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Special Response Team

The Special Response Team

The Lenoir County Sheriff's Office Special Response Team (SRT) is a highly trained team of deputies responsible for responding to high-risk and critical incidents that require specialized tactics, equipment, and training.

The SRT is comprised of 13 volunteer deputies who receive specialized training in special weapons and tactics. The team may be called upon to assist with a variety of high-risk incidents and operations, including:

Hostage rescues
Barricaded subjects
High-risk search warrants
High-risk arrest warrants
Search and rescue operations
High-risk court security
High-risk prisoner transport
Marijuana eradication operations

SRT deputies agree to remain on call 24 hours a day, seven days a week to respond to incidents requiring the team's specialized capabilities. SRT deputies may also assist other Sheriff's Offices and law enforcement agencies that do not have teams trained or equipped to handle these types of critical incidents.

Deputy Allen Pearson

The Lenoir County Sheriff's Office has lost one deputy in the line of duty. On April 8, 2009, SRT Senior Operator Allen Pearson was fatally wounded during an SRT operation in the Tick Bite community near Grifton, North Carolina.

Pearson and other SRT operators
were attempting to arrest a subject
who was firing upon deputies and
residents in the area. Pearson was
assigned to the arrest team that
confronted the suspect. During the
operation, the suspect fired upon
the deputies, fatally wounding Pearson.

Senior Operator Allen Pearson was a dedicated member of the Lenoir County Sheriff's Office Special Response Team who made the ultimate sacrifice while protecting his fellow deputies and the community he served. His service and sacrifice will always be remembered.

Pearson Park

Pearson Park in Kinston, North Carolina, was renamed in honor of Allen Pearson following his death in recognition of his dedication and service to the community.

The park continues to serve as a gathering place for the community and hosts annual events, including the Sand in the Streets concert series, BBQ Fest on the Neuse, and Wil King Hog Happenin'.

Detective R. Allen Pearson Jr.

SRT Senior Operator

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