FAQ - Calvert K9 Search And Rescue Team

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Calvert K-9 Search Team was established in Jan 2008. We trained for almost 2 years gaining required independent national certifications (We use the National Association for Search and Rescue/NASAR for this purpose) for our people and handler/dog teams to meet the requirements set forth by the State of Maryland. We were reviewed by the Department of Natural Resources Police and the Maryland State Police 13 November 2009 and accepted as a provisionally operational SAR team in Maryland!............

30 hours later we received our first actual call out to the Saint Mary's Veterans Home just before midnight the 14th of Nov 2009. We responded with 9 STMs and 3 dogs and went right to work. The subject walked out of the woods on his own around 2:30 AM.

We later received the official letters from both the Department of Natural Resources Police and the Maryland State Police stating we were a fully operational SAR Team in the state of Maryland as of 1 Dec 2009!

Since that time we received a call out in mid Dec 09 with over 20 inches of snow from Saint Mary's Sheriffs;

And one 3 May 10 from DNR/MSP to Elkton MD; both were cancelled before we even finished the call out notifications as the subjects were found.

CK9 responded to a DNR call out at 1730 on 19 Jun for a 52 year old subject in the Marriottsville, MD area west of Baltimore. We responded with 8 STMs and Starbuck immediately getting a night time airscent search area on arrival assigned with 6 of our own STMs and Starbuck! Our team was in the area heading directly toward the subjects home where he showed up before we arrived and we were recalled by base.

CK-9 was called out locally the afternoon of 21 Jul 10 for a middle-aged woman missing for 3 days in Saint Mary's county, Lexington Park. We responded with 11 members and Starbuck. We assisted the IC in the planning of the search areas both Hasty Sweep Teams and Dog team; then executed day and night searches well into the night concluding she was not in the search area. Her body was found 3 days later in another state.

0330 in the morning, NRP/MSP call out 26 Sep10 to Herford county north of Baltimore on Flintville Rd Darlington MD for a 70 year old male dementia walk away. Search had been in progress all night; we were called for the next operational period 0800; but subject was found before we all left home.

2200, 19 Oct 2010 got an Alert for call out from Saint Mary's Sheriff's Office for 12 and 14 year old walk away girls; we reported 10 searchers, 3 airscent dogs and 1 tracking dog in standby to deploy. Shortly after midnight search alert called off as deputies found out the girls had a history of this and hiding with friends from police.

On 9 Jan 2011 at Patapsco Valley Sate Park; 8 of our STMs and 2 airscent dogs (Starbuck and Jett) arrived at 0830 Sunday morning to join around 200 other area law enforcement, DNRP, MSP, FBI, LE helicopter, ATVs, bikes, multiple SAR teams with SAR dogs, horses and more for the search for a 16 year old girl who had been missing for many days. It was amazing watching all the various organizations pull together as one to attempt to find this girl. Team Starbuck executed over a 3 hour search; Team Jett conducted 2 separate task assigned search missions. Katy ran the CK-9 Trailer like a pro!  FANTASTIC JOB by ALL!..........unfortunately the missing girl was not found.

We got a 1930 alert 15 Jan 11 for call out from Deputy Todd Fleenor for a lost 12 year old boy in the Golden Beach area of Saint Mary's county. We responded back to him reporting we had 3 airscent dogs, 1 tracking dog and 7 STMs standing by to deploy once the location was given to us. Deputy Fleenor and his dog Cooper were actively tracking the boy when he turned up at a convenience store asking for help. He is OK and the search was called off before we deployed.

Received an MSP call out at 0920 Friday morning 28 Jan 11 to search for a missing person in the Upper Marlboro area. Great response by all for this work day, and snowing call out! We had 8 STMs and 2 airscent dogs (Georgia and Starbuck) enroute to the search area prior to subject being found and getting a recall notification.

We were called out by DNRP 15 Feb 11 at 2210 to search for a 90 year old Alzheimer's walk away from his home in Annapolis MD late that afternoon. Midway through our call out phone tree we were called back by DNR and told to stand down. One of the first Hasty teams on site found the man down a ravine alive:-)

1930 DNR Call out Eastern Shore Salisbury MD 5-6 Mar 2011 for 76 year old male Altizermer's walk away 6 hours missing. We responed with 7 STMs and 2 dogs (Georgia did not get there on time). We searched all night and the morning when he was found alive:-)

2330 Call Out 5 Apr 11 by Saint Mary's SO for two 80 year old lost subjects in Myrtle Point Park, California, MD. Before the call phone tree was complete, police found both subjects alive and well.

