Search exercise planners handbook – Part Six

How many clues can you find? I often hear of search exercise planners and Training Officers trying to add motivation to an exercise by ensuring that there are loads of clues dotted around for teams to find. There are two comments I have regarding this practice; One; In the lowland search environment it is extremely [...]

November 24, 2009 · Robert Bradley · 2 Comments
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Are PolSAs the right resource for managing missing persons search?

A while back I wrote a briefing paper, Spaced Out Searchers, that formed the basis for the ALSAR Conference presentation, Advances in Lowland Search Techniques. In it I discussed how ALSAR Units search techniques had changed because they were working with PolSAs who, because of the experience of search tended to want areas “cleared”. To [...]

November 12, 2009 · Robert Bradley · 4 Comments
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