Maximizing Results for SAR First Responders
June 20, 2009
8:00AM to 4:30 PM
Location: Lonoke County OEM
210 N. Center St.,
Lonoke Arkansas 72086
Kathy Zasimovich 501 912 2876 or 501 676 3054
Registration Fee: $60.00 mail to above address no later than 1 wk prior to class
This one day (eight hour) seminar is for all Search and Rescue first responders.
We all know how to search and what equipment we need. However, to be a complete Search and Rescue first responder you need to know much, much more… Do you know what the civil liabilities are if you get injured while assisting the police looking for a lost person? Do you know how to properly speak with the parents of a missing child and what questions to ask them? Did you know in child abduction murder cases, 48% of the time, the murder site is within one quarter mile of the initial contact point between the child and abductor? Why would I need body armor? These are the types of issues and information you will learn if you attend this fascinating eight hour seminar.

Each person attending this seminar will receive a 90+ page booklet packed with information, statistics, facts, tips, and resources. Additionally each person will receive a CD with 50+ resource documents you will read and use.

Your instructor will be Inv. Bruce Walstad, ret.. Bruce is retired police detective and juvenile officer from a Chicago suburb. Over his 26 years of service, he has investigated countless runaway, missing and abducted children cases. Since 1985 Bruce has been presenting in-service training seminars to law enforcement throughout the country on a variety of topics including, Investigating Missing, Runaway and Abducted Children. Since retiring Bruce has been involved with K-9 SAR with his bloodhound, Tracer.

Topics included in the class will be:
Being Professional
Arrival on scene
Appearance
Behavior
Safety & Liability Issues for SAR First Responders Working Criminal Cases
Civil Liability
Criminal Liability
Insurance
Policy and Procedure
Personal Safety
Body Armor
Weapons
Citizen's arrest
Interacting with Law Enforcement
Starting and maintaining a good relationship
Acting professional
Obtaining information from the police
Crime scene and evidence protection
Record keeping
Carrying a weapon
Reporting suspicious activities to the police
Interacting with Family Members
What to say to the family
What not to say to the family
How to interview family members
What questions to ask
Interacting with the Media
What to say
What not to say
How to say it
Problems with the media
Child Abductions
Statistics
Offenders
Locations
Family abductions
Non-Family Abductions
Child Abduction Murders
Statistics
Locations
Distances
Time lines
Offender profile
Offender behavior
Victims
Crimes committed
Murder sites
Additionally Information will be provided on:
State Police Clearing Houses
Child Abduction Response Teams
Code Adam
AMBER Alert
AMBER Alert contacts
A Child is Missing
VICAP
Lost Children
Missing Children
Wandering Behavior