CK-9 Call Out Prince George 16 Nov 2024
Calvert K-9 Search Team is a Maryland Search and Rescue Team, using highly trained search dogs to find lost and missing people. Having met all the MD requirements and standards, we were accepted as part of the NRP/MSP led Maryland Search Team Task Force (MSTTF)
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If you have an emergency contact Law Enforcment (LE) at 911:
If you are LE and need search assets call or TEXT:
Kelly Burkhardt (Dep Commander) Primary LE contact at 240-808-0491
Jennifer Bos-Donaldson (Operations) 240-695-2624
If you are interested in CK-9, you can text the numbers above or email us at calvertk9@gmail.com
or at info@calvertk9search.org
CK-9's Mission: As an all volunteer, non-profit organization, we provide fully equipped, nationally certified search dog teams, and search management personnel to find lost or missing people. We are part of the Maryland Search Team Task Force (MSTTF).
CK-9 called out by PG county police at 1130 on 28 Oct for a 72 YO female missing since 0830 that morning. We responded with 4 dog teams and 2 flankers along with many other SAR teams all run by the PGCP. About 5:30 PM the police helicopter spotted her walking in the woods alive and well:-) Happy ending to the search.
CK-9 called out by Charles CSO 1330 on 13 Oct 2024 for 5 YOM autistic boy missing for 2 hours. We first Deployed Storm who tracked to a pond; then Paxton later to water search HRD giving high interest in the pond. Divers later sadly recovered the body.
At 0130 this dark morning 3 Aug 2024, CK-9 was called out by PG County Police for a 79 YO missing man with dementia. We responded with 3 live find search dog teams and a flanker. Dog teams Sassy, Leyna and Puma completed their first night task assignments and had just started their second assigned tasks at daybreak when news came that the man was happily found alive on someone's porch over a mile away ....... Congrats to Team Julia/Puma for making their first official search with Dona flanking.
CK-9 called out by Calvert SO 3 Jul 2024 at 1700 for a 20 YOM despondent. We deployed 1 tracking dog team, 4 area search dog teams, 3 flankers and 2 base support. He was safely located in VA at 2100.