To take down the most violent criminals, the Miami Dade Police department turn to their special Response Team known as srt. Calvin sync srt responds to any situation that regular units on the road cannot handle. When they run into trouble, they call us. We are the last line of defence. Narr its the beginning of the day at Miami Dade Police department. Sergeant manny malgor leads one of the three highlytrained units that make up the special Response Team. Man sync sarge. Man good late afternoon. Why am i here early, sir, and youre not . Narr mannys boss, lieutenant calvin james, is srts overall commander. Mannie sync how are you doing . Everything good . Good job last night, by the way. Calvin thanks, you too. You too. Excellent. Narr with Violent Crime ever present, the city is becoming increasingly dependent on its elite police unit. Calvin sync the reason why miami dade has chosen to use srt to execute most, if not all narcotic search warrant, is because of the propensity for violenc
ts for most of miami dade county - an area of over 2,000 square miles. there s rarely a need for them around the famous south beach. most of srt s work is focused on the run-down districts to the north of the city. in miami gardens, one of america s most violent areas srt are being briefed for the arrest of another member of the 170 boyz gang. ray sync: pictures of the structure. definitely, definitely orange. we re going to go westbound 167th street to 22 avenue, at 22 avenue prior to the traffic light we re going to stop, get out of the truck, forward onto the bearcat. we re going to go northbound on 25 avenue, our structure, corner structure at 170 and 25. joe, once again, once you stop if we need additional help up front, we may have kids. i ll put you out in front as a babysitter so we can dump them off. alright, guys, let s go, let s beat the rain. narr: as there are children at the property, srt need to walk a fine line. they must hit the house aggres