El Paso County Sheriff's Office

Special Operations Bureau
The Special Operations Bureau is a multi-drug investigative bureau that investigates street level narcotics sales, drug trafficking organizations, gangs, and any other criminal offenses associated with drug trafficking. This bureau also supervises the County Courthouse Security Section, Homeland Security Unit and the Intelligence Security Center.
This bureau is comprised of two investigative sections and an intelligence center. These three sections are funded by two different funding governmental agencies and the other two sections are departmental funded.
The investigative sections are the Border Crime Initiative Combined Enforcement funded by the Criminal Justice Division of Texas, law enforcement grants and the HIDTA investigative initiatives and the ISC are funded by West Texas HIDTA and the Office of the National Drug Control Program. The County Courthouse Security and the Homeland Security Unit are funded by the El Paso County Sheriff's Office
Operational Goals:
1. Increase the number of arrests, drug seizures, property seizures and prosecutions by 10%.
2. Increase the street level narcotics investigations and intelligence gathering by 25%.
3. Identify major drug trafficking organizations involved in money laundering.
4. Provide security at the El Paso County Courthouse.
5. Provide investigative intelligence to local/state/federal law enforcement agencies.
6. Response to local emergencies providing the necessary resources.
Bureau Objectives
The divisional objectives are designed for operational tasks to guide and direct task force members/deputies to succeed in the development of their duties and performance. Five separate objectives have been assessed and reviewed to achieve their expected goals.
1. Academic [Law Enforcement topics- TCLEOSE] and field training [Tactical methods] will be provided to task force/deputies members. The El Paso County Sheriff's Department's academy will provide the training. Other training provided includes outside training by state/federal law enforcement agencies
2. Supervisors will guide and instruct the investigators to succeed in their drug investigations, Homeland Security, ISC and Court House Security by providing the necessary resources and intelligence to present an accurate account of their tasks.
3. Different investigative drug strategies and methods will be provided to task force members/deputies to infiltrate and dismantle drug organizations, groups and other individuals in involved in drug trafficking and money laundering.
4. Develop and maintain drug intelligence, databases, and any other information relevant for investigations, arrests and prosecutions.
5. The use and practice of office safety in every field operation. Operational plans will be submitted for review and approval.
6. Provide the necessary electronic equipment to maintain security at the El Paso County Courthouse and maintaining control points of entry.
7. Coordinate and response with deputies to local emergencies when necessary.