The Special Operations Group (S.O.G.) is a twelve man tactical team consisting of Deputies of the Russell County Sheriff’s Office, members of the Russell Police Department, and Russell EMS. This team, since its inception in 2003, has executed more than fifty drug and high risk warrants, negotiated the peaceful surrender of barricaded subjects, and employed special tactics to take several suicidal subjects into custody. The team is comprised of snipers, Certified Meth Lab Techs, hostage negotiators, and paramedics.

Members of the Russell Co. S.O.G. along with officers from the K.B.I. 
pictured at training hosted by the Russell County Sheriff’s Office.