Callouts
December 2008
November 2008
00:00 22/11/2008
22 – 23 November 2007 – Matt & Charlie assisted Dorset Police in the search for a missing 19 year old despondent from the Bridport Area. Having located his car at Durley Chine, Bournemouth an extensive search was conducted of the cliff tops, shoreline and chines. Unfortunately, despite the efforts of Dorset Search Dogs, Police, Coastguard and DorSAR the males remains missing. Click for BBC NEWS STORY
00:00 1/11/2008
Callout at 0330 hours by Portland Coastguard to assist them and the Police search for a missing male at HENGISTBURY HEAD, BOURNEMOUTH. Andy was first on scene and took trainee search dog Charlie(2) out for a brief walk with Police, whilst Matt travelled with the other Charlie. 10-15 minutes into Charlie(2)’s walk, he ran deep into some bushes, came back to handler Andy and alerted that he’d found the male hiding deep in some undergrowth. Good work team – he’ll be a qualified search dog soon! Click here to view the Bournemouth Echo online article.
October 2008
00:00 9/10/2008
Callout – Matt, Charlie, Gary Rob and Andy join DorSAR and Dorset Police in the search for a 65 year old female missing in the LYME REGIS area. Click for article in BBC News
NEWS UPDATE (10 Oct 2008) Sadly the ladies body was found by police. Our thoughts are with her family and friends , click for BBC News
September 2008
August 2008
00:00 22/08/2008
Callout at 22:00 to assist Portland Coastguard and Dorset Police in the coastal search for a missing elderly resident from a care home in the MUDEFORD area of CHRISTCHURCH. Matt and Andy responded with search dog Charlie but were stood down on arrival when the male was located by the Ambulance service safe and well
05:20 19/08/2008
Callout at 05:20 hours to assist Lowland Search Dogs Southern for the search of a missing 44 year old male from PETERSFIELD, Hampshire. Due to work commitments no dogs were available that morning but the team were stood down some 20 minutes later when the male was located alive and well
00:00 15/08/2008
Callout to assist HantSAR and Lowland Search Dogs Southern in FRITHAM for the search for a missing 67 year old male who suffers from Parkinson disease. The male had gone out to photograph wildlife at 14:00 hours in the NEW FOREST but failed to return home. Matt & Charlie worked throughout the night with Daz, Rob and Andy supporting. Two large areas were cleared – concluding at 0400 hours. Matt and Charlie had to resume but the others continue searching further into the night. Search efforts continued the next day until the male was located by the Police plane, safe and well, if not a little cold
July 2008
June 2008
00:00 17/06/2008
Callout to assist WiltSAR and LSDSouthern in the search for a missing despondent male near CHIPPENHAM. The male was located by Search Dog Jenson and Handler Troy from LSD Southern. Click here for the Wiltshire news article
00:00 6/06/2008
Callout to assist Hampshire Constabulary, HantSAR and LSD-Southern in the search for a 49 year old, despondent male, missing in the WICKHAM area of HAMPSHIRE. Matt and Charlie searched a small area with Daz supporting. Gary supported a Sussex Dog team. Nearing the end of their search, Gary’s team located the male, who was unfortunately deceased
00:00 1/06/2008
Callout to assist Portland Coastguard – Clothing was found discarded on the beach, next to the BOURNEMOUTH PIER, in the late evening. Members of the public reported seeing two swimmers in trouble and could no longer see them. Andy responded in his Coastguard capacity, located the swimmers safe and well and stood down Matt and Charlie prior to departure
May 2008
04:00 31/05/2008
Callout at 0400 hours to assist DorSAR and Dorset Police in their search for a 90 year old, confused male, missing from the LONG CROSS area of SHAFTESBURY. Matt and Charlie attended immediately with Andy supporting and Rob assisting with DorSAR foot searches. Charlie identified a definite area of interest but was unable to get into where the missing person was. Information was passed to DorSAR control who adapted their search plans accordingly. The missing person was located by a WiltSAR member exactly within the narrow scent path in which Charlie was trying to access
00:00 29/05/2008
Callout by Dorset Police in order to assist them search for remains of a body believed to be buried in a small area adjacent to the A338. Charlie indicated on a small patch of ground. Crime scene investigators later unearthed a body which had been buried in a suitcase for 8-10 weeks. The two individuals responsible for the males murder have since been sentenced to 30 and 35 years imprisonment.
