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In Grayson County, the Sheriff’s Office is responsible for being the responding law enforcement agency for approximately one-third of the County’s population including the unincorporated areas and three small towns, which do not have police departments.
The Sheriff, in addition to enforcing laws, performs such varied duties as enforcing estray laws, collecting fines and court costs, conducting court-ordered sales of real estate or other items, providing security of the district and county courts, serving of civil and criminal process such as subpoenas, warrants, capias and various writs such as writs of attachment in child custody cases. Communications (dispatch) and 911 operations are also the responsibility of the Sheriff in most counties in Texas.
Special units at the Sheriff’s Office include the Special Response Team (SRT), an elite and highly trained mobile team which deploys appropriate tactics for hostage situations or difficult arrests. The Special Operations Response Team (SORT) is a highly trained unit which deals with inmate-initiated problems in the jail. The Grayson County Sheriff’s Dive Team is used to search for persons or property in county lakes and ponds and the Boat Patrol enforces laws on the Texas side of the county lake.
Auxiliary units of the Sheriff’s Office include the Grayson County Sheriff’s Reserves. These public-minded citizens are all certified peace officers as required by the State of Texas with the same training as full-time officers. They are required to work a minimum number of hours each month and have proven to be an important back-up for the regular full-time officers.
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