Mark9 - Maricopa County Sheriff's Posse, K9 Search and Rescue: Overview and Community Outreach
Mark9 - Maricopa County Sheriff's Posse, K9 Search and Rescue: Who we are & What we do
Mark9 - Maricopa County Sheriff's Posse, K9 Search and Rescue: Dog Selection
Mark9 - Maricopa County Sheriff's Posse, K9 Search and Rescue: Obedience
Mark9 - Maricopa County Sheriff's Posse, K9 Search and Rescue: Tracking and Air Scent
Mark9 - Maricopa County Sheriff's Posse, K9 Search and Rescue: Command Post
Mark9 - Maricopa County Sheriff's Posse, K9 Search and Rescue: Essential Gear
Mark9 - Maricopa County Sheriff's Posse, K9 Search and Rescue: Run Aways
Mark9 - Maricopa County Sheriff's Posse, K9 Search and Rescue: Cadaver Training
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K9 Search and Rescue
K9 Search and Rescue are teams that help to find lost individuals in wilderness and urban settings. These teams are nearly always made up of volunteers who train themselves and their dogs in many different ways to help locate the lost or missing. Often times they are called in to assist in finding lost hikers, children in a mall, autistic individuals, people with dementia, and victims of events like September 11 or natural disasters.
MARK9 (Maricopa K9 Search and Rescue Posse) is a very dedicated group who serves their community as a Maricopa County Sheriff's Posse at a moments notice. Many of the dog-handler teams regularly devoting more than 500 hours per year. Even though they serve a sheriff's posse, they only look for people who want to be found--not criminals.
Advice and Soundbites
I like working with dogs, but this was a way to give back to the community--to actually do something. Marsha, Team Blue
We want them found as quickly as possible. We don't care who finds them. Marsha, Team Blue
Sometimes an area is so filled with trees and bushes and crazy stuff, that it's hard to be sure that you've fully cleared it. That's where the dog's nose is so important. Because if we are just walking, and we're just looking and walking, it's going to be much harder to clear an area than the dog that can smell that whole area. Dave, Team Vadar
Giving closure is really, really, important. Marsha, Team Blue
