About Arizona Search Track & Rescue
In the event of a missing child or loved one, the public has come to expect immediate response coupled with modern search management techniques from local agencies.
In Arizona and throughout the nation, trained Search And Rescue (SAR) teams and (SAR) dog teams have consistently proven themselves as a valuable resource to the emergency services community and local law enforcement agencies when confronted with searching urban, wilderness and desert areas as well as locating victims of drowning.
Arizona Search Track and Rescue, Inc. (AZ STaR) was formed to provide to the public, trained airscent and trailing dog/handler teams to assist in locating lost or missing persons. AZ STaR also has dog/handler teams specially trained in Alzheimer’s, cadaver and evidence searches.
Killer Women TV Series Airs
/2 Comments/in Announcements, Blog Public /by KristiPilot episode of the Killer Women TV Episode airs Tuesday, January 7th at 9:00 pm on ABC Channel 15. Additional episodes air on subsequent Tuesdays at 9:00 pm on ABC Channel 15 (for Phoenix Valley Residents). Poirot and Thor are in what we were told is Episode 6. There have been quick clips of them on the previews of upcoming episodes.
Killer Women Preview “staring Poirot & Thor” Search Dogs with Arizona Search Track and Rescue, Inc.
Crime Time Radio with Vito Colucci and AZ STaR Members, Kristi Smith & Kathleen Sylvester
/0 Comments/in Announcements, Blog Private, Blog Public /by KristiJoin us for Crime Time Radio with Vito Colucci and AZ STaR Members, Kristi Smith and Kathleen Sylvester originally aired on Sunday, October 6, 2013 on numerous radio stations locally, nationally and internationally. Radio Interview with Vito Carlucci, Kristi Smith & Kathleen Sylvester
The AKC Humane Fund Awards for Canine Excellence (ACE) 2012
/0 Comments/in Announcements, Blog Public /by AZSTaR2012 ACE Honorees
The American Kennel Club is proud to announce the Recipients and Honorable Mentions for the 2012 AKC Humane Fund Awards for Canine Excellence (ACE). Established in 2000, ACE has become a valuable public-outreach program for the AKC as well as a source of pride among the fancy and the dog community.
The recipient in each category (Exemplary Companion, Law Enforcement, Search and Rescue, Service, and Therapy) will receive an engraved silver collar medallion and a check for $1,000 at a presentation ceremony at the AKC/Eukanuba National Championship in Orlando, Florida, on December 15, 2012. Dogs earning honorable mention will be cited and will receive bronze collar medallions.
Search and Rescue
Keahi – Belgian Tervuren, handled by Kristi Smith of Peoria, AZ
Seven-year-old Keahi (key-ah-hee; Hawaiian for “fire”) is from a line of high-achieving show and performance dogs. During her career with Arizona Search Track and Rescue, Keahi has proved to be durable, versatile, and uncannily accurate.
Certified in air-scent, avalanche, cadaver, evidence, and human-remains searches, the in-demand Terv has answered the call in nine states and Canada. She and Smith conduct approximately 43 searches a year, logging between 91 and 126 work days a year—a strenuous pace for any search team.
Smith and Keahi have found lost children and wandering seniors, led investigators to the bodies of murder victims and those who have drowned (including one find 170 feet under water), and recovered key evidence in criminal investigations.
Smith’s fellow K-9 handler Claudia Schmitz says, “When not actively working the field on missions, Keahi goes out of her way to interact with the searchers, family, investigators and anyone else on scene, helping them feel better under quite often tragic situations.”
In 2008, Keahi gave birth to a litter of seven. Five of her pups are now in the “family business” of advanced search work. Keahi and her offspring are a credit to their breed and their breeding.
The following dogs received Honorable Mention:
Dino – All American owned by Jackie Phillips of San Leandro, CA
Heather – Bloodhound owned by Allen L. Means of Strasburg, PA
Kessa – German Shepherd Dog owned by Ann Christensen of Shelley, ID
Merit – Bloodhound owned by Terri Heck of New Cumberland, PA
Sam – German Shepherd Dog owned by Laurie Vickery of Wichita, KS
For More information follow the link: http://www.akc.org/news/ace/2012/honorees.cfm