00:00 15/05/2008
Standby to assist SEBEV in their search for a missing 71 year old female from the MAIDENHEAD area. At 1200 hours, Matt and Charlie with Andy, Gary and Rob available, to support other teams if required, until they were stood down at 1700 hours when all immediately areas had been covered by local teams
00:00 12/05/2008
Callout to assist Dorset Police in the search for a 88 year old male missing from a care home in BOURNEMOUTH. The male was suffering with dementia and believed he was in London and was wandering the streets of BOURNEMOUTH trying to find a London address. The still air and very hot day meant that dogs would only be able to work much later on during the day. Fortunately, he was located safe and well by a member of the public some 2-3 miles away
00:00 8/05/2008
Callout to assist Portland Coastguard. A complete pile of clothes and an apparent abandoned vehicle was located at HENGISTBURY HEAD, BOURNEMOUTH. Matt & Charlie (with Duncan and Andy supporting) responded. This was a hot and busy day that would have made searching with dogs very difficult, however Charlie was going to be deployed on a boat in view to track scent across water to locate a body. The team were stood down on arrival when the abandoned car was claimed. The clothes were believed to be spare clothes left unattended on the beach. Click here for the BBC News Story
19:45 4/05/2008
Callout to support HantSAR and Hampshire Constabulary in their search for a missing 50 year old female despondent. A suicide note and her car were found in the LINDFORD area of RINGWOOD. The team were called out at 19:45 hours with Matt & Charlie responding with Andy, Gary and Rob supporting. The team were stood down on arrival once the missing female was located safe and well by the Hampshire Constabulary air support
00:00 4/05/2008
Callout to assist Portland Coastguard in their search for a missing cyclist who fell from his bike in HENGISTBURY HEAD, BOURNEMOUTH. The team responded immediately after the LINFORD call out. The missing cyclist was located by the Coastguard just as Matt and Charlie arrived on scene. He was then air lifted to Poole Hospital
April 2008
00:00 27/04/2008
Matt and Charlie (with Andy supporting) were called away from the assessment day early in order to assist HantSAR in their search for a missing 41 year old male despondent who went missing in the Fairoak area of Eastleigh. Rob and Gary were available to support but were not immediately required. The team were stood down on route when the male was found and detained under the mental health act
00:00 24/04/2008
Callout to assist Dorset Police. The male from the day before ran away from home again. He was quickly contained in woodland by Police Officers. Matt and Charlie were tasked to attend the scene quickly before he slipped through the net and before other teams were needed. The team were stood down minutes later after the male had been located safe and well by a tracking police dog
11:30 23/04/2008
Callout to assist Dorset Police in their search for a missing 16 year old despondent boy who ran away from home. The boy was last seen in a field heading towards dense woodland. Matt and Charlie (with Duncan supporting) attended at 1130 hours. Andy supported Berkshire Search dogs who were promptly called for along with DorSAR, Southern and Sussex search dogs when the scale of the search requirements was realised. Charlie worked hard until 2200 hours clearing three large wooded areas with Sam and Paul from Southern. The male was found sat outside Shaftsbury Police Station at 0330 hours.
15:30 17/04/2008
Callout at 15:30 hours to assist Dorset Police search for a missing female despondent in BOURNEMOUTH. The missing ladies car was found at THROOP MILL CAR PARK. The river course, surrounding fields and woodland were searched. Charlie & Matt (Duncan and Andy Supporting) responded tasked to focus on the woodland near HURN COURT. This search was very wet underfoot with a fast flowing river adjacent to the search area. Charlie searched continuously for 1.5-2.0 hrs, dusk to darkness. The females body was recovered several days later further down the river
10:30 9/04/2008
Callout to assist Dorset Police and DorSAR at 10:30 hours in the search for a missing 50 year old male despondent whose car was left near BURTON BRADSTOCK. Matt and Andy responded (with Dog Charlie) to search along small patches of dense vegetation next to open paths and fields. Further searches were conducted from HYTHE beach sweeping back towards COGDEN beach car park. The missing person was located in opposite direction by DorSAR members. This was an extra search we all felt was necessary before being stood down
00:00 9/04/2008
Callout to assist HM Coastguard and Dorset Police in the search for a missing male from Devon, believed to be missing in the WORTH MATRAVERS area. Matt and Andy (with dog Charlie) responded to their second search of the day but were stood down on route when up-to-date intelligence showed the male was not in the county.
March 2008
00:00 7/03/2008
Standby to support Hampshire Police in COLD HARBOUR, LYNDHURST in the search for an 84 year old male who went missing the day previosu. Unfortunately none of the team were available to assist the search efforts. The males body was found on a golf course two days after his disappearance.