The Etowah County Sheriff’s Office (ECSO) Warrant Division is proactively involved in protecting our County, State and Region. Through a partnership with the United States Marshals Service, members of the Sheriff’s Office Warrant Division are on the front line of fugitive recovery. 

In October 2008, Sheriff Todd Entrekin signed a memorandum of understanding with the United States Marshals Service to assign two, full-time deputies to the Gulf Coast Regional Fugitive Task Force. The task force’s Investigative Operations Division is dedicated to investigating violent crimes, and locating and apprehending wanted criminals.

The partnership between the ECSO and the U.S. Marshals Service is beneficial to the citizens of Etowah County. It allows for the conducting of fugitive investigations by the Warrant Division deputies, who are deputized as Special Deputy U.S. Marshals. This gives them the authority to investigate and pursue fugitives outside of their normal jurisdictions.

The Gulf Coast Regional Fugitive Task Force currently serves 67 counties in Alabama, 82 counties in Mississippi, 13 parishes in Eastern Louisiana and Memphis, Tennessee. The task force is comprised of 46 law enforcement agencies combining their resources on a full-time basis, as well as a number of agencies that participate on a part-time basis.