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SERT stands for Special Emergency Response Team. SERT is what cities besides Portland, Oregon call a SWAT team. Officials in Portland decided the acronym, SWAT (Special Weapons and Tactics) was too aggressive sounding and changed it to something more hippie-like so as not to offend armed criminals holding people hostage. No, seriously, it's true.
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