Pasco Jeep Owners: Volunteer For Sheriff's Emergency Task Force

PASCO COUNTY, FL — The Pasco County Sheriff's Office is calling out to the county's Jeep owners, asking volunteers to join the Volunteer Jeep Search and Rescue Unit. "When times are rough, we need the tough!" they said on their Facebook.

When emergency services need help getting to hard-to-reach places during a disaster or search and rescue, Jeep owners could be the transportation they need to be effective.

The sheriff's office said there's "an emphasis on Search and Rescue, by performing duties related to missing persons, evidence searches, flood and other disaster assistance, when its special team skills are required."

Volunteers are trained up and mission-ready "to be on-call and respond to any situation, in any weather, and at any time, when requested by the Sheriff’s Office."

See some of the specially equipped Jeeps.

Disqualifying factors include past drug use (except for marijuana at least a year ago), certain traffic violations and a few others. See here if you don't qualify.

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