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Jerry L. Garrett
Deputy Fire Marshal
Denton County
Jerry.Garrett@dentoncounty.com
Jerry Garrett joined the Hickory Creek Police Department in 1985 and was soon promoted to Detective Sergeant assigned to Criminal Investigations and Supervisor of the Reserve Officer Division. Responsibilities included all criminal investigations, evidence and crime scene processing. He investigated cases ranging from property crimes to homicide and was recognized as Office of the Year in 1998 and 2003.
Promoted to Detective Lieutenant in 2002 and to Assistant Chief in 2004, he was responsible for: personnel, internal affairs, equipment evaluation and purchasing.
He became a negotiator in 1986 and served as Team Leader and Incident Commander until he retired in 2005.
Immediately after retirement Jerry joined the Franklin County Sheriff’s Office as Investigator and Crisis Negotiations Team Commander.
He is currently serving as an Investigator with the Denton County Fire Marshal’s Office and member of the North Texas Arson Task Force, Denton County Arson Task Force and Corinth Police Department Crisis Negotiation Team.
Jerry is also the Emergency Communications Liaison Officer for Denton County Emergency Services / Homeland Security Departments facilitating radio communications through 125 + volunteer radio operators affiliated with the Amateur Radio Emergency Services (ARES).
Jerry has been a member of the Texas Association of Hostage Negotiators for twelve years and served as Treasure for five years. He was responsible for instituting standard accounting practices and independent financial audits. He has been an Advisor to the Board of Directors for the past two years.
He attended Northeastern Oklahoma A & M College and Texas Christian University where he majored in psychology and business management. He holds a Master Peace Officer’s License.
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