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During a recent training weekend in North Wales, SARDA Isle of Man handler Ben Scott and Search Dog Steve found themselves putting their skills to use for real when a callout was received late on Friday evening. At approximately 22:00, North Wales Police requested the assistance of search dog teams in the Anglesey area. Ben and Steve, along with several SARDA Wales teams, responded to the rendezvous point near Penmon. The search concerned a 31-year-old female who had been rep

At 20:22 on Sunday 14th December, SARDA Isle of Man were tasked to assist with the search for a missing male in the west of the Island. Ben Scott and Search Dog Steve arrived at the rendezvous point alongside navigator Marc Marshall, with Jim MacGregor following shortly after. Mal Stewart coordinated the search from the RV, preparing teams for deployment. As the teams were beginning to deploy, SARDA IOM utilised specialist technology available to the charity, which helped ide

At 18:18 police requested assistance from SARDA in locating a missing person in the south-east of the island. Dog handlers Ben Scott and Olivia Crowe (with dogs Steve and Mop) arrived at the RV alongside navigator James Leonard. They were shortly joined by additional navigators, Will Heap, Becky Scott, Ffinlo Williams and Marc Marshall. After briefing from police the team split into two groups and began searching their respective search areas, with Civil Defence beginning the