life Care Center of Reno, December 11, 2009 at 2:30 pm. The team took up an internal collection amongst members and purchased approximately $600 worth of presents to be distributed among the 50 residents at the Life Care Center.
Media is welcome at this event.
The DRT team is made up of 15-20 deputies and is a specially trained team designed to effectively deal with a wide variety of emergency situations and/or crisis incidents within the Jail to include (but not limited to): Violent Inmates, Riot and Disturbance Control, Hostage Situations, High-Security Court Cases, High-Security Inmate Transports, Cell Extractions and In-Depth Facility Searches.
