Special Units
The Blanchard Police Department contains three other specialized units or taskings that are utilized on an everyday and an as needed basis.  They are the School Resource Officer (SRO), the K-9 unit, and the newly forming Special Weapons and Tactics/Emergency Response Team (SWAT/ERT).  These units give the department the necessary sources to aid in community relations, help prevent crime, and carry out high risk operations when needed.

The School Resource Officer, Sergeant Jon Owens, in close coordination with the Blanchard Public Schools, works with students at all grade levels to promote a drug, violence, and gang free educational environment.  The SRO's developed from law enforcement's national D.A.R.E. program and has been shaped to fit Oklahoma's schools and youth by the Council on Law Enforcement Education and Training (CLEET).  Sergeant Owens conducts classes and activities for the youth of Blanchard in which they become more active in their school and community and to strengthen their awareness about drugs and gangs.  With this knowledge, the children are able  to make better choices about how to avoid the peer pressure that lures them to these vices. 

Blanchard Police Department's K-9 unit has always been an asset to the functions of the department.  Officer Steve Lanier will be taking on the duties as K-9 officer as soon as his new partner has completed training.  The K-9 will provide drug detection and take-down capability.  The handler and his dog also perform regular, day-to-day operations in Blanchard as well. 

The newest addition to the Blanchard Police Department is the ongoing development of a Special Weapons and Tactics/Emergency Response Team (SWAT/ERT) by Detective Sgt. Dennis Furey-See Pictures.  The team, which will be comprised of different officers from the department, will be utilized in high risk incidents and situations.  Some such areas of use would be that of barricaded suspects, hostage situations, and high risk warrant service.

The Blanchard Police Department is an Equal Opportunity Employer.
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