We provide the following specialized functions:
Metro Drug Unit
Civil Process Unit
Consumer Fraud Investigation
Criminal Investigations Bureau
Water Patrol
SWAT Team
Dive/Rescue Team
Crisis Negotiatiors
The Sheriff's Office is also responsible for the operation of the Racine County Jail. Social Media Comment Policy
Posts/comments on a Racine County Sheriff's Office (RASO) managed social media web site containing any of the following inappropriate forms of content are not to be permitted and are subject to removal by the Sheriff or his/her designees:
a. Profane, obscene, discriminatory, or pornographic content and/or language;
b. Content that could compromise an ongoing investigation;
c. Personal identifying information of any person, except as allowed under the Freedom of Information Act;
d. Defamatory or personal attacks;
e. Threats to any person or organization;
f. Posts/comments in support of, or in opposition to, any political campaigns or ballot measures;
g. Solicitation of commerce, including but not limited to advertising of any business or product for sale;
h. Conduct in violation of any federal, state or local law;
i. Encouragement of illegal activity;
j. Information that may tend to compromise the safety or security of the public or public systems; or
k. Content that violates a legal ownership interest, such as a copyright or trademark, of any party. Repeated or egregious violations of this policy may result in being “banned”, or disabled from the ability to post further comments. Additionally, we ask that friends/family of RASO personnel do not “tag” personnel (linking those police employees to any personal social media accounts they may have) in posts/comments on the Racine County Sheriff's Office managed social media sites, both to protect police personnel privacy and for safety concerns. The Racine County Sheriff's Office use of social media is provided as a public service to increase communication with the community. This page is not constantly monitored, and should never be used to report crimes or requests for police service. The RASO disclaims liability for comments on its social media pages posted by any person or entity other than the Racine County Sheriff's Office official account, and inclusion of comments does not imply endorsement by the RASO. Furthermore, the RASO disclaims liability for ads, links, videos, promoted content or comments accessible from any external web page. The responsibility for external content or comments rests with the organizations or individuals providing them. Any inclusion of external content or comments does not imply endorsement by the RASO. The RASO cannot edit any posts made on its social media sites, however, the RASO reserves the right to remove or hide comments that do not adhere to our post/comment policy.