We were called out by DNRP to meet at 0900 9 Apr 11 at Patapsco State Park ( along the Gunpowder River) to participate in a large scale search for a person missing since Dec 2010. We responded with 9 STMs and 3 airscent dogs. All three of our dog teams searched through the day with all the other teams and organizations. Unfortunately she was not found that day. On 21 Apr 11 her body was found in the Susquahana river.

1055 Call Out 26 Apr 2011 by Calvert Sheriffs Office for a lost 82 year old dementia male missing for just 15 minutes. We responded with 7 STMs, 2 airscent and 1 tracking dog. Just prior to the full team arriving on site the police made the find alive and well.

CK-9 called out by Saint Mary's Sheriff's Office at 2210 on 3 May 2011 to assist in searching for 3 girls ages 7, 9 and 10 lost for the last 2 hours. We responded with 6 STMs, 2 airscent and one trailing dog. 2 of our STMs and 2 dogs arrived on scene minutes before the police found all 3 girls alive and well:-)

CK-9 responded to a DNRP request to search for a possible suicide victim missing for 2 weeks presumed to be in Blockhouse Point Park in Montgomery county MD. CK-9 responded with 2 airscent dogs (In HRD training) and 8 STMs at 0800 Sunday 12 Jun 11. A CK-9 team made the unhappy find in the early morning. A family got closure.

Call out by Calvert Sheriff's Office 1700 12Jul 2011 for a 93 year old female walk away in the Port Republic MD area near the bay. CK-9 responded with 8 STMs, plus 2 airscent and 1 tracking dog. The entire team arrived on site, had finished search planning and just about to make assignments when police notified us they found her walking on a road about 500 meters away from her home alive and well :-)

Call Out by Maryland State Police at 1815 13 Aug 11 for a 16 year old Bi-Polar girl missing for the past 2 hours. CK-9 responded with 9 STMs and 2 airscent dogs. Prior to most of the team even leaving home the call came in that police had found her alive and well :-)

Saint Mary's Sheriffs Office called us out at 0100 early morning for a recently reported missing man whose truck had just been located in Dorsey Park MD on 27 Aug 11. CK-9 responded with 11 STMs, 1 tracking and 3 airscent dogs. Prior to our team arriving on site, local firefighters searching made the unhappy find and we were recalled.

CK-9 responded on 25 and 27 Sep 11 to a MSP call out to search Piscataway Park for a lost female missing since July . CK-9 responded with 11 STMs and 3 dogs (all training in HRD). We searched from 0800-1600 on Sunday and 0900-1500 on Tuesday and unfortunately did not find her.

Ck-9 call out Lusby MD, 1900 1 Oct 11 for a 87 year old walk away. Before the team had even left their homes, Calvert Sheriff's Office reported that she had been found :-)

CK-9 was requested by MSP to return to Piscataway Park on 14 & 16 Oct 11 to search in selected areas of high interest for the same missing woman. We sent a total 4 dogs and 12 searchers to cover the areas. Unfortunately we did not find her.

CK-9 was Called Out to Fort Washington National Park MD 16&18 Oct 11 by DNRP/MSP to search for a missing Virginia man. We responded using a total of 13 searchers (11 STMS) and 4 dogs (1 Wilderness HRD , 2 in HRD training and 1 airscent). The man was not found :-(

Saint Mary's Sheriffs Office called out CK-9 7 Dec 11 in a driving rain storm at 1945 (after having been put on alert earlier by them) for a 56YOM lost hunter reported lost by since 1530 in Bushwood, MD. We immediatley responded with 2 airscent dogs and 10 STMs. While most members were enroute, we were recalled as they had found the man alive, he will be fine :-)

Calvert Sheriffs Office called out CK-9 at 1445 on 14 Dec 11 for an 80YOM walk away in the Owings MD area. We responded with 9 STMs and 3 dogs (2 airscent and 1 tracking). On arrival Team Starbuck was deployed within 15 minutes into a high prob area. The rest of the team was on site or just arriving when police found the man in a locked shed alive and well:-)

CK9 was called out by Charles County Sheriff's Office to meet at Purse State Park at 0900 3 Jan 12 to search for remains of an indiviual. We responded with 4 STMs and 2 HRD dogs in training (accepted by CCSO) teaming up with SARDOM certified HRD dogs for the search. We all searched into the afternoon with excellent results hopefully allowing for the future identiifcation of someones loved one.

Last updated on January 3, 2012 by Ted Carson