The Effects of Police Cuts on Missing Person Search
Following on from Geoff Newiss’s post on the Missing People blog last week I thought I would write something about how the police cuts are likely to effect the physical search side of missing person incidents. There is no doubt that missing person’s incidents will be effected. The question is how, and what is your [...]
April 18, 2011
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Robert Bradley · 
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Tags: ALSAR, Geoff Newiss, Missing People, Missing Persons, Missing Persons Investigation, Missing Persons Search, Neighbourhood Watch Search Teams, Police Cuts · Posted in: Search Thoughts
I Can’t Stop Thinking About It ….
Well Mental Health Week in SAR on Re-Search is coming to an end. We’ve had a good discussion on why SAR volunteers are vulnerable, and what causes mental health problems in SAR. We’ve also looked at what happens when you find the misper and how to mentally prepare yourself for SAR work. Today, to finish [...]
April 15, 2011
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Tags: ALSAR, Mental Health, Mental Ill-Effects, Mental Problems, Oxfordshire Lowland Search and Rescue, OxSAR, Post Traumatic Stress, Trauma Risk Management, TRiM · Posted in: Search Thoughts
Preparing the mind for SAR
I can’t believe it is Thursday already of Mental Health for SAR Week on Re-Search. Having discussed why SAR volunteers are vulnerable on Monday, the causes of mental ill-effects on Tuesday and what happens when you find a body on Wednesday, today I would like to discuss preparing yourself for what you will face in [...]
April 14, 2011
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Tags: ALSAR, Clue Consciousness, Mental Health, Mental Ill-Effects, SAR Volunteers, Search Technician · Posted in: Search Thoughts
Geoff Newiss writes to the Missing People’s Blog
I have a great deal of time for anything that Geoff Newiss writes. Go back long enough and you can find some of his original police research on the investigation of missing persons cases, before the work of Charlie Hedges in his research and resulting ACPO guidance. Geoff Newiss went on to study the survivability [...]
April 13, 2011
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Tags: ALSAR, Charlie Hedges, Geoff Newiss, Missing People, Missing People Blog, Missing Persons · Posted in: Search Links, Search Thoughts
Leading the way …
Another quick note today; I’ve just discovered that I am a trend setter when it comes to blogging about search and missing persons. First Search Dog Brock follows in my footsteps, then the Chief Executive of Missing People Martin Houghton-Brown starts … Why not check out his, rather good, idea about how to make Missing [...]
April 7, 2011
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Tags: ALSAR, Martin Houghton-Brown, Missing People, Search Dog Brock · Posted in: Search Links, Search Thoughts
