Nick Taiariol

Lieutenant
Special Services Division

Nick Taiariol

Lieutenant
Special Services Division

Nick began working at the Sheriff’s Office in February 2009. He made the Sheriff’s Office S.W.A.T. team in January of 2011, and after working patrol for a little over two years, he joined the San Joaquin County Sheriff’s Office Multi-Agency Gang Task Force/Community Response Team. Nick was assigned as the Sheriff’s Office gang investigator in 2014 and came back to patrol in early 2015 to become an FTO. Nick was Promoted in December 2015 to the rank of Sergeant. Nick was assigned to the patrol division as a Sergeant from December 2015-February 2019 until he was promoted to Lieutenant.

Upon promotion to Lieutenant, Nick was tasked with creating a new unit at the Sheriff’s Office; the Agriculture, Gang, Narcotics Enforcement Team (A.G.N.E.T.). A.G.N.E.T. began operations in April 2019. Since its inception, A.G.N.E.T has conducted numerous investigations with outside agencies at the local, state, and federal levels. As Sergeant, Nick was a part of S.W.A.T., Field Training Program (FTP/FTO), Patrol, and Case Management Unit (CMU). As Lieutenant, Nick was a part of S.W.A.T., Hostage Negotiations Team (HNT), Explosive Ordinance Disposal (EOD), Field Training Program (FTP/FTO), Case Management Unit (CMU), Terrorist Liaison Officer Program (TLOC), AB109 Task Force, and the Auto Theft Task Force (Delta RATT).

Nick left A.G.N.E.T. in 2021 to focus on the increased operational tempo of the Crisis Response Team as the commander. In October 2022, Nick was reassigned to be the Administrative Lieutenant of the Special Services Division